Receiving Social Security Disability for Ewing's Sarcoma
You or a loved one is suffering with Ewings sarcoma. You want to know if this disease qualifies you to receive Social Security disability.
Ewings sarcoma is a form of cancer. It is one of many different types of cancer. Cancer is not one single disease, but a large group of disorders.
Cancer is usually known by where it starts in your body. For example, cancer that begins in your lungs is lung cancer. Even though cancer may spread to other parts of your body, it is still named by where it originates.
Large group
Even though cancer is a large group of diseases, they are each characterized by having cells that are aggressive (they divide and grow without respect to normal limits), invasive (they invade and destroy adjacent tissue) and sometimes metastatic (they spread to other areas of your body).
Cancer is also classified by the type of cell that the tumor looks like. These include sarcoma, lymphoma, blastic tumor, carcinoma and germ cell tumor.
Ewings sarcoma is a form of bone cancer. This is cancer that originates in your bones.
Your body is composed of 206 bones. Your bones help give structure and shape to your body.
Important jobs
Your bones have three important jobs. Bones contain bone marrow that makes and stores new blood cells, control your bodys collection of various proteins and nutrients and help protect your fragile organs.
Ewings sarcoma is a rare kind of bone cancer. It starts most frequently in adolescents between the ages of 10 and 20. Ewings sarcoma represents about 30% of all the bone cancers in children. It develops in around 1 in 50,000 teenagers.
Ewings sarcoma is what is known as a malignant round-cell tumor. These cancer cells begin in your bone or soft tissue. The most common places in which they are found are your thigh bone (femur), your upper arm (humerus), your pelvis and your ribs.
Ewings sarcoma can cause several different signs and symptoms. Some of these include:
Fever
Fatigue
Redness and swelling where the tumor is located
A decrease in appetite and unintended weight loss
Pain in the area where the tumor is
Paralysis and incontinence if the tumor is in your spinal region
Susceptibility to a broken bone due to the cancer weakening a bone
Symptoms that are related to nerve compression from a tumor, such as tingling, numbness and paralysis.
Once again, you or your loved one has Ewings sarcoma. This disease may be why you are disabled and unable to work. Ewings sarcoma may also be responsible for your need for financial assistance.
Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability and been denied. You may not know that Ewings sarcoma is a disease that has been added to Social Securitys Compassionate Allowance List. This means Ewings sarcoma qualifies you for an expedited approval process.
Even though this is true, the wise thing to do is to have a disability attorney standing with you as you reapply for Social Security disability. Why not call the disability attorney at disabilitycasereview.com, and have your case evaluated at no cost or obligation to you.
Article written by James Shugart
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