Pittsburgh Chronic Joint Pain Lawyer
What Is Chronic Joint Pain?
Many people suffer from joint pain at some point in their lives. Sometimes the pain lasts weeks; sometimes it lasts months or years. Pain in the joints can manifest from various causes, including aging, arthritis, inflammation, osteoporosis, and infection, to name a few.
While mild joint pain and soreness do not qualify for Social Security disability benefits, severe, debilitating chronic joint pain might. Below, we discuss the...
Disabling Conditions Caused By Bone Fractures
Bone fractures do not often qualify people for disability benefits because they normally heal in several weeks to months. (You must have a condition that lasts a year or longer to qualify.) However, when there are complications with bone fractures, the bones do not heal correctly, and a person cannot return to work because of injuries, then disability benefits may be an option. There are a lot of potentially disabling...
What Is Pneumoconiosis?
Pneumoconiosis, which includes several lung diseases such as asbestosis, silicosis, and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (Black Lung Disease), is the result of routine exposure to certain dusts and particles that damage the lungs. Some of the most common dusts that cause these lung diseases are asbestos fibers, silica dust, and coal mine dust. Pneumoconiosis, which is almost always related to workplace exposure, is rare but can be...
What Is Bronchiectasis?
Bronchiectasis, a serious lung condition that occurs when the walls of the airways (bronchi) thicken and mucus accumulates, often affects the entire body. The condition, which results from chronic inflammation and/or infection, typically occurs as part of a disease, such as HIV, COPD, TB, rheumatologic diseases, and cystic fibrosis.
Chronic lung conditions like bronchiectasis can become quite debilitating because the symptoms are...