Local Law Firms Home > Social Security & Disability Law Overview > Part Time Workers > Auto-immune Diseases As with individuals with any threatening health condition, if an individual is fighting an autoimmune disease, there are government funds available in order to make medical payments and receive the proper treatment for such a condition. With auto immune diseases, the diagnosed patient’s body perceives an ultimately harmless tissue or substance as a threatening one, causing a negative reaction within the body and resulting in the body essentially attacking itself.
In patients with autoimmune diseases, the onset of the disease is often sudden, and can change that person’s quality of life dramatically as a result. Since this is the case the period between the diagnosis of the disease and receiving treatment for it is crucial, with no time to waste. This matched with an increasingly high cost for medical care puts the patient in a tough position financially. In order to help supplement the oncoming costs, individuals who are diagnosed with autoimmune diseases must seek benefits in the form of Social Security Disability. These benefits are a way for those who contract illnesses such as an autoimmune disease to receive the treatment they need in a short amount of time. Did you know? |