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Acute Leukemia is on SSA’s Compassionate Allowances List

The Social Security Administration's (SSA) Compassionate Allowances program helps disabled individuals with certain conditions to receive Social Security disability benefits as quickly as possible. One of the qualifying conditions on the SSA's Compassionate Allowances list is acute leukemia.

According to the Merck Manual, acute leukemia moves very quickly, and many patients are diagnosed rapidly because symptoms present so strongly. Therefore, the SSA determined that this debilitating condition belongs on the Compassionate Allowances list for expedited approval of benefits.

Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells, which are created in the bone marrow and are essential in fighting off infections in the body. With acute leukemia, abnormal white blood cells are created by the bone marrow, often taking the place of normal cells and making it difficult for the body to fight infection.

Aside from frequent infections, those suffering from acute leukemia may experience exhaustion, weight loss, fever, and the tendency to both bleed and bruise quite easily. Anyone with this disease needs help quickly, particularly since cells spread quickly in acute leukemia.

The good news is that radiation and chemotherapy can sometimes treat this disease. Patients need both money and qualified healthcare to receive sufficient treatment and live their day-to-day lives, meaning they need fast access to disability benefits.

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