NURS-6501 Module 5 Week 8 Assignment: Case Study Analysis: Gout Arthritis

The diagnosis and treatment of neurological and musculoskeletal disorders pose a challenge since they usually present a complexity that affects patients’ daily living activities. To properly diagnose, prescribe, and manage a disease condition, a practitioner must understand the body systems and the effects of different factors play on the disease process. So, in the scenario of a 58-year-old obese white male patient with sudden symptoms of fever, chills, swelling, and intense pain on his right first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint. The ARPN should first understand the effect that certain diseases may have on the musculoskeletal and neurological systems. Because these systems work together, and whatever that affects one might cause symptoms in the other. However, the laboratory results and the above patient’s presenting symptoms suggest the physiological development of Gout arthritis. Thus, this paper will also analyze the symptoms presented in this case scenario, describe the neurological and physiological involvement, and the effects on the patient……continue