Homework Help | Choose one neurological disease and one sensory disease.

Choose one neurological disease and one sensory disease. Discuss the following for each:

What is the etiology and pathophysiology of each Asperger’s?

What are the clinical manifestations and signs/symptoms the nurse would assess for with Asperger’s

What are the nursing implications for treatment?

What are the effects of age related to this diseases?

Share one evidence-based resource for one of the diseases.

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Asperger’s Syndrome

Sensory Disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with several environmental factors and related conditions including immune imbalance and gastrointestinal (GI) abnormalities. These factors have been associated with ASD’s pathophysiology. The etiology is heterogeneous and very complex with various causes described, and includes epigenetic, genetic, or environmental factors associated or in isolation (Samsam, Ahangari & Naser, 2014). The symptoms include abnormal facial expressions or body posturing, behavioral disturbances, abnormal tone of voice, inappropriate social interaction, avoidance of eye contact or poor eye contact, deficits in language comprehension, lack of understanding social cues, withdrawal and inappropriate social behavior and repetitive movements, among others. For ASD, numerous treatments are available including applied behavior analysis, occupational and physical therapy, social skills training, sensory integration therapy, and the use of assistive technology. Presently, Risperidone (Risperdal) is the medication that …

Neurological Disease Epileptic seizures result from an excessively synchronous and continuous discharge of a group of neurons. The sole feature of all epileptic syndromes is a continuous increase of neuronal impulsiveness. Unusual cellular discharges can be linked to various causative factors including trauma, deprivation of oxygen, infection, tumors, and metabolic derangements (Coleman, 2015). Some main symptom of epilepsy is recurrent seizures. However, the patient may also present symptoms like convulsion with no fever, sudden and unexplainable stiffness or falling, sudden bouts of blinking or chewing, jerking limbs or body (which in babies present like a cluster of rapid jerking movements), and intermittent fainting spells, among others.  The involved nursing treatment include diagnosis for trauma risk or suffocation related to loss of small or large muscle coordination, intervention to reduce the risk for ineffective airway…