A nurse is assessing a young man who is being treated for sterility and inquires whether the young man had any common childhood disease that may be the cause of sterility. What child-hood disease might result in sterility?
a. Mumps
b. Chicken pox
c. Measles
d. Scarlet fever
A
Mumps in a man or pubescent boy may result in acute orchitis or epididymitis. Infections that ascend to the epididymis may result in decreased fertility.
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