When caring for an older adult patient following surgical castration as part of prostate cancer treatment, the patient asks the nurse what physical changes he can expect because of this surgery. The nurse explains he can expect what?
A) To maintain his deep voice
B) To develop a wide and flat pelvis
C) To lose his facial hair
D) To begin to grow taller
A
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Increased testosterone levels in boys at puberty results in thickening of the skin, a deeper voice, development of facial hair, and closure of the epiphyses. These previously established effects would be maintained by the androgens, which still remain in the body following surgical castration. Development of a wide flat pelvis and loss of facial hair are associated with estrogen's effects. An older adult male would not grow taller following surgery.
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