Your patient complains of burning on urination and a white-mucoid urethral discharge. Which information is needed to further assess his apparent infection?
a. Have you had a new sexual partner in the past 6 months?
b. Have you recently or have you ever had the mumps?
c. Has anyone in your family had testicular cancer?
d. Have you recently had an accident inducing trauma to your genitalia?
A
Urethral discharge is associated with the following: 1) dysuria, 2) painful ejaculation, 3) fever, 4) change in frequency of urination, 5) pruritus, 6) conjunctivitis, 7) arthritis, 8) dermatological rash, and 9) STD. Issues to explore to further assess the condition include: 1) a new sexual partner in the last 6 months, 2) multiple partners, 3) a partner known to have other partners, and 4) unprotected intercourse.
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