A 40-year-old male patient is concerned with his inability to have an erection since he was prescribed an antispasmodic for a muscular back injury and hydrocortisone cream to manage a chronic integumentary condition
What should the nurse suspect this patient is experiencing?
1. side effect of the antispasmodic medication
2. age-related erectile dysfunction
3. side effect of the hydrocortisone cream
4. result of the muscular back injury
Correct Answer: 1
Antispasmodic medication may cause problems with sexual function. Hydrocortisone cream is not identified as a medication that may cause problems with sexual function. A male at the age of 40 does not routinely experience erectile dysfunction. There is no indication that the patient has any neurological deficits from the muscular back injury.
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