A client is admitted to the emergency department with severe, colicky pain that radiates to his bladder and scrotum. The nurse assesses these manifestations to be indicative of
a. a kidney stone in the ureter.
b. alcohol-related bladder spasm.
c. pneumaturia.
d. urinary tract infection.
A
Colicky pain typically involves the ureter. Kidney stones causing pain in the ureter that radiates to the testes are usually in the upper region of the ureter.
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