A 21-year-old male client has been diagnosed with mumps. Based on this information, what is the best information that the nurse should give to the client about complications from mumps?
A) Seminal vesicles stop production of semen
B) The prostate gland atrophies completely
C) Orchitis may occur
D) Temperature of scrotum increases drastically
C
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The nurse should inform the client that adult males who have mumps develop orchitis (inflammation of the testes), which may eventually result in infertility. Although the sperm cells may be affected, the seminal vesicles do not stop production of semen. The prostate gland does not atrophy as a result of mumps. Mumps also does not increase the temperature of the scrotum.
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