The nurse identifies which patient as having the highest risk of erectile dysfunction?
A) Patient who is obese and has poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
B) Patient who is 80 years old and has a colostomy following colon cancer 7 years prior
C) Patient who is 71 years old and was recently diagnosed with Parkinson disease
D) Patient who has a diagnosis of lung cancer following a work history that included asbestos exposure
A
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Diabetes is a noted, direct cause of erectile dysfunction. The other cited pathologies are not noted to be directly causative of erectile dysfunction.
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