A person at average risk of colorectal cancer should be screened
how often? High risk? Correct Answers Average: 10 years
High: 5 years
A TSE is to be done when and where? Correct Answers On the
15th or, once, a month in a warm shower
Define BPH Correct Answers Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
(BPH): hypertrophy (enlargement) of the prostate gland
Define cryptorchidism and its consequences Correct Answers
Undescended testes (one shorter than other); has not dropped
fully
Infertility and increased risk of testicular cancer
Define epididymitis, causes, and symptoms Correct Answers
Infection caused by prostatitis or STDs; swelling, and fever
Define hydrocele Correct Answers Fluid in the scrotum;
TRANSLUMINATES (can see through it) with red glow
Define orchitis and its most common cause. What are its
symptoms? Correct Answers Inflammation of the testis; most
common cause is mumps; swelling, feeling of weight, fever
Define phimosis Correct Answers Inability to retract foreskin
Define urethritis and symptoms Correct Answers Infection of
urethra; urethral discharge and dysuria
, Define varicocele Correct Answers Dilated veins on the testes
"bag of worms"; causes low sperm production; infertility
Fecal impaction can cause both _______ and ________ Correct
Answers Constipation and diarrhea
How should the prostate feel upon palpation? Correct Answers
Heart shaped, smooth, moveable, nontender
Neoplasms in the rectum are usually? Correct Answers
Asymptomatic
Scrotum edema may occur due to which 2 conditions? Correct
Answers Epididymitis and torsion of spermatic cord
T or F: the prostate gland should be fixed and not moveable
Correct Answers F: the prostate gland, as well as the cervix
should be slightly moveable; like tip of nose
Testicles vs Ovaries Correct Answers Testicles are EGG
shaped & ovaries are ALMOND shaped
What 3 conditions may cause dysuria? Correct Answers
Cystitis, prostatitis & urethritis
What 8 things you asses for urinary function? Correct Answers
-color
-clarity
-concentration
-acidity (pH)