Read the Following Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record: HPI

question 77

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from a patient's health record: HPI: Mr. Johnson is a 57-year-old male with a 2-month history of difficulty voiding. He reports urgency and frequency. He has had increasing problems with a weak urinary stream. The symptoms have progressed to include mild abdominal discomfort and erectile dysfunction. He denies any incontinence, hematuria, balanorrhea, orchiodynia, or trauma. He has not tried any medicines at this point.
Which of the following is a symptom reported by the patient?

• A) Blood in the urine
• B) Difficulty urinating
• C) Discharge from the penis
• D) Inability to control urination
• E) Testicle pain

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