APEA 3P Exam Prep- Men’s Health Questions and Answers with Explanations
A 50-year-old male comes to the nurse practitioner clinic for evaluation. He complains of chills, pelvic pain, and dysuria. He should be diagnosed with (VS in image):
acute bacterial prostatitis.
chronic bacterial prostatitis.
urinary tract infection.
nonbacterial prostatitis.
A.
Acute bacterial prostatitis should always be considered first in a male patient who
presents with these symptoms. He may have cloudy urine and symptoms of
obstruction, like dribbling. Chronic bacterial prostatitis presents with a more subtle
presentation, such as frequency, urgency, and rarely, low-grade fever. Urinary tract
infection is far less common in men than women and is usually associated with anal
intercourse or being uncircumcised. Nonbacterial prostatitis presents like chronic
prostatitis except that urine and prostate secretion cultures are negativ
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