Male Reproductive Disorders Analysis

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Urinary tract infections can occur in the upper or lower areas of the urinary system. The urinary system includes the bladder and kidneys. Upper urinary tract infections (UTIs) occur in the kidney and often have similar symptoms as lower UTIs that occur in the bladder. Similar symptoms are frequent urination of small volume that is painful and can progress into a fever. A key difference however, is that upper UTIs can result in severe and possibly life-threatening kidney infections and thus people may experience pain in the flank area along with vomiting and nausea (Huether & McCance, ).Maintaining the theme of the urinary system, a male reproductive system disorder that is common is urethritis. “Urethritis is an inflammatory process that usually, not always caused by a sexually transmitted organism. Infectious urethritis caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae is often called gonococcal urethritis” (Huether & McCance, 2015, p. 855). Additionally, there are nonsexual origins for the disorder that can be caused by urologic procedures, anatomic abnormalities, trauma, or insertion of foreign bodies into urethra. Symptoms for the disorder include, “urethral tingling or itching or a burning sensation, and frequency and urgency with urination…may note a purulent or clear mucous like discharge from urethra”…

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…a lower UTI. Males may acquire this through sexual contact although non-sexual urethritis can occur in boys as young as 7 years of age or possibly younger.

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Phimosis and paraphimosis is when the foreskin of the penis is too tight and unable to easily move over the glans penis. This often happens in newborn males or may happen in older male children due to adhesion issues. Both disorders affect the penis but in different areas, similar to upper and lower UTIs. Key differences are the areas affected, how the disorder is developed and the age range when the disorder may arise......

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