The nurse is interviewing a male client who states "I feel like I have a bag of worms in my scrotum." The nurse would correctly suspect which of the following conditions?

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The description of "a bag of worms" in the scrotum is a classic symptom of a varicocele, which is a swelling of the veins that drain the testicle. Orchitis would present with pain and swelling of the testicles, and epididymitis would present with tenderness and swelling of the epididymis. A hernia would present as a bulge in the groin area.

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