A 72-year-old male client reports difficulty initiating urination, a weak urine stream, and the feeling that his bladder never fully empties. The nurse understands that these symptoms are most consistent with which pathophysiological process?
- Bacterial infection of the bladder mucosa causing inflammation and dysuria
- Kidney stone lodged in the ureter reducing urine passage to the bladder
- Enlarged prostate gland compressing the urethra and obstructing urine flow
- Overactive detrusor muscle causing involuntary bladder contractions