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When a patient asks the nurse what hypersensitivity is, how should the nurse respond? Hypersen-sitivity is best defined as:
 
  a. a reduced immune response found in most pathologic states.
  b. a normal immune response to an infectious agent.
  c. an excessive or inappropriate response of the immune system to a sensitizing anti-gen.
  d. antigenic desensitization.
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ANS: C
Hypersensitivity is an altered immunologic response to an antigen that results in disease or dam-age to the individual. It is not a reduced immune response or a response to an infectious agent. Antigenic desensitization is performed to decrease hypersensitivity.
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