When a patient asks the nurse what hypersensitivity is,how should the nurse respond? Hypersensitivity 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 antigen
D) Antigenic desensitization

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Hypersensitivity is an altered immunologic response to an antigen that results in disease or damage to the individual.
Hypersensitivity is not a reduced immune response.
Hypersensitivity is not a normal response to an infectious agent.
Antigenic desensitization is performed to decrease hypersensitivity.

When a Patient Asks the Nurse What Hypersensitivity Is,how Should