The nurse is caring for an older adult patient.A family member of the patient seems to frequently catch colds.Which response is best?
A) "After the age of 60, the plasma volume decreases so there is less infection fighting ability."
B) "Bone marrow activity decreases by about 50% with aging, which lowers the immune response to infection."
C) "The older adult's blood is more prone to clotting, so infection-fighting cells don't get to the source of infection quickly."
D) "His antibody response to vaccines is overactive."
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