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The charge nurse at a nursing home impresses on a visiting class of nursing assistants the importance of hand washing, because older adults have a depressed immune response. One contributor to this depressed immune response in older adults is:
 
  A) Decreased serum activity of the thymic hormones
  B) Inactivation of varicella-zoster infections
  C) Decreased serum concentrations of IgA and IgG
  D) High pain sensitivity associated with inflammation

Question 2

A patient, age 84, has a history of a large left inguinal hernia. He is complaining of nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention, and inguinal pain.
 
  A serious complication of a hernia in which the blood supply to the tissue becomes occluded is called a(n) a. strangulated hernia.
  b. hiatal hernia.
  c. incarcerated hernia.
  d. sliding hernia.


joewallace

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Serum activity of the thymic hormones is almost undetectable with age. Serum concentrations of IgA and IgG increase with age. Inflammation often causes minimal pain in the elderly.

Answer to Question 2

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The hernia is strangulated when the blood supply and intestinal flow are occluded.


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