Which patients are more predisposed to infection?

Which patients are more predisposed to infection?

• A. Athletes, Children, People with allergies
• B. Diabetics, Cancer patients, Patients taking immune suppressant drugs
• C. Infants with no vaccines
• D. Healthy adults with good hygiene

Answer: (B)

Infection risk climbs when the body's defenses are compromised, either through weakened immune function or damaged barriers. Diabetes can impair neutrophil function, chemotaxis, and phagocytosis, and it also affects circulation and wound healing, all of which raise susceptibility to infections. Cancer patients often become immunocompromised because of the disease itself and from treatments like chemotherapy and radiation, which cause neutropenia and mucosal barrier injury, creating opportunities for infections. People taking immune-suppressing drugs have intentionally reduced immune responses to prevent rejection or control autoimmune disease, leaving them especially prone to infections, including opportunistic ones. While healthy adults with good hygiene are less predisposed, and infants with incomplete vaccination schedules are at risk for certain infections, the groups described here have a broader and more consistent vulnerability to infection due to impaired immune defenses.

Infection risk climbs when the body's defenses are compromised, either through weakened immune function or damaged barriers. Diabetes can impair neutrophil function, chemotaxis, and phagocytosis, and it also affects circulation and wound healing, all of which raise susceptibility to infections. Cancer patients often become immunocompromised because of the disease itself and from treatments like chemotherapy and radiation, which cause neutropenia and mucosal barrier injury, creating opportunities for infections. People taking immune-suppressing drugs have intentionally reduced immune responses to prevent rejection or control autoimmune disease, leaving them especially prone to infections, including opportunistic ones. While healthy adults with good hygiene are less predisposed, and infants with incomplete vaccination schedules are at risk for certain infections, the groups described here have a broader and more consistent vulnerability to infection due to impaired immune defenses.