Question

Infections can spread very fast through health care facilities if the appropriate precautions aren't maintained. However, some individuals are more susceptible to infections than others which require even more stringent care when looking after them. Building on your understanding of infection and its spread, develop a list of 4 susceptible hosts and propose why these hosts are at a higher risk of developing an infection (in 50 - 70 words).

Answer 1

1. Pregnant women : During pregnancy our body lowers down the immunity shields to protect the fetus from self destruction by the immunity of mother , so during pregnancy other infection can also occur to mother easily.
2. Patients using immunosuppressive drugs : These drugs suppress the immune system as the name suggests used after transplant and in autoimmune diseases so to protect organ rejection and to treat autoimmune disease respectively, so they become more susceptible.
3. HIV patient : HIV destroys the immunity of the patient by destruction of T4 cells
4. Aged persons : immunity decrease with old and lack of nutrition so elderly persons are more susceptible for infection