A client may be in a danger of their body proteins becoming denatured if they have a

a. drug overdose.
b. very high fever.
c. vitamin deficiency.
d. high stress level.


B
Very high fever may denature body proteins, because the extreme heat changes the shape of the protein. Drug overdoses, vitamin deficiencies, and high stress levels do not denature proteins.

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