The nursing instructor is discussing primary immunodeficiency diseases with the nursing class. What would the instructor tell the students about primary immunodeficiency diseases?
A) They need IVIG as treatment.
B) They are the result of infection.
C) Their origin is genetic.
D) They can be acquired spontaneously.
Ans: C
Feedback: Primary immunodeficiency diseases are genetic in origin and result from intrinsic defects in the cells of the immune system. Primary immunodeficiency diseases do not always need IVIG as treatment, and they cannot be acquired spontaneously. Secondary immunodeficiency diseases are the result of external factors such as infection.
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