What is the most important precaution to teach a client who has few natural killer cells and the natural killer cells are not very active?
A. "You will no longer develop a fever when you have an infection, so you must learn to identify other symptoms of infection."
B. "You will be at an increased risk for developing allergies, so it will be necessary for you to avoid common allergens."
C. "You will need to avoid people with viral infections because it is harder now for you to develop antibodies."
D. "You will need to have yearly checkups because your risk for cancer development is greater now."
D
Natural killer cells provide protection against development of cancer by recognizing unhealthy or cancer cells as non-self and taking action to destroy them.
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