Factors Increasing Infection Susceptibility: A Detailed Discussion

This essay explores the various factors that increase a person's susceptibility to infection, including age, medications and comorbidities, wounds, medical devices, and immune status. Age-related changes and chronic diseases can weaken the body's defenses, making older individuals more vulnerable. Certain medications and coexisting health conditions can also compromise the immune system. Wounds provide entry points for pathogens, increasing the risk of infection. Medical devices, if not properly sterilized, can transmit infections. Finally, a compromised immune system, whether due to illness or other factors, can delay or prevent the body's ability to fight off infections effectively. The essay references several studies to support these points, highlighting the complex interplay of factors that contribute to infection risk.

Question 12 A
Question
There are certain factors that increase the susceptibility of a
person to infection. These factors include:
 Age
 Medications and comorbidities
 Wounds
 Medical devices
 Immune status
Discuss how these each of these factors can put a person at risk
of infection.
The factor which is above mentioned usually play a vital role in the development at risk of infection.
In addition, the factor usually influences the person ability that they fallen in the risk of infection the
wider ways.
Age: Age is also factor which may show the risk behaviour of person towards the infection. Aging
usually include various stage that is associated with acute to chronic disease and show the behaviour
which provide the risk for infection (Carey and et. al., 2018).
Medication and comorbidities: The medication and comorbidities are usually associated with the
specific pathogen or infection and it have different type of infection that may show their role in the
medication and comorbidities.
Wound: The wound is usually associated with the risk of infection because the site of injury or
wound have higher exposure toward the external pathogen which may create complication with the
patient of person to get a high chance to face the issue of pathogen (Ibrahim and et. al., 2018).
Medical device: The medical device is also show the factor which may contributed within the risk of
infection. In addition, the medical device is frequently used in the screening and diagnosis of the
patient without the adequate process of sterilisation so the chance of transmission of infection have
higher with the contact to device which is used for multiple time (Chou and et. al., 2020).
Immune status: In this, the immune system may not adequately recognise the infection in the
immediate way. That develop the configuration that the late or delay immune status can cause the
risk of infection (Tian and et. al., 2020).

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Books and Journals
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Ibrahim, A., Ahmed, M., Conway, R. and Carey, J.J., 2018. Risk of infection with methotrexate
therapy in inflammatory diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of clinical
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Chou, R., Dana, T., Buckley, D.I., Selph, S., Fu, R. and Totten, A.M., 2020. Epidemiology of and risk
factors for coronavirus infection in health care workers: a living rapid review. Annals of
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Tian, Z., Stedman, M., Whyte, M., Anderson, S.G., Thomson, G. and Heald, A., 2020. Personal
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