The daughter of a 79-year-old woman asks the nurse why her mother gets so many infections. the daughter states, "my mother has always been healthy, but now she has pneumonia. last month she got cellulitis from a bug bite she scratched. the month before she had a urinary infection. why does she seem to get sick so often now?" what is the nurse's best response?

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