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Nursing care of a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) includes monitoring of T-lymphocyte counts. Explain why.

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This is because the main firm of defect in patients with AIDS is destruction of helper T cells,and the T lymphocytes cells main function is to recognize antigen in the infected hosts and kill the antigens thereby activating the cell-mediated response and boost the immune cells . This immunodeficiency makes the patient to be more prone to infections and unusual cancers

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