Man Flu -It's Real

[pnutts]

Man flu? It’s a fact.

http://www.macleans.ca/society/health/man-flu-its-a-fact/

 

[vern]

who knows.  i don't trust much of anything anymore....  unless i'm in the science field doing the research....

[Miss Mouse]

Hahaha ....... oh yes it is I know this to be a fact I have nursed the male species in my house when the sky is falling in from the dreaded "man flu" !   

[vern]

well.... I guess i'm a big baby when it comes to a decent cold/flu....   but frequency compared to females... no clue.

[pnutts]

Hormones, brother, hormones. Those of us with more T. don't have as good a response to certain infections as those with more E.

Thus men generally do get sicker for longer with colds & the Flu  than women.

 

p.s. The report I heard on Global TV news last night mentioned study done at University in Ottawa, Canada. Other studies have been done around the world in past 5 years.

Edited February 25, 2017 by pnutts
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[hatcheckgirl]

The study here was from researchers  from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, and I think it is saying the same thing.

 

In our Public Talk today, the speaker was talking about 1 Pet 3:7 " Assign them honor as to a weaker vessel, the feminine one ", and how us females are not so much "weaker" as "more specialised" or for a different use.  He compared men to travel mugs - all utilitarian.  And women to champagne flutes. Both are vessels for carrying liquid, but what would happen if you took your coffee to work in a champagne flute?  That estrogen is certainly an interesting hormone!  We are wonderfully made, hey?

[Tortuga]

11 hours ago, hatcheckgirl said:

 He compared men to travel mugs - all utilitarian.  And women to champagne flutes. Both are vessels for carrying liquid, but what would happen if you took your coffee to work in a champagne flute? 

It would get cold too fast and the boss would think he was paying you too much..

OTOH I know guys that drink beer out of a coffee mug. It can be a lot more useful than a champagne flute...