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Turns out, men act sicker - because they are sicker
https://time.com/4683864/men-sick-cold-flu/
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https://www.texashealth.org/areyouawellbeing/Mens-Health/Man-Flu-Is-Now-Backed-by-Science
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https://www.sciencenorway.no/covid1...-new-study-could-help-explain-man-flu/2191511
Turns out, men act sicker - because they are sicker
https://time.com/4683864/men-sick-cold-flu/
some research has shown that male and female immune cells do react differently to invading viruses. Now, a recent study in mice adds more fuel to the fire, suggesting that the male sex really does get hit harder by certain illnesses—and that physiology, not psychology, may be at least partially to blame
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https://www.texashealth.org/areyouawellbeing/Mens-Health/Man-Flu-Is-Now-Backed-by-Science
In humans, studies found that women who were still having periods (which means their estrogen and other female hormones are at regular levels) had a better immune response against colds than men the same age.
Sue also looked at World Health Organization flu statistics, which revealed that adult men had a higher risk of being admitted to the hospital with flu-like symptoms and/or complications. In the United States, men have a greater risk of death due to influenza compared to women, and women show a better response to the flu vaccine and fewer complications due to flu or other respiratory infections.
None of this really surprises Heather Bartos, M.D., chief of obstetrics and gynecology and physician on the medical staff at Texas Health Frisco.
“Sometimes hormones work for women’s benefit, though many times it feels they don’t,” she says.
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https://www.sciencenorway.no/covid1...-new-study-could-help-explain-man-flu/2191511
scientific research now suggests that men actually do become sicker from viralinfections.
Men have agreater risk of developing severe symptoms of COVID-19 and dying than women,according to a 2022 study in the journal Immunology.
In general,women appear to have stronger immune responses and respond better to vaccines.
On the flipside, women have a greater chance of developing autoimmune diseases, where theimmune system attacks its own tissue.
Differences in the immune system
The differencesmay have to do with the fact that women have two X chromosomes and men one.Hormones can also play a role.