Man flu does exist

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That's right...

It's often seen as nothing more than whinging about a cold. But ‘man flu’ really does exist, according to research.

Men suffer more with coughs and colds because they have extra temperature receptors in the brain and so experience worse symptoms.

Children deal with colds the same way because the relevant area of the brain is the same size in boys and girls, said Durham University neuroscientist Dr Amanda Ellison.

But when boys hit puberty testosterone starts to act on the area, called the preoptic nucleus, making it larger.

Dr Ellison said: ‘When you have a cold one of the things that happens is you get an increase in temperature to fight off the bugs. The bugs can’t survive at higher temperatures.

When your immune system is under attack the preoptic nucleus increases temperature to kill off the bugs. But men have more temperature receptors because that area of the brain is bigger in men than women.

So men run a higher temperature and feel rougher – and if they complain they feel rough then maybe they’re right.

Research published in 2009 which also supported the existence of man flu was criticised as inconclusive as it related to genetically engineered mice rather than humans. But Dr Ellison’s study was based on research carried out on human brains.

‘It is part of the whole argument about the differences between men and women and how their behaviour can be influenced by differences in their brains,’ she added.

Commenting on the fact that her findings could be seen as controversial, Dr Ellison said: ‘I’m just throwing it out there. The debate will rage on and quite rightly so. The trouble with man flu has always been that there is not much hard evidence that the feelings are worse in males than in females. This is just a possible cause.’

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2267507/Man-flu-does-exist-Chaps-run-higher-temperature-feel-rougher-fighting-bug.html

So not only is it real... but our brains are more advanced than womens* :pac:


*May not be true

keith16

Anyone that says they have the man flu should be forced to hand in their man card.

KTRIC

keith16 wrote: »

Anyone that says they have the man flu should be forced to hand in their man card.

Look, if the a reputable rag paper like the Daily Mail says its real then its real.

fangee

I didn't need a newspaper article to confirm this. Of course it exists.

Sauve

Oh Christ Almighty not this again

Harden up would ye ffs.

CreepingDeath

Sauve wrote: »

Harden up would ye ffs.

Snigger...

Gweedling

Ah, the Daily Mail, that quality literary publication and source of news comparible to the onion. I read it on the itnernet so it must be true!

I do believe the thing about Man Flu though.

So men run a higher temperature and feel rougher – and if they complain they feel rough then maybe they’re right.

Sounds conclusive enough for me.

RoyalMarine

man flu is as real an issue as women complaining of cramps / pains during their monthly cycle...

IMO they're both made up bullshít to get sympathy from their partners and time off work.

Lumbo

I'm a survivor of man flu.

RoyalMarine

RoyalMarine wrote: »

man flu is as real an issue as women complaining of cramps / pains during their monthly cycle...

IMO they're both made up bullshít to get sympathy from their partners and time off work.

IMO your IMO is BS.

Sauve

RoyalMarine wrote: »

man flu is as real an issue as women complaining of cramps / pains during their monthly cycle...

IMO they're both made up bullshít to get sympathy from their partners and time off work.

O_o

cantdecide

Last year I was walking around with a broken collar bone, cracked ribs and a "shattered" shoulder blade in the third world for two weeks before I could get treatment as well doing about 1000KM on the back of a motorbike. My travel companion went white when he saw my x-rays. Now I was far from comfortable but I got through it.

I get a proper flu, I have to take to the bed. End of story.

1ZRed

keith16 wrote: »

Anyone that says they have the man flu should be forced to hand in their man card.

Better yet, don't get sick.

It's the ultimate test of manliness :pac:

IM0

cantdecide wrote: »

Last year I was walking around with a broken collar bone, cracked ribs and a "shattered" shoulder blade in the third world for two weeks before I could get treatment as well doing about 1000KM on the back of a motorbike. My travel companion went white when he saw my x-rays. Now I was far from comfortable but I got through it.

so are you ewan mc gregor or charlie?

my dad a big baby when hes sick .... bless

IM0

cantdecide wrote: »

Last year I was walking around with a broken collar bone hairline fracture in my collarbone, cracked ribs sore ribs and a "shattered" fractured shoulder blade in the third world for two weeks before I could get treatment as well doing about 1000KM on the back of a motorbike. My travel companion went white when he saw my x-rays. Now I was far from comfortable but I got through it.

I get a proper flu, I have to take to the bed. End of story.

fyp

hoodwinked

I knew it!

Men will stoop to any level to prove man flu exists even posing as a woman who studies it! :mad: i mean come on Dr Amanda ??? we saw this same joke on Friends years ago, A MAN Da!

Snowie

Sauve wrote: »

Oh Christ Alzmighty not this again

Harden up would ye ffs.

Women have periods men have man flu... Simple

cantdecide

IM0 wrote: »

fyp

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/51095/233631.JPG

You should have seen the before pics.

There were inches between the collar bone halves and the shoulder blade was "flattened into four pieces".

kiffer

Many men spend a lot of time hiding injury or illness. Can't show any sign of weekness, or you have to hand in your mancard, get eaten by bears, or just generally lose status.
So men will avoid going to the doctor for minor ailments and will insist they are fine for things like minor colds...
Then you get a bit too sick to hide it and so you admit you're sick and then your partner goes all unsympathetic, "oh it's the manflu is it? I swear men are such big babies"...
Two months before hand she was complaining that you where pretending not to be sick, when you were totally fine (mild cold).

The contrast between pretending to be fine and actually showing how sick you are makes it look like there is no middle ground.

Actual flu is awful for everyone.

Sauve

Snowie wrote: »

Women have periods men have man flu... Simple

Except that one exists, while the other is an attention-seeking term that was invented to get more than the required amount of attention for an illness that both males and females suffer from.

kiffer

Sauve wrote: »

Except that one exists, while the other is an attention-seeking term that was invented to get more than the required amount of attention for an illness that both males and females suffer from.

The term man flu wasn't invented by men to seek attention... it's a mocking term used to belittle men who show a sign of weekness.
Sure people now use it as an ironic term "I was really sick, it must of been man flu" but it's origins are in making fun of men for being "big babies".