Perhaps you come across on the web humorous poem by an unknown author, which begins with the lines: "Oh, God, I almost a widow, my husband... 37.2 "And many women have learned in the unfortunate sufferer - a cold man - his favorite. Indeed, strong, brave, strong-willed and determined man, as soon as the column of the thermometer passes for 37, turning into naughty children, causing a mixture of compassion and anger at their wives.
Scientists say: do not rush to blame her husband's weakness - physiology provides that men and women differently tolerate seasonal colds and viruses.
1. Scientists from the University of Washington say that men endure the occurrence of cold symptoms (eg, cough, or runny nose). But if the symptoms are several and respiratory manifestations exacerbated by the fever, the man settles into bed, and it will be "the sickest in the world Carlson", while a woman will take a couple of pills and go to work.
2. The male body is designed so that on recovery from illness they needed more time than women. Scientists from the University of Ottawa have conducted studies in rodents and noted that males recovering from the struggle with the disease for 48 hours, while the females out to recover needed half as much time.
3. Do not fret if your man when a cough, runny nose and a slight increase in temperature feels terminally ill. Do not laugh at him, he does not pretend - it's really bad. For temperature regulation in our body responds anterior hypothalamus. The representatives of the stronger sex, this area of the brain more than women, and therefore uncomfortable feeling stronger.
4. The female body is actively fighting bacteria and viruses, but the ladies are ill for longer. This is due to the fact that immune cells are sensitive to testosterone and estrogen - male and female hormones. Testosterone acts on them soothingly, and estrogen to produce more antibodies and proteins. As a result, the disease spreads slowly.
5. Nasal congestion during cold - unpleasant thing, but women experience it much better than men. This is due to the fact that their body is better adapted to the lack of oxygen and hypoxia. That is why in Japan among divers more women.
6. Women are more intuitive than men, the relationship with the body they have established better - it is easier to assess their condition, understand the scale of "tragedy", believe scientists at the University of Glasgow. In addition, their bodies are not so sensitive to pain, so they carry the disease easier.
7. Differently in the male and female body are drugs - in the women they work longer and better absorbed. This is due to the difference in the volumes of water and fat in the body. And since most drugs are tested on men, women are actually quite smaller dosage.
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