Are men unfairly castigated for having "man flu" and running to their sick beds at the merest sign of a sniffle?
Research suggests that women are at greater risk of getting flu than men because they tend to spend more time around children, who are more likely to have a flu-like illness in the first place.
A nationwide flu survey carried out by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine during last winter found that women were 16% more likely to say they had flu symptoms.
So is it really women who are making all the fuss about being unwell?
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Difficult one this as my son does not like to let people down so unless he is hospitalised like he was earlier this year with viral meningitis, or really feeling unwell, he will go to work. That included school too, the only reason I had to turn back once and bring him home, was that he was sick on the way 
Personally, and I am basing my reasons on the behaviour of my work colleagues, I don't find there to be much difference between men being ill and women being ill; both can be drama queens 
I do think though that flu is often mistaken and used as an excuse for nothing more than a cough and cold  |
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I do think though that flu is often mistaken and used as an excuse for nothing more than a cough and cold
This definitely  "
Agreed, don't think I've ever had flu (thankfully) but every bleedin time I phone my mum, either my sisters got it, or her husband, or my mum ...I'm not sure anyone could survive proper flu 12 times in one year, every year!  |
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