So ‘Man Flu’ Is Sorta Real – Science Has Found Men Suffer More From Flu Symptoms

Bad news ladies! It turns out that men do have a higher risk of getting the flu and are even more likely to be hospitalized over severe symptoms. This pretty much legitimises the very idea of ‘man flu’. Damn it.

In a new article published in The British Medical Journal, Canadian academic Dr Kyle Sue investigated the claim of the ‘man flu’ and actually found that there may be some truth in the concept that men suffer more severe flu-like symptoms than women.

While us ladies often accuse the opposite sex of exaggerating their symptoms, Dr Sue found evidence that adult men actually do have a higher risk of hospital admission and influenza-associated deaths compared with women in the same age groups, and this is regardless of underlying disease.

The study also claims that men suffer more from viral respiratory illness than women because they have a less robust immune system. So there you go. Man flu is sorta… real.

Don’t let it go to your head, guys.