Why the Coronavirus Seems to Hit Men Harder Than Women

[Catabolite]

But there’s a high price, she added: Women are far more susceptible to autoimmune diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, in which the immune system shifts into overdrive and attacks the body’s own organs and tissues.

Nearly 80 percent of those with autoimmune diseases are women, Dr. Clayton noted.

The reasons women have stronger immune responses aren’t entirely clear, and the research is still at an early stage, experts caution.

[Ellen]

1 hour ago, Catabolite said:

Wrong, adults are more immune. Children in third world countries are more immune because of granuloma. Old people and immuno-compromised people are high risk groups. 

Oh i am not particularly sure about the stats, this is what i read Scientists don't know why children seem to be protected, even though as any parent knows, they are usually a carrier for disease. It could be that children's bodies are better able to handle the effects of the virus, Mina says, or perhaps they have immunity from a previous, related viral infection, or the virus doesn't replicate as well in them for some reason.

[Catabolite]

One hypothesis is that women’s stronger immune systems confer a survival advantage to their offspring, who imbibe antibodies from mothers’ breast milk that help ward off disease while the infants’ immune systems are still developing.

A stew of biological factors may be responsible, including the female sex hormone estrogen, which appears to play a role in immunity, and the fact that women carry two X chromosomes, which contain immune-related genes. Men, of course, carry only one.

[Catabolite]

Experiments in which mice were exposed to the SARS coronavirus found that the males were more susceptible to infection than the females, a disparity that increased with age.

The male mice developed SARS at lower viral exposures, had a lower immune response and were slower to clear the virus from their bodies. They suffered more lung damage, and died at higher rates, said Dr. Stanley Perlman, a professor of microbiology at the University of Iowa who was the senior author of the study.

[pencil]

33 minutes ago, Catabolite said:

Are you in kindergarten?

are you a piles patient

[Catabolite]

When researchers blocked estrogen in the infected females or removed their ovaries, they were more likely to die, but blocking testosterone in male mice made no difference, indicating that estrogen may play a protective role.

“It’s an exaggerated model of what happens in humans,” Dr. Perlman said. “The differences between men and women are subtle — in mice, it’s not so subtle.”

[r2d2]

1 hour ago, Catabolite said:

never studied immunology, did you?

Did I say that?

Anthoddu annadi.. ‘Third World’ ki.. for some reason I find that derogatory...

[HEROO]

2 hours ago, Catabolite said:

Even you know that ain't true honey.

Whatever you believe is truth !!

[Iriswest]

1 hour ago, Catabolite said:

Are you in kindergarten?

ROFL

[riashli]

1 hour ago, Catabolite said:

One hypothesis is that women’s stronger immune systems confer a survival advantage to their offspring, who imbibe antibodies from mothers’ breast milk that help ward off disease while the infants’ immune systems are still developing.

A stew of biological factors may be responsible, including the female sex hormone estrogen, which appears to play a role in immunity, and the fact that women carry two X chromosomes, which contain immune-related genes. Men, of course, carry only one.

Cardio vascular disorders nundi kuda females ki immunity ekkuva due to this.. but menopause reach ayyaka risk perugutundi 

[DummyVariable]

What about behavior? Men are less likely to go to a hospital when infected and may be waiting until it is too late. Women and children are the first ones to visit hospitals so fewer fatalities. 

[Catabolite]

Just now, DummyVariable said:

What about behavior? Men are less likely to go to a hospital when infected and may be waiting until it is too late. Women and children are the first ones to visit hospitals so fewer fatalities. 

K

[DummyVariable]

On 2/29/2020 at 10:20 PM, riashli said:

Cardio vascular disorders nundi kuda females ki immunity ekkuva due to this.. but menopause reach ayyaka risk perugutundi 

Is it immunity or the size? Women in general are shorter and shorter people have greater cardiovascular health.

[Pranaya_Vanty]

On 2/29/2020 at 4:49 PM, Catabolite said:

Why the Coronavirus Seems to Hit Men Harder Than Women

This week, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention published the largest analysis of coronavirus cases to date. Although men and women have been infected in roughly equal numbers, researchers found, the death rate among men was 2.8 percent, compared with 1.7 percent among women.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/health/coronavirus-men-women.html

Woman swallow cum ra and resistant to anything 

[Catabolite]

12 minutes ago, Pranaya_Vanty said:

Woman swallow cum ra and resistant to anything 

Why don't you do a control experiment, swallow sperm and see if that will boost your immunity.