I told you I was ill

The BBC report that:

"Men really do have an excuse for being wimpy about coughs and colds - their immune systems are not as strong as those of women.

Canadian research suggests the female sex hormone oestrogen gives women's immune systems added bite at fighting off infection.

Oestrogen seems to hobble an enzyme which blocks the inflammatory process.

The McGill University study appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "

And now id you will excuse me I must take some more Nurofen Cold and Flu.