How to judge whether there is gender difference in the same disease?

Times are different, men and women are the same. This slogan has been brushed all over urban and rural areas. From the perspective of rights and interests, the pursuit of gender equality is a yardstick to reflect social progress. But in the medical field, it is more necessary to find the gender difference from health to disease. Only in this way can we deeply understand the law of life and find the best way to prevent and treat diseases. Let's combine the recent scientific research results and now interpret the relevant viewpoints.

Cold is the most common health problem, and it is easy to catch a cold, which is considered as a sign of poor immunity or physical weakness. So, are men or women more likely to get the flu? Recently, the British Medical Journal published a paper by the research team of Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. According to this study, men in the same age group have a higher risk of hospitalization and related mortality due to influenza than women. This shows that men's immune ability may not be strong.

In cardiovascular diseases, the gender difference is more significant. According to the clinical data of 15998 patients, some scholars found that among patients with myocardial infarction, the proportion of female patients complicated with hypertension, diabetes, lack of exercise and other risk factors was higher than that of male patients; The proportion of risk factors such as smoking, abnormal blood lipid metabolism and greasy diet in men is higher than that in women. The proportion of asymptomatic myocardial infarction in women is higher than that in men. Chest pain and sweating are more common in male patients; Radiation pain, nausea and vomiting are more common in female patients; The main causes of myocardial infarction in male patients are physical stress and excessive unhealthy lifestyle; The main causes of female myocardial infarction are mental stress, sudden change of weather or environment, disease or trauma. Understanding these differences is helpful to identify and prevent myocardial infarction.