Sick man syndrome [Scanned]

I have a poorly husband.   The poor thing has been sniffling and snuffling and coughing all weekend and I, as dutiful wife, have been supplying him with all sorts of pills for his ills (mainly Sudafed and Strepsils, wonderful stuff) and lots of sympathy (though, according to him, I could have given more – he’s a sympathy addict).  He has a cold.   He, however, is convinced that it must be something more…   Something awful…   Something deadly.    Throughout the weekend he’s listed all the possible diseases that he has from Alzheimer’s to Meningococcal meningitis, from Malaria to anything with the word streptococcal in it, from Bird Flu to the Hendra Virus*.    What is it about men?   *for those not in the know, or in Australia recently, that’s horse flu