Common Cold : Treatments

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Get plenty of rest and drink lots of fluids. Over-the-counter cold remedies may help ease your symptoms. These won't actually shorten the length of a cold, but can help you feel better. NOTE: Medical experts have recommended against using cough an...
Source:ADAM
Date:January 18, 2008
There are no medicines that will cure the common cold. Given time, the body's immune system makes antibodies to fight the infection, and the cold is resolved without any intervention. Antibiotics are useless against a cold. However, there are many...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The patient should drink plenty of fluids and eat nutritious foods. In fact, the old adage, "Feed a cold, starve a fever" was scientifically proven true in 2002. Dutch scientists found that cold-fighting immune responses rose after consuming a ful...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
There are no medicines that will cure the common cold. Given time, the body's immune system will make antibodies to fight the infection, and the cold will resolve without any intervention. Antibiotics are useless against a cold. There are, however...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
There are no medicines that will cure the common cold. Given time, the body's immune system will make antibodies to fight the infection, and the cold will be resolved without any intervention. Antibiotics are useless against a cold. However, a gre...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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