What is the best cure for a cold? I get several a year, and I end up in bed for a week every time. Medical science must be able to do something to help me!
If you catch a cold, there is nothing a doctor can do to cure it. He or she can certainly prescribe medications to ease the symptoms and make you feel more comfortable, but please do not pester him or her for antibiotics, because they do not help the problem at all.
The more you rest, the faster the problem will go away. Those who insist on working while feverish and miserable prevent the body from building up its defences rapidly, and pass the infection on to their work mates.
Aspirin or paracetamol, rest at home and medications for the cough, sore throat, runny nose and blocked sinuses are the best remedy. The usual cold will last for a week, but some people are luckier and have a brief course, while others are particularly unlucky, and the first cold may so lower their defences that they can catch another one, and then another, causing cold symptoms to last for many weeks.
Many vitamin and herbal remedies are touted as cures or preventatives for colds, but when subjected to detailed trials, none of them can be proven. If any medication, vitamin or herb could be found to help this condition, the entire medical profession would be delighted to recommend it.

I keep getting one cold after another. Why does it always have to be me?
You are just very unlucky. Several hundred viruses can cause a cold. Once one virus infects you, you should develop life-long resistance, but because there are so many possible causes, you will still catch colds. Gradually your resistance to infection will improve though, and colds will occur less frequently.
Because they have not been exposed to many viruses, children develop more colds than adults. Unfortunately, once you do catch a cold, it becomes easier to develop a second one. This second cold knocks you about even further, weakening you so that a third one can be caught. This unpleasant chain of events can sometimes continue for months.
Some people also have genetic factors that either protect them or make them more susceptible to viral infections. Stress, both physical and mental, can also reduce the body’s resistance to infection. Extremes of temperature are a cause of stress, and an indirect cause of recurrent colds.

I am 26 year old. I faced urticaria for 4-5months. A red swelling starts from pin-tip size and swells to a large area and gradually disappears. Sometimes severe itching is also there. It becomes unbearable when it’s on the face, especially the eyes and lips. Again it has occurred and I am still suffering from it. Some doctors suggested allergy test because of allergic reactions to certain foods. There has been no major change in my diet and eating habits.
Chronic Urticaria is a very difficult condition to investigate and treat. There are a number of ways it can present itself, as you have already experienced. The condition is often interrupted by periods of relief from the condition. No part of the body is exempt from the lesions. Around the eyes and mouth it can cause a massive swelling, referred to as angio edema. It is very difficult to pinpoint the cause although a number of factors may trigger an attack. These include diet, alcohol, viral infections, antibiotics, overheating, friction and perhaps even stress. They can precipitate an attack without being the primary cause.
The most important factor in the management is accepting the chronic nature of this condition since it can take from a few days to a few years to recover completely. Try to avoid the precipitating factors like over heating with hot baths, pressure from tight clothes, food with additives, and natural salicylates present in beer, wine and fruits. Also avoid alcohol and drugs like aspirin and painkillers. Cooling and soothing lotions like Calamine are helpful to ease the itching. Antihistamines are the mainstay of treatment and must be used continuously to get relief.