The common cold has some of the several severe symptoms like mild fever, headache. Besides sore throat is a major symptom of common cold. Weakness in the body and fatigue are also some of the symptoms of cold.

 One may have nasal congestion due to the common cold and also there is a loss of appetite. These all the symptoms can be severe if there is a prolong cold and it would require medication to mild these symptoms. Also one should be clear whether common cold has attacked your body prior to any medication. These symptoms like headache and fever are present for 2 to 3 days if it remains the same or can also increase like short of breath, severe headache and increase headache and throat pain.

 One should consult a doctor because it might be something severe than cold like influenza. Although common cold virus can’t be detected one may observe the throat culture by taking throat swabs. The common cold mostly gets cured within a week, if it exists for more than one week you might have an allergy to something like pollen or minute dust particles. Though there have been cases reported where a person suffers from common cold for more than a week.