Learn about the symptoms well, prior to any kind of treatment. There is no specific treatment for common cold thou, home treatment would help you recover from minor cold and can be used as a supportive measure in severe cold. Like one should drink lots of water and fresh juice besides taking ample rest. One can use throat lozenges for relief in throat, humidifiers are used to increase to air moisture, or taking in salt water drops in nostrils.

Other natural ways of treating your cold would be taking hot shower; one should keep their body warm during colds by wearing warm clothes or by using hot pads. If in case virus remain in the body for more two – three days one should consult a doctor who would perform several test and depending on what the results are decide the course of treatment which would vary based on the kind of cold encountered, one can have various kinds of cold based on kind of virus like rhinovirus, corona viruses.

One should consult a doctor when your common cold becomes bronchitis, sore throat, it may also cause bronchitis one should consult a doctor in that case too. Cold when remain untreated can cause severe complications like asthma. It was always good to check it with your doctor if you tend to have flu like symptoms.