How do I stop cold from getting bad?

Zinc and Vitamin C help. Lots of fluids to flush the germs out of your system. Sambucol (elderberry extract) is thought to help.

Depending on where you live, spending a couple of minutes in the cold may help. They're doing cryotherapy now, exposing cold-sufferers to extreme cold for two minutes. This, they say, first draws your blood into your core and then when you warm up, your blood, enriched by oxygen, etc., assisting your immune system returns to your extremities.

I'm sorry. I thought I could stop mine from getting worse, but as my doctor told me, with lots of medication and resting in bed, it will take approximately a week and a half to run its course. Without all the meds, etc, it will take about ten days.

You CAN fool your cold with OTC meds. You'll still have a cold, but won't feel so bad. If you've got exams, be sure it's non-drowsy.

There's no magic trick. Water, healthy food, and rest. Your body needs the energy to fight the cold.

I would start drinking a lot of lemon or lime water, hot green tea with honey, chicken broth with crushed garlic.