Cold and flu are two most common diseases that are prevailing in the world. Running nose, sore throat, fever, sneezing, cough etc are the symptoms of these diseases prevailing in the world.

Growing pollution and other man made factors are responsible for spreading of these diseases. They are air borne diseases which spread like fire to all people who comes in contact with any person who is suffering from it. These diseases often give birth to other problems like headache, body ache, fever etc that enhances trouble of people at greater extend.

There are several treatments for cold and flu, some of them can be easily followed by every person at home like the person who is inflicted with such disease should gargle once a day in order to bring temporary relief to soar throat, apply hot or cold packs on neck and chest that will provide relief from running nose and other problems of headache, take rest in order to relax the body that will create greater chances to get out of the disease, avoid consuming cold things or liquids etc.

There are various effective treatments for cold and flu provided by medical science. Different medicines in vaccination or tablet forms are commonly available at drugs stores that also provide quick relief to people who are stuck up with the problems of cold and flu so that people can get on with their important work within short span of time. It is a famous saying that prevention is better than cure therefore people should try to protect themselves from these diseases in spite of searching cure later.