Prevention
Prevention is currently poorly pursued and would be based on avoiding
contact with obvious carriers of cold pathology, frequent hand washing
and, when possible, using protective masks by the infected, which,
however, until recently was not widespread in western society.
Vaccination is still not easily practicable, due to the fact, that these
diseases are attributable to many viruses, which are moreover rapidly
changing.
What is almost always implemented, is the use of symptomatic
anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatments, to alleviate the symptoms
and reduce the duration of the course of the diseases in question.3