Early recognition and treatment of respiratory flu symptoms can help you relieve the most bothersome symptoms. If you have the respiratory flu, health experts suggest:

• Get plenty of bed rest.
• Drink lots of fluids.
• Keep the air moist.

• Wash your hands frequently.
• Avoid hand-to-eye and hand-to-nose
  contact, especially after being in contact
  with someone who has a cold.

You may have been told to "starve a fever and
feed a cold," but this may not be the best way
to get better. When suffering from a cold:

• Wash your hands frequently.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
• Avoid contact with those who have colds or flu.

• Ask you doctor about a flu vaccine.