Medical Science

I was never very good a biology when I was at school, even the organic Chemistry in my A-Level was a little beyond me, but antibiotics, pain killers and drugs actions I do not have a clue on.

When I had kidney stone surgery they gave me an antibiotic specifically for that region, it even made my pee glow.  How did it know to go there?  How did it know what to do?  How did the pain killer they give me only stop the pain there and not in my head?

The reason this comes to mind is I have a horrible cold.  Running nose, aching, tired, coughing up my lungs, can’t breath, you know the type.

They are fairly common symptoms, and are caused by another variation of a cold virus I would imagine, which makes it virtually impossible to immunize against or treat.

They symptoms (as I understand it) are my bodies way of fighting this virus.  Running nose to clear out the waste system.  Tired because my body is busy fighting.  But my question is…… Is this all necessary?

Does my body have to do all these things to beat the virus, or can medical science find a way to remove these symptoms from me so I do not have to suffer?

Instead of targeting the Thingy-itis virus, can’t I just take a pill that will stop my nose getting bunged up, stop my body aching, stop my lungs hurting and just leave my body’s immune system to fix it?

This cold has one more symptom, fortunately it effects other people rather than me, but I am really grumpy, and short tempered.  Is there a cure for that out there?