headcolds

Why are they called head colds? My head is hot. Not cold. My nose is stuffed or running. My ears are passive or drumming. I teach like this. When I'm at home and sweet nothings are whispered in my ear, they are as nothing. I feel deaf on top of feeling like there is cotton stuffed in all of by body cavities.
I stood in front of the pharmacy aisles (yes I meant that to be plural)0 --very plural)for about ten minutes and looked over boxes and bottles and cartons and gave in to reason. I asked the pharmacist. She smiled. "None of them cure anything. They just relieve symptoms. So pick the symptom that is most offensive and start there."
Start there? I wonder in dismay. So I ask, do you mean it will probably take several types before this is over? "Of course. That's how headcolds work. You just mask the symptoms until you immune system takes on the headcold and wins."
So I pondered the four symptoms, their prices and realized I was dealing with a $55 cold. I rather have new shoes. I picked up the 8 dollar airborne to rev up my immmune system and went shoe shopping. I felt better immediately. A new cure???