3yr old on antibiotcs for 4 days for scarlet fever. fever is gone but still very congested, coughs during sleep, hoarse voice congested nose. ?

Cold symptoms: Strep infections can be accompanied with symptoms of running nose as well.Antibiotics usually will not affect the running nose so you should use saline nose drops several times a day to stop the post nasal drip which is causing his cough. At night elevate his matress so he is sleeping on an angle. Run a vaporizer. During the day take him into the washroom and turn on the the hot shower.