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Diagnosed with strep throat, can you have a cough and runny nose plus congestion?

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Not typical: Usually with strep throat you have classically a fever, headache, abd pain and sore throat WITHOUT nasal congestion and cough. When you have a sore throat after a few days of nasal congestion and cough that typically denotes a viral URI.

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Answered 10/23/2017

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