Patient's question:
A four-year-old child has had a fever for three days, and nasal congestion has reappeared over the past two days, especially making it difficult to breathe while sleeping. The child is snoring loudly. Is there any way to relieve this nasal congestion?Doctor's answer:
The child's nasal congestion is caused by rhinitis following a cold, which may take time to fully recover. The loud snoring could be due to swollen tonsils. The child has had a fever for three days, which might be caused by a bacterial infection. I don't know if a blood test has been done. If the blood count is high, antibiotics should be taken and treated seriously. To relieve nasal congestion symptoms, one can take over-the-counter cold medicine, and the other can use nasal drops.