 [ Symptoms ] 4 yo w sore throat & 100 4 fever went away after tylenol gave a warm vapor bath also has a stuffy runny nose monday night sore throat gave tylenol and went away by morning tuesday came the runny stuffy nose gave her a vapor bath and chicken noodle soup tuesday night sore throat again and gave tylenol better this morning but still has runny stuffy nose [ Disease ] i have no way of accurately diagnosing your child over the internet    this would require a hands on examination however based solely on the symptoms that you have described it has all the hallmarks of a viral upper respiratory infection there are hundreds of viruses that can cause these symptoms the good news is that it should only last a week the first 3 4 days are the worst and often has the fever you are treating him appropriately