Is it a Cold or an allergy?

 If your runny nose and sneezing linger for more than a week or two, there's a good chance it's allergies. If you have allergies, your immune system, your body's defense system against bacteria and viruses, is on overdrive. It's reacting to a normally innocuous substance such as pollen, trees, grasses, or ragweed as if it's a foreign invader. Often, it's bugged by more than one thing such as pollen, dust mites, mold spores, pet dander, or even food. (See the entire blog article at https://riverwalknaturalhealth.blogspot.com/search?q=allergies)