I would pursue this with your primary care doctor . Chronic reflux can cause changes to the cells of the esophageal lining , called Barrett ' s esophagus , which is associated with increased risk of carcinoma in that region . The overall risk of that cancer is still pretty low , but your risk does go up with those changes to the tissue lining the esophagus , so you ' d be smart to just get this checked out because you may be able to get some simple solutions to reduce the GERD , which will also totally improve your quality of life . I had a period of time with really relentless reflux , specifically when I was in bed at night , and it sucks . Go get it checked out . <| sep |> He earns that upvote though . every single time i fall for his texts