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GERD or acid reflux symptoms are caused by the regurgitation of acidic liquid stomach contents back up into the esophagus. The most common symptom of GERD is heartburn. Other symptoms that can occur as a result of GERD include: nausea, regurgitation, acid-induced erosions of the teeth, nausea, chronic cough,
Today I would like to talk about what has become the bane of existence for gastroenterologists: the dreaded diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal reflux. What does that mean? Acid refluxing back up into the esophagus and then into the larynx, which causes some damage. This reflux results in symptoms such as voice changes, cough, repetitive throat clearing, and pharyngeal sensations of fullness -- not necessarily a globus type of fullness, but a thick phlegm type of fullness.