The best long term solution for this is to
change your diet and stop smoking.
The short term solution for this is zantac, prilosec and things of that nature.
If you do not take care of it, that can become serious. I have had it where the symptoms where the classic burning of the throat and all of that yoke. However I also had it where it was more mild on the initial symptoms, but it caused much bigger problems like sleep apnea and vocal chords seizing up, which is very scary.
The acid reflux would bubble up your throat at night, get into your sinuses and you would have this lump of crud in the back of your throat you could never get rid of. I had a cough that lasted for literally YEARS and they could not figure out what caused it blaming it on a nasal drip or some other b.s.. At one point they thought I was asthmatic and gave me that medicine or spray. None worked.
Eventually I received a referral to an allergist who correctly diagnosed it in 10 minutes. I did not believe this dude. After all, 8 other doctors of 4-5 years could not get it right. What were the odds. He gave me some medicine, tried it, in 36-48 hours the crud gone, not more choking/stop breathing in my sleep, could taste again. It was crazy.
Anyway, acid reflux is looked at as a nuisance, but you really need to be careful as it can become very serious. Especially where the vocal chords seizing up where you stop breathing in your sleep and have to jump out of bed, adrenaline racing, and try to calm yourself mentally so that your throat opens back up before you pass out is terrifying.
