Re: sore throat/ Stomach Acid and old folks

He went through nose down throat with a long thing he could look through and he said it was red down there, sorta by where your adam's apple would be if you were a man. And I didn't have that much post nasal drip going on.

It's called LPR (see the long word below) and you don't need to have heartburn to have it. I think mostly old people get it.

www.uthscsa.edu/oto/lpr.asp

Symptoms of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux are:

• Continual throat clearing
• Chronic throat irritation
• Chronic cough
• Hoarseness
• Excessive phlegm the throat
• Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
• Constant sensation of something in the throat
• Swallowed food comes back up
• Post nasal drainage
• Weak voice
• Cracking voice
• Blockage of the breathing passage
• Spasm of the larynx (voice box)
• Wheezing
• Heartburn