These habits must be changed or stopped to gain relief.
There are a number of lifestyle behaviors that contribute to reflux. Patients with reflux laryngitis have complaints similar to other voice disorders, making it an easily missed voice disorder. These patients do not commonly experience heartburn, which is a typical complaint in backflow of stomach fluids to the esophagus causing inflammation in the esophagus, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). People with reflux laryngitis usually complain of hoarseness, frequent throat clearing, sensation of lump in the throat, cough, or sore throat.
LPR symptoms are more likely throat clearing, a lump in the throat sensation, and hoarseness. For Acidic reflux, it is broken down into GERD and LPR. Reflux disease can be acid or non-acidic. Stomach fluids contain acids and enzymes that help digest food in the stomach, but cause problems elsewhere in the food pipe. This backflow is called laryngopharyngeal reflux (acid that reaches the level of the throat). Reflux laryngitis is a voice disorder that results from irritation and swelling of the vocal folds due to the backflow of stomach fluids into the throat.