If your throat is on fire and you find swallowing difficult, you may be suffering from Silent Acid Reflux. Intense throat problems and a constant feeling of a lump may be caused by stomach acid that backs up into the throat. Normal heartburn symptoms such as chest pains and upper abdominal pains don’t necessarily feature here.
To learn how homeopathy addresses this painful condition, read on:
(LPR), Laryngopharyngeal reflux can cause hoarseness, a burning sore throat, hawking, severe inflammation, even vocal cord damage. While there’s a feeling of phlegm dripping down the back of the throat – throat-clearing is a common reaction – there are few heartburn symptoms: no squeezing in the chest, no pains high up in the stomach area.
Hawking, lump, and swallowing trouble
If you need to clear the throat and there’s an omnipresent sensation of a lump there. The throat feels inflamed. Nat phos is a top remedy. Swallowing is difficult. Post nasal drip, especially at night, wakes you from sleep. Phlegm is clear white.
Cough and dryness. Tough mucus.
Carbo veg treats an acrid, dry throat that makes you cough. It’s hard to swallow food. Mucus is thick and tough and there’s a lump sensation.
Sore throat and cough
The throat is dry, red and inflamed. The cough is tickly and dry and often gets worse at night. The sensation of a lump and difficult swallowing are present. Try Belladonna.
Hoarseness, worse in the morning and evening
A hoarse voice and hawking that are worse, morning and evening, point to Causticum. Sometimes there’s a dry tickly cough. The lump sensation is accompanied by an inflamed throat.
Ropy thick phlegm
Thick yellow mucus that often emerges in a ‘rope’ suggests Kali bic. Lots of post nasal drip. A dry burning throat is worse in the morning.
Think about main characteristics of the remedy. Yes, they overlap in the symptoms they cover. Uncertain of what to take or give? Get in touch.
Below is a link to my podcast on normal Acid Reflux, Heartburn and GERD symptoms