<p><a href="/channels/symptoms/what-is-gerd">Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)</a> is most often experienced as heartburn but can cause other symptoms as well, including hoarseness, sore throat, laryngitis, chronic cough and asthma. Your symptoms could indeed be related to your heartburn. The best approach would be to seek help for your heartburn and explain to your health-care provider that you also have these symptoms. A careful evaluation will help determine if your sore throat and laryngitis are related to heartburn or to another cause. </p> <span class="expertinfo"><p><br />About the expert: Goutham Rao, M.D., is clinical director at the Weight Management and Wellness Center, Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Pittsburgh (of UPMC); associate professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPMC); and family physician at Bloomfield-Garfield Family Health Center in Pittsburgh. He is also a board member of the National Heartburn Alliance.</p> <p>Rao has served as director of medical informatics at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital. He is course director for introduction to medical decision-making at the UPMC, associate editor at the American College of Physicians Journal Club, and editorial board member and acquisitions editor at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Home Study Self-Assessment (HSSA) program in Kansas City, Mo. Rao serves as assistant editor of the <i>Journal of Family Practice</i> and editorial board member of <i>Family Medicine</i>. Rao has also served as a member of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute/Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement&reg;/National Committee for Quality Assurance GERD standards committee.</p></span> <p><br /><span class="disclaimer">The material in this site is intended to be of general informational use and is not intended to constitute medical advice, probable diagnosis or recommended treatments. For severe heartburn or heartburn that persists after trying over-the-counter treatment or lifestyle modifications, visit your doctor to determine the right treatment for you. See the <a href="http://www.pg.com/terms.html" target="_new" onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.pg.com/terms.html');">Terms and Conditions</a> for more information.</span></p> 2008-07-17T09:58:42-05:00 #<User:0xa683bfc> I often get a sore throat, and even contracted laryngitis twice in the past year. Is this related to my heartburn? 719526997 false Throat hurts from GERD? Gastroesophageal reflux disease is often experienced as heartburn but can cause other symptoms as well, including hoarseness, sore throat, laryngitis, chronic cough and asthma symptoms of heartburn, heartburn symptoms, GERD, sore throat, gastroesophageal reflux disease, throat hurts from gerd sore-throats-laryngitis-and-heartburn

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is most often experienced as heartburn but can cause other symptoms including...

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