Acid reflux is a bad problem. I have had it for about 25+ years. A few months ago I woke up with my throat burning like fire. The dr said the acid had come up into my throat and got in my lungs. Had bronchitis for weeks. It was terrible.
If it is that bad, consider a Nissen fundoplication.
It can be done with a laparoscope. Recovery time is a couple of weeks.
Ask your doctor.
My dad had the same thing happen earlier this year and was diagnosed with Pnumonia but it didn’t last for weeks.
I’ve had that happen a few times. I keep baking soda by the bed to kill the acid quick! Must then cough the rest out of my lungs.
I found if I over eat spicy food or eat BEEF before going to bed it hits me.
Family history shows many of my kin died of “Acute Indigestion”. When the pains hit me they treated me for indigestion. It was later found I HAD A BLOCKED ARTERY in my heart so now have a stent.
My dad had it BAD! He smoked the old fashioned way by sucking the smoke into his mouth, then swallowing it to the stomach, bypassing the lungs. Then burp it back up and exhale. He was also an alcoholic which made it worse. His chest pains were terrible and his 4th heart attack killed him.
In the last few years of his miserable life he became unable to swallow solid food at times, gagging at the table.