In addition to burning your food pipe, the acid gives you heartburn, which is a burning sensation in your chest
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These increased inflammatory factors and chemokines leads to further infiltration of immune cells into the respiratory tract, resulting in dysfunctions of fibroblasts, goblet cells, and epithelial cells, ultimately leading to emphysema, mucus accumulation, inflammation, and pulmonary fibrosis [52]
Over-the-counter medications throat lozenges, cough drops, and gargles can help to soothe your chest and throat Exercise regularly moving your body daily will help to loosen the mucus in your chest so that you can cough it up more easily