13. Check For Heartburn
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Unfortunately for some patients dealing with a sore throat due to having acid reflux, it takes much longer to go away if they don’t address the actual issue, which is the reflux. While there are a number of medications you can take to keep stomach acid at bay, these tend to work as a ‘band-aid’ effect, helping at the moment but not having true lasting effects. Best to speak to a medical professional to stop acid reflux and heartburn from the source so that sore throats from this won’t happen any longer.