Reflux laryngitis is a voice disorder that results from irritation and swelling of the vocal folds due to the backflow of stomach fluids into the throat this backflow is called laryngopharyngeal reflux (acid that reaches the level of the throat). Acid reflux associated with laryngitis. Reflux laryngitis or laryngopharyngeal reflux disease also abbreviated lpr digestive acid and enzymes flow upward from the stomach through the esophagus to the level of the vocal folds this is the same process that causes gastroesophageal reflux disease, or gerd, except that otolaryngologists are preoccupied with its effects at the level of.
acid reflux associated with laryngitis