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(both acid reflux and allergies feel similar, they both swell the vocal folds (laryngitis) and they both tend to be worse in the morning. The ENT is probably just trying to cover all the bases before the examination)
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I second what Matt is saying. You can often get acid reflux in your sleep and not know about it, and the symptoms it presents with are very similar to that if you have allergies. If anything the indigestion tablets are probably to make doubly sure that anything the ENT sees in the laryngoscopy is purely down to allergies and not something else.
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haha don’t be. It’s not that you’ll actually need more help, it’s more that I’ve found the UK medical system is based on telling people there’s nothing wrong with them and turning them away until the last possible moment to cut down waiting lists. Better to see an ENT because they’ll be able to check you out properly and put your fears aside once and for all (if you get a laryngoscopy that will be awesome to see as a vocal teacher!). Whereas a doctor will say “I’m sure it’s probably fine, just come back in a month if it’s still bothering you”, which is what doctors say about everything and is never helpful (sorry, just cynical haha).
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(don’t take no for an answer! 🙂)
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Go to a normal doctor, insist there’s something wrong and you need more help, and get referred to an ENT.
