but somehow, this is the bit I'm not as familiar with,

the bit of the anatomy, the windpipe,

the vocal cords sit within the windpipe,

so they're catching something,

catching food before it gets any deeper, perhaps.

But it's a new thing if it is.

So it could well be something that's irritant,

couldn't it?

Yeah.

That's why I wake up coughing.

Sometimes it's dry, because the tiniest bit of food

or partially digested food is breaking down itself

in the esophagus.

Like reflux.

Have you had this before?

This kind of hoarse voice?

No.

Maybe if I've had a cold.

I was wondering how, if it's not an infection,

how best to try and treat it.

It might be, I mean, because normally, of course,

you think, well, if it was a slight reflux symptom,

you'd start on a PPI and try to, you know, and try to-

So, well, yeah.

Well, this is, I mean, I don't use them, you know.

Like, it's something like Gaviscon or something,

but I don't know if you've got food there,

whether that's-

Again, Gaviscon makes me very sick,

because it's not reaching the stomach and all that.

It does eventually,

but Gaviscon-