The past month i have been having a wierd anoyying sensation in my esophagus i went to the doctor and he siad it's most likley acid reflux, so he gave me some ant acids called pantiloc, as a stated taking them the problem was about 80 percent gone, but now its back and it feels like theres a lump in my throat or top of my esophagus, it doesn't hurt to swallow, it just burns and feels tinggly, it also seems to make me want to cough it out, i bought some zantac today and it doesn't seem to help. Im 20 years old and have been smoking for about 6 years, i smoke about 5 cigs a day. i hope its not serius, like cancer. I have heartburn sometimes and it doesn't feel like heartburn casue its in my throat almost and it makes me want to cough it out, its weird, i also have a little hiatal hernia. im going to the doc again soon to get that pantiloc and see if it helps again. Do you guys think it can be acid reflux, i thought acid reflux was just continues heartburn.