Sitting in choir last night and burped up stomach acid. swallowed it down. no cough but throat burned. worried abt. aspiration pneumonia. ?

Gerds: You have have severe acid reflux, try over the counter acid reducers and go see your primary care doctor and gastroenterologist. Aspiration pneumonia usually has other symptoms like fever, cough, shortness of breath. It can be treated with antibiotics.

Not likely: There is a difference between aspiration pneumonia (lung infection by nasal passage/mouth bacteria) & aspiration pneumonitis (inflammation after inhaling at least 1.5 tbsp stomach acid). Pneumonitis is a fairly severe sudden reaction that includes severe shortness of breath. Bacterial pneumonia can be a complication, but not right away. If not coughing/struggling to breathe, unlikely pneumonitis.