  We investigate the interactions of the $\chi_{c1}(4274)$ state with light
mesons in the hot hadron gas formed in heavy ion collisions. The vacuum and
thermally-averaged cross sections of production of $\chi_{c1}(4274)$
accompanied by light pseudoscalar and light vector mesons as well as the
corresponding inverse processes are estimated within the context of an
effective Lagrangian approach. The results suggest non-negligible thermal
cross-sections, with larger magnitudes for most of the suppression reactions
than those for production. This might be a relevant feature to be considered in
the analysis of future data collected in heavy ion collisions.
