'I thought I had heartburn but pain in the night turned into horror diagnosis'

NHS details signs of a heart attack When Steven Haddon kept waking up in the middle of the night with what he thought was “just heartburn ” he had no idea how his life was going to change. The 52-year-old was actually experiencing serious heart problems that led to two heart attacks as well as heart failure . Speaking exclusively to Express.

co.uk , Steven recalled how in October last year he kept waking up at around 4am with an uncomfortable feeling in his chest . Usually it would ease after drinking water and he was able to get back to sleep , thinking it must be heartburn.

But after waking on the fourth night in a row, Steven noticed that the pain was lower in his body, around his stomach. He drank some water and took an acid reflux suppressant, hoping this would clear it. But this time the pain did not dissipate and actually got worse.

READ MORE Breakthrough 'daydream' test could predict dementia 9 years in advance Steven Haddon, from Hackney, mistook his heart attack for heartburn (Image: Steven Haddon) “The pain began slowly creeping up my ribcage,” he explained. “The higher up it went the more intense it became. It was a burning pain.

” The pain reached his chest again and Steven, from Hackney in London, described it as a “pain I have never experienced before or since”. But not once did he imagine for a second he had experienced a heart attack. Steven said: “Most sensible people would have called 999 but at no point did I think I had heart problems.

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