'Grateful to be alive'

21-year-old warns don't ignore cardio symptoms after health scare

- PAIGE OLDFIELD

WHEN Keanan Reeve suddenly woke one night to severe chest pains, he believed he was having a heart attack.

The student thought that was impossible given he was a fit and healthy 20-year-old training for a marathon.

Ignoring his symptoms, Keanan tried to go back to sleep.

His pain had gone by the next morning and he continued with his day like normal.

But during a run that evening, the chest pains returned, seeing him hunch over on the pavement in agony.

Keanan, now 21, walked home and tried to sleep it off again.

Seeing the state he was in, his University of Manchester housemates persuaded him to go to A&E.

Blood tests Keanan's levels were dangerously high and doctors believed he had likely suffered a heart attack.