Heart attack left me too scared to leave the room

BUT NOW NEENA HAS TAKEN BACK CONTROL AND STARTED LIVING LIFE

- ISABELLE BATES

Neena Chauhan was just 27 and a regular gym-goer when she was rushed to hospital with a blocked artery

A WOMAN from Solihull has shared how suffering a heart attack in her 20s has shaped her life.

Neena Chauhan had experienced chest pains for weeks, but had not sought emergency treatment until she felt a 'crushing' pain in her chest.

She was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance from her family home after her mum and siblings witnessed her writhing in agony and sweating profusely during the heart attack in 2013.

Neena, now 40, said that it felt like 'an elephant was sitting on me.' This was accompanied by severe pins and needles down her left arm.

The health and fitness influencer underwent an immediate procedure on arrival at hospital to fit a stent to open her blocked artery.

She said: "If they hadn't done it there and then I was told I could have died as my heart attack might have led to a cardiac arrest.