Dr Nene highlighted something that rarely makes headlines: In 20% of cases, heart attacks present no symptoms at all. These are called “silent heart attacks”. There’s no crushing chest pain, no gasping for breath, just a subtle shift in how the body feels.
In many of these silent cases, individuals collapse suddenly, faint, or just feel biologically off. There might be a sense of unease that’s hard to describe. What’s actually happening here is more serious: the heart may stop pumping effectively, blood stops reaching the brain, and a cardiac arrest may follow. It’s not dramatic, it’s just sudden and dangerous.
