Alison Hammond: 'I thought I was having heart attack on air'
Summary
Alison Hammond, a TV presenter on ITV's This Morning, had to leave the show last week because she thought she was having a heart attack. Doctors later confirmed she had a panic attack, and she returned to the show a week later to talk about her experience and recovery.Key Facts
- Alison Hammond left the live show suddenly after clutching her chest.
- Doctors checked her heart and confirmed she had a panic attack, not a heart problem.
- She described the panic attack as feeling like a heart attack, making her unable to catch her breath.
- Hammond compared the feeling to entering a surreal, otherworldly place like in the TV show Stranger Things.
- She returned to This Morning a week later and shared her thoughts on the experience and the pressure of live TV.
- Hammond thanked viewers and co-host Dermot O’Leary for support and said she would take better care of her health.
- She missed the Attitude Awards where she was given the Honorary Gay Award.
- Panic attacks can happen to anyone and cause intense anxiety and physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat and breathlessness.
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