HONG-KI actually participated in an awareness improvement campaign run by Novartis Korea as a patient with hidradenitis suppurativa. He confessed the hardships and hardships he suffered due to his illness through videos, and posted them online and online.
It attracted a lot of attention in the patient community. He revealed that he had been suffering from this since middle school. In the video, HONG-KI said, ``I couldn't move (due to hidradenitis suppurativa), so I couldn't attend broadcasts or concerts.''
"I've had so many things cancelled," he confessed, "I couldn't walk, sing, or even board a plane because of the pain."
He continued, ``There are times when I'm a little embarrassed to talk to someone, but at a certain moment, I explode without knowing it.
However, the pain was so severe that I had to carry around a change of underwear because the pus was coming out profusely," she said.
HONG-KI recently revealed that it wasn't until he received a diagnosis from a dermatologist that he learned that the illness that plagued him was not a boil, but hidradenitis suppurativa.
He emphasized, ``I urge all patients who have these symptoms but have not yet received an accurate diagnosis to be courageous and seek diagnosis from a dermatologist before it is too late.''
The famous celebrity's courageous confession was followed by supportive comments from patients and netizens. ``Thanks to you, I now know the name of my disease for the first time in 25 years.''
There were many reactions and comments such as, ``I have had many similar experiences, and I was deeply touched and comforted,'' and ``I had a hard time not being able to say anything until now, but I'm grateful that a famous celebrity gave me courage.''
After the campaign video was released, HONG-KI said, ``We've been contacted by so many people, from fans to young students to older people, about the hidradenitis suppurativa campaign.''
Since hidradenitis pyogenes can occur in anyone, we hope that as many patients as possible will openly disclose their disease and receive treatment as soon as possible by participating in the campaign.
It was. I want him to be diagnosed and treated by a dermatologist at a general hospital as soon as possible.''
By chunchun 2024/01/26 00:00 KST
