Musical actress Hong Ji-min said she must take medication for life due to hyperlipidemia.
On the 21st, the "Watch Hong Ji-min right now" channel uploaded a video titled "Hong Ji-min shocked by health checkup results... I didn't know it was this bad."
That day Hong Ji-min visited the hospital with her husband for a health checkup. She said, "Last year, rather than being a problem, despite dieting I wasn't in the triad (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol), but I was at a borderline point. There was an issue about whether to take cholesterol medication or not, and I was told it would be much more beneficial to take it, so I took it. I'm a bit curious how those numbers have fallen. I also have decreased bone density so I need that shot too. I have a lot of things to do coming to the hospital two or three times a year. I'm curious. How my body has changed," she said, sharing her concerns.
She also said, "Every year I'm a little worried, but my eldest sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has now been declared cured, so I always have to check for breast cancer," noting her family history. She added that there is also a family history of osteoporosis.
After the ultrasound, Hong Ji-min said, "During the breast ultrasound there was nothing last year, but suddenly I felt something very hard. I was extremely nervous for a moment. Fortunately it turned out not to be a problem, but there was a bone there. The doctor asked if I had lost weight. When I said I seemed to have lost weight compared with last year, he said that could be. In that moment I thought, I'm really optimistic. In that short moment of the exam I briefly thought about where I would work from and to, and whether I would tell the kids or not," she said with a laugh.
After all the tests, Hong Ji-min met the doctor to hear an explanation of the results. The doctor said, "There is a small lump on the skin of the breast, and there is no lump in the breast tissue. Just under the skin there is something like a fluid-filled cyst less than 5 mm, you can leave it alone and there's no problem. Even if the breast is fine, women should have it checked once a year." He added, "The pancreas has no problems and the liver has no tumors or fatty liver at all. Because you dieted, even if you had fatty liver in the past it seems to have improved."
He continued, "Your lower back is at a slight pre-osteoporosis stage. While exercising, make sure to consume plenty of calcium and vitamin D." Other than that there were no particular problems. But Hong Ji-min asked, "Didn't I take cholesterol medicine? I also take anemia medicine. What should I do about that?" showing her curiosity.
The doctor said, "If it is being maintained well, you should continue taking the medicine," and in response to the question "Do I have to keep taking the cholesterol medicine?" he said, "Cholesterol usually rises again immediately if you stop. So think of this as suppression by medication. Cholesterol is synthesized in the liver every day. The amount you eat each day is synthesized each day and circulates in the blood, so think of the medicine as lowering the cholesterol level in the blood. Some patients get confused and say, 'If my cholesterol is normal in the blood test after taking medicine, I don't have to take it,' and they stop, but then the next day their body or liver will make cholesterol and send it into the blood. Who will handle that?" he said, stressing the importance of the medication.
Hong Ji-min said, "Then doesn't that mean I have to take it for life?" and the doctor nodded. He added, "Cholesterol levels naturally rise after menopause or with age. And the cholesterol medication I'm giving you now is the weakest dose. Ideally you could stay on this dose for life, and if it rises with age? Usually it rises because of weight gain. Then it's likely the dose would need to be increased," he explained.
He went on, "Hyperlipidemia has no symptoms. If I watch it and don't give medicine, some people rejoice, but if you keep your body at a high cholesterol level debris continues to accumulate in the blood vessels. Symptoms appear only after more than 95% is blocked. If you find it only when a heart attack or stroke risk has already arrived, isn't it too late? Our bodies have a lot of blood vessels. If one starts to clog it clogs like dominoes, and the most serious vessels to clog are the brain vessels and heart vessels," he said, repeatedly emphasizing why the medicine must be continued.
Meanwhile, Hong Ji-min gained attention in the past for losing 32 kg within 100 days after giving birth to her second child, and she has maintained her figure without yo-yoing to this day.
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