Broadcaster Seo Jeong-hee confessed that singer Lee Sang Soon is suffering from vagal nerve dysfunction.
On the 7th Seo Jeong-hee wrote on her social media, "It took 50 years to know the name. My body had no name for 50 years. I frequently fainted in middle school. Back then I had severe anemia and often collapsed on the way to school. My younger siblings always stayed by my side. After growing up the anemia was gone, but once or twice a year, sometimes several times I would faint for no reason at all," she wrote in a lengthy post.
She said she once fainted while taking a sitz bath and broke a tooth. She said, "I thought I was dizzy after five minutes. After that, sitz baths became taboo for me," and "I would wake up, walk a few steps, then vomit and sweat as if it were pouring, and repeatedly collapse on the spot. At the moment of fainting I have no memory for one to two minutes. When I open my eyes I don't even know what happened, I only realize that I am lying on the floor again," she confessed.
Seo Jeong-hee, who said such fainting spells repeated for 50 years, said, "The hospital just told me to rest. When I go to the hospital I seem fine. But recently the scariest thing happened. Usually it happened when I was at home, but the symptoms began while I was driving home," and "Suddenly my vision started to blur. My sight gradually disappeared and I felt nauseous. Cold sweat poured from my whole body. My hands lost strength. At that moment I recognized the signal my body was sending. 'I need to lie down now.' I knew that if I delayed a little I would lose consciousness," she recalled.
She continued, "I couldn't make it home. I pulled over to the shoulder and lay down in the car. And I prayed. That short time felt very long. Would I be able to open my eyes again. Lying still thinking that, about five minutes later I came to," and "My whole body was soaked with sweat and the nausea that had been rising gradually stopped. With the relief of being alive, a thought came to me. It came again. This time I protected myself again," she said.
She said it was her daughter Seo Dong-ju who discovered these symptoms. Seo Jeong-hee said, "For 40 years Dong-ju did not let pass the things I couldn't explain. She looked up books, searched for materials, examined various information and kept asking me questions," and "When it starts, what appears first, in what situations I faint. Piecing each story together, she finally gave my body a name. Vagal nerve dysfunction," she revealed.
She added, "And today, Dong-ju sent me an article. It was the story of Lee Sang Soon, who experienced symptoms similar to mine. I read the article and thought for a long time. Ah… I wasn't the only one," and "The abnormality in my body that I couldn't understand for 50 years may have appeared in someone else in the same way," she said.
She also said, "It's a different story from breast cancer. The time when I knew there was something wrong with my body but couldn't know the name. More frustrating than the pain was not knowing what was happening. Now I know a little," and "My body wasn't betraying me; it had been sending me signals for a very long time. I just didn't know the name of those signals. So now I pay attention to even the smallest signals my body sends," she said.
Seo Jeong-hee said, "If my vision blurs I don't walk. If I sweat profusely I stop. If I feel nauseous and my strength leaves my body I lie down no matter what. Lying down before fainting. Placing my body in a safe spot first so I won't hit anything and get hurt," and "That is the most realistic prescription I can give myself now. For 50 years I didn't understand my body. But now I am learning little by little," she said.
She went on, "So these days I walk a little more slowly. I'm a little more careful, I listen a little more. And if the moment comes again when my vision goes dark and cold sweat runs over my whole body, I will not panic and try to endure it," and "I will first find a place to lie down. To live. And to open my eyes again. I will try to be the first to understand the language of my body that I learned after 50 years," she said.
Finally she confessed that she is living each day cautiously with her body and that she is suffering from vagal nerve dysfunction.
Lee Sang Soon also missed his radio DJ position for a week because of this. And after about a week he announced that he could not host the radio because of vagal nerve dysfunction. Earlier Lee Sang Soon was absent from the DJ seat of MBC FM4U 'A perfect day, Lee Sang Soon' for eight days, and during that time rumors of health problems beyond a simple condition issue surfaced.
Later, on the 6th Lee Sang Soon said, "Many people worried because I haven't been able to host the radio for several days. I apologize to listeners for taking a break from hosting without any explanation," and "Last Wednesday I suddenly felt unwell and was unable to host the radio, and since then I have undergone various tests and consultations. I am still waiting for some more detailed tests, but following medical advice that I need rest for a neurological symptom called 'vagal nerve dysfunction,' I have had to pause radio hosting and rest," he said.
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