Hong-ki Lee confesses to fighting a rare disease for 20 years, surgery 8 times for purulent adenitis...arm dysfunction

By Jieun, Baek

Jun 16, 2025

Hong-ki Lee confesses to fighting a rare disease for 20 years, surgery 8 times for purulent adenitis...arm dysfunction



Band FT Island Lee Hong-ki confessed to fighting a rare disease.

SBS 'My Ugly Baby', which aired on the 15th, depicted Lee Hong-ki receiving hospital treatment. Lee Hong-ki was suffering from purulent adenitis. Hidradenitis suppurativa is a rare disease in which persistent boils occur in the sweat glands, such as hips and armpits.

Lee Hong-ki "I was taking good care of it, but my armpit side is weird, so I want to examine it and check if my buttocks are okay. There are many festivals and university festivals, so I came here just in case"I've had a hard time for 20 years because of the boils. Since he was young, he has had about eight boils. There were scars left, so my buttocks were a complex."




The doctor "Separate adenitis is divided into three stages according to the severity. Stage 1? causes inflammation in one or two areas of the sweat gland. In the second stage, the inflammation grew bigger, causing pain and bursting, but Hong-ki seems to have been that much. When it gets worse, tunnels form under the skin between abscesses and the skin shrinks. If it's long, the armpits don't open well, so it's difficult to raise your arms, he explained.

Hong-ki Lee confesses to fighting a rare disease for 20 years, surgery 8 times for purulent adenitis...arm dysfunction
The doctor who was in charge of Lee Hong-ki's right hip abscess surgery said "The abscess was about the size of the palm of my hand. My right hip was filled with a lot of pus and was swollen red and painful. I had a lot of pus in my mouth, so I had surgery right away," he recalled. The condition is serious, so he even put in a tube to remove pus after surgery.

Lee Hong-ki said, "'It's hard to lie down, it's hard to sit down, it's hard to get up.'" The disease began in middle school. Sitting properly in class? 鉢 year? Once, I was sitting with a plaster on, and the abscess exploded during class, so my uniform was all wet."




As a result of the treatment, there was no problem with the hip area, but a fine trace was found around the armpit, causing concern.








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