Lee Sang-min’s Debt-Free Journey and Dementia Diagnosis: A Shocking Revelation

Lee Sang-min pays off all the debt after 20 years
Dementia precursor symptoms and diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment
A mother who does not recognize her son due to dementia also leaves Source: Lee Sang-min’s Instagram

While broadcaster Lee Sang-min has paid off 6.9 billion won in debt over 20 years, the news came that he was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, a pre-dementia stage.

On the 1st, the SBS entertainment show ‘My Little Old Boy’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘My Little Old Boy’) showed actors Kim Seung-soo and Lee Sang-min visiting a neurology department.

Kim Seung-soo, who recently suspected that his memory was deteriorating, expressed concern to the doctor, saying, “I can’t even remember the name of the manager I worked with for a year and a half,” but fortunately, the cognitive function test results came out well.

Source: Seungsu Kim’s Instagram

On the other hand, Lee Sang-min, aged 51 and a year younger than Kim Seung-su, was diagnosed with ‘mild cognitive impairment.’

The doctor told Lee Sang-min, “People with mild cognitive impairment have a 10-15% chance of developing dementia every year, and after 6 years, it can lead to dementia up to 66%.”

In addition, the doctor emphasized the importance of managing brain health to Lee Sang-min and added, “If you manage and treat from now on, you can recover more than 90%.”

However, Lee Sang-min received whining from the mothers of ‘My Little Old Boy’, saying, “I’m so upset today that I think I’ll have a glass of whiskey.”

Lee Sang-min, who lost his mother who suffered from dementia.

Source: SBS My Ugly Baby

In fact, Lee Sang-min lost his mother last year because she couldn’t recognize her son due to dementia.

Lee Sang-min talked about his mother in ‘My Little Old Boy’ last October.

He brought up the story of his mother, who was lying in a hospital bed, and said, “I’ve been watching my mother get sicker and worse for six years now,” and “she doesn’t recognize me now, and she can’t even speak. It’s harder to look at my mother’s face than when she’s sick,” he cried.

He continued, “She was a stubborn mother, but now I can’t see her anymore. “You’re dependent on medical devices with your nose tied,” he said.

Source: Sangmin Lee’s Instagram

Regarding his mother’s condition, he said, “She is in a state of delirium at the moment where she does not understand that she is ill. “It’s a temporary form of dementia,” he said.

Going into debt due to a large scale business failure in the 2000s

Meanwhile, Lee Sang-min managed to accumulate a considerable amount of wealth by starting a business based on the success of the ‘Lula’ group in the early 1990s.

However, business expansion based on advanced business acumen and excessive trust eventually led to the acquisition of billions in debt.

In particular, his business expanded into the music business starting in 1999, but it was revealed that he had suffered heavy losses in the music business since 2000 due to the growth of the mp3 market.

Source: Sangmin Lee’s Instagram

Lee Sang-min, who has been living as a debtor for a long time, created a dramatic scene in ‘My Little Old Boy’, which aired last April, when a scene was broadcast where Lee Sang-min, who had paid off . total debt of 6.97 billion earned in 20 years, meeting with his creditor.

On this day, Lee Sang-min visited the house of a creditor with whom he had built a close relationship while paying off his debt over a long period of time.

Expressing his gratitude to his creditor, who was the only one present at Sangmin’s mother’s funeral, Lee Sangmin said in a trembling voice, “It took a long time, brother.”

Afterwards, Lee Sang-min announced that he had paid off all his debt of 6.97 billion earned over the past 20 years. The creditor congratulated him sincerely and gave him the debt documents, saying, “Tear these documents and throw them away.” Lee Sang-min was stunned.

Source: News 1

Expressing his gratitude to his creditor, who was the only one present at Sangmin’s mother’s funeral, Lee Sangmin said in a trembling voice, “It took a long time, brother.”

Afterwards, Lee Sang-min announced that he had paid off all his debt of 6.97 billion earned over the past 20 years.

The creditor congratulated him sincerely and gave him the debt documents, saying, “Tear these documents and throw them away.” Lee Sang-min was stunned.

What on earth is the relationship between stress and dementia?

As Lee Sang-min, who must have suffered from stress due to debt for a long time, has been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, interest is also focused on the relationship between stress and dementia.

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At the University of Florida College of Medicine, there is a research team led by Dr. Todd Gold, director of the Translational Medicine Research Center.

When studying neurodegenerative diseases, this research team published in 2015 that the brain’s stress response increases substances known to be the main culprit of dementia.

Stress produces stress hormones in the brain, which stimulate the production of beta-amyloid, a toxic protein substance.

The research team said that if this substance accumulates in the brain, a degenerative chain reaction leading to dementia occurs.

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The results of this study show that reducing stress, an environmental factor, can be another measure to prevent dementia.

Meanwhile, netizens who heard the news of Lee Sang-min’s mild cognitive impairment reacted with comments such as “Now live happily while managing your stress,” “I’m glad I discovered it in advance,” “World happy without debt,” and “The stress caused by debt is so scary.”

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