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My Great - Grandmother used to bundle up her kids when they were sick in winter. She then put them on the porch so the sunlight shone in their faces. An old wives tale coming true! 😊
@@valerieannegagnon8803Those grannies knew. 😉 It’s also 2 of the essential elements in Florence Nightengale’s Environmental Theory of Nursing. My professor would have been proud I still remember that.
OMG... Wonderful!!! This case made me cry when the recovery happened. I'm going to make sure I get outside as much as possible so I can stay healthy. Thank you so much Dr. Seheult. You're right, the drug companies won't fund the studies, but it saves lives.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma . You can also thank frump the guy with the toupee for making it a circus and giving f auci an award before leaving office.
@@nedmilburn This is Canada, British Columbia. Teen is at a special hospital called BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. *No* this is not 'Merica there is not the same demonstrative power by insurance companies nor privatized health care within the province (some other provinces-territories do have both). Providence Health Care is the main overseer in BC then Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc.
@@nedmilburn The teen is receiving top care via BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. This is not like south of the border where there is demonstrative power held by insurance companies and in BC there is not two tiered health care (i.e. privatized health). Some other provinces-territories do have both. Providence Health Care is the main overseer of all various regional health authorities in BC. Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc. The Fraser Valley just means it is outlying area (approx. 1.5 hours east of Vancouver city).
I think the winter holidays have a lot to answer for. Christmas is incredibly stressful. Preexisting heart disease and squabbling relatives don't go together well. Being pressured to eat and drink gluttonously so as not to hurt somebody's feelings doesn't help. Feeling forced to overspend might push up blood pressure. Travelling in crowded planes is a great way to pick up germs you normally would never have encountered.
@@beeeb8831 Oh, for sure! I work in an Urgent Care and we see an uptick in gout, anxiety and of course viral illnesses around the holidays. It’s hard to know because the decrease in light occurs simultaneously with those holidays.
Actually, the biggest risk of contagion in commercial flights is from contaminated surfaces; the second biggest is closeness of seat neighbors. The air is quite heavily recirculated through a HEPA filter, and refreshed by bleed air from one of the engines.
@@MNP208 I've known for a couple decades that my gout flares are from failure to drink enough water... and not in the form of Diet Coke! However, it could be that more sunlight would at least help. After all, besides drinking boring water, control is in the form of anti-inflammatories. Now that I know sunshine is anti-inflammatory I may have to change my ways. Darn it!
Thank you! I just came outside to sit in the sun while listening to this. I contracted Covid the first week of September 2024. I have had a lingering cough and congestion since then. I'll be out here getting all the sunshine I can soak up. I started listening to your RUclips lectures at the very beginning of the pandemic in 2020. I believe the information I learned from you kept me from getting Covid sooner! Im so thankful for the Antiviral meds that are now available to me in 2024. Im not sure I would have survived in 2020. Good work Doctor 🌞🌞🌞 I can't say thank you enough!!!
In the Fraser Health Region (BC's Fraser Valley near Vancouver) where the teenager lived there is a very dense population of poultry farms...there are approximately 850 regulated commercial poultry producers in British Columbia. Eighty percent of production occurs in the Fraser Valley. By October 2023 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed 52 farms have been infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in B.C. Since January 2024 an additional 28 poultry farms have been infected by avian flu. Back in 2004 more than 19 million poultry birds raised in the Fraser Valley were culled due to avian flu. Despite the knowledge that having this level of density of poultry farms invites infection moving from one farm to another the government never recommended a reduction in the number of poultry farms in the Fraser Valley.
This is amazing and so very true, we tend to hibernate like bears some what afraid of how cold it is. But notice many people in close quarters getting sick. It's important to spend time outdoors, take a brisk walk, even 15 or 20 minutes, it's sunny and beautiful out, blue sky, it's cold, just bundle up & step outdoors, it could even help if your feeling a little down.
I want to share another story, my personal story. I'll be 60 in two more months. About 25 years ago I was living in my friend's basement where it was really dark with no sunlight. I had a 400 Watt Metal Halide light and a dwarf banana tree growing beside my bed and a timer for the light which I used basically as an Alarm clock to wake up to, it was on until I went to bed, it was kind of like the sun rising as the light warmed up and became brighter. All that winter I was in a cheerful mood despite living in an otherwise dark basement during the cold Canadian winters. I didn't know about Vitamin D at the time. I wonder if this helped my body to create it's own Vitamin D? I suspect so now and possible got more benefit from the other wavelengths as a Metal Halide produces a Full Spectrum. These light are used for growing plants. I'm now thinking of buying another one to use in my dark bedroom so I can reap the same benefits again.
Guard your eyes. They cause eye cancer. But in short doses, why not. There are UVB avian lights that don't use the electricity and ballast needed by metal halide.
I've said this before on this channel. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My Father died on my birthday February 1st. 2020, I think of COVID-19. He had Alzheimer's and Parkinsons, was 86, was already on the way out, got sick with a virus, went to the hospital got over that virus, but contracted another virus in the hospital was released. The Doctor said he won't be coming back to the hospital, I told the Doctor that I wouldn't be surprised if he died on my Birthday one week ahead and he did on February 1st. 2020. At least we got to go to his funeral service, so I figured this was my Birthday present.
The enormous surge in North American COVID-19 deaths in winter of 2019/20 (for three months it knocked heart disease out of the #1 killer slot for the first time since... almost ever) should have our attention.
That case study was super interesting cause the firefly emits blue, and multi wavelength near infrared but sun light at hours of dose had a bigger impact. Nice to see data that an incandesant heat lamp has similar impact to LEDs. I Just finished my session under my Philips 250w cause im sick and there's no natural sun in London today 😊
Could this explain why COVID morbidity and mortality in most tropical and especially African countries was much lower than what the specialists had predicted?
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma
Possibly part of the reason, but as I recall, because of the common use of meds like ivermectin for diseases like malaria, there was also a theory along those lines. There are so many environmental, etc differences and of course, Africa is huge with diverse societies, geography, and ethnicity - would be a huge, but worthy, study imo.
What an incredible case history and story! I hope that Amy's son continues to improve! Yet another video that I must send off to my cousin (M.D.) for viewing! Thanks Doc and I hope that all is well with you and your family. I am in total agreement with you about getting out in the sun! 👍👍☀☀
There is so much data that links vitamin D and sunlight with improved immunity and positive health outcomes overall. And yet, very few people with letters beside their name take these findings and basic observations seriously.
They'll just tell you "Healthy people have high Vit D. Vitamin D doesn't make you healthy." And the sad part is that that is sort of correct, which is enough for them to fully turn off their brain.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma
Dr Seheult's video, "The Vitamin D Paradox in COVID-19 and Why It Predicts But Doesn't Always Protect," is about how Vitamin D levels may be primarily an indicator of the amount of sunlight the person is getting. It will likely take a while to sort out cause and effect.
Your telling me they haven't told you all about the cure. Sheesh. And these Drs went to college. It's now impossible for me to ever get the flu again. These colleges are messed up.
What a spectacular story Doc. If there were funding for this, sunlight spaces in hospitals could make a comeback. Also, do we know if there’s a more robust way to do artificial sunlight spaces in cold climates? Like large room sizes?
The benefits of fresh air and sunlight are well-known and has been used before. I believe the goal of the 2020 shutdown "stay-home" orders was to increase mortality. The 1918-19 flu pandemic came at a time when doctors were called away to treat soldiers and nurses were the primary care. Boston hospitals were full & resorted to "open-air" tent hospitals which coincidentally provided lots of fresh air & sunshine. The Tent Hospitals saw greater recovery rates.
OUTSTANDING NEWS !!! Keep the data flowing Doc....I have the Amazon "Outdoor LED 10 watt IR 940nm, 120 degree angle light for $22" I told you about, setup in the living room shining on Mom and myself during our Netflix movie each night.
Such an incredible story! Great point about the need for research of outdoor therapy in locations where feasible and light therapy devices in places where there is basically no NIR to be had December-February (like Seattle/all of Canada!). In general we need so much more research into non-proprietary therapies of all kinds!
Great information! Thanks for sharing this Dr. Seheult! So happy to hear the 15 yo boy had his health improved 🙏. Hopefully the boy from BC will recover 🙏
Your videos on the benefits of sunlight including near infra red rays are a great public service. The remarkable and well nigh miraculous effects of sunlight on this teenager indeed deserve to be widely known and shared. Thank you for taking the effort. Particularly valuable was the knowledge in an earlier video that when UVB rays for vitamin D production are greater, the near infra red are less, *and vice versa* so basically sunlight at any time of the day has benefits, obviously taking care not to get sunburned or damaging the skin with excessive UVB. So I infer. Thanks again.
From the Public Health Agency of Canada "...virus is related to the avian influenza H5N1 viruses from the ongoing outbreak in poultry in British Columbia (Influenza A (H5N1), clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1)."
In addition to light, is it possible he had exposure to other natural fungi that helped controlled the infection by out competing it or checking its growth?
You really buried the lede with that video title! I'm glad I tuned in. Made me think about the time I took a patient off our Stepdown unit outside for some sunshine. Not as a specific treatment medically, but only because she was stuck in insurance company hell and unable to discharge from the hospital because of it. Trying to imagine doing that w/ a full BiPAP setup sounds incredibly intense. I'm thrilled there exists a medical facility that allowed the labor resources to make that happen for that child.
I am from Albuquerque, NM. We get a lot of sunny days here, but it is currently very cold, so when we go outside, we bundle up. Only our face and hands are exposed to the sunlight. Is that enough skin exposure? BTW, I am two years out from battling breast cancer and my 84 year old father battled lung cancer one year ago. Both of us, currently cancer free and trying to remain cancer free.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma . You can also thank frump the guy with the toupee for making it a circus and giving f auci an award before leaving office.
Medcram has a video about how far into the human body near-infra red light can penetrate. From memory it takes about two layers of denim before most of the infra-red is stopped. This was based on testing done for the high-tech screening scanners used at some airports - unfortunately I don't think they tested heavy quilted jackets or snow pants
60 y.o. diabetic with asthma here that just had covid for the first time. I continued my regular daily red light therapy but with increased focus on the head and chest. while the fever, sore throat, body aches, and headaches were rough, I never had any lung issues and recovered just fine. Unfortunately, allergies limit how much time I can spend outside, but the sunlight seemed to help my husband and son recover well too.
About 20 years ago I had a dr that weote a prescription for 30 mins of sunlight a day. It really helped me to stop and take an actual break during the daily grind. Del sol is good for the soul.
It seems like it's the lowest during summer, when kids are not in school. Kids are carriers of all kinds of illnesses and they take them home to their parents and grandparents. Also, during the summer, a parent usually has to stay home with the children, reducing their exposure at work as well.
Just got a "Better than Sunlight" UVB/IR/NIR light as I live in Minnesota and November has been very dreary. Just used it in the Healing Mode where UVB is turned off.
What a great story! How did the mother find you? The patient clearly had better understanding of his needs than the doctors (intuitively). Are any of the lamps a possible intervention for the Canadian lad, in the absence of natural sunlight at the moment?
I live in England where we have limited sunlight indeed this time of year. Even on a gloomy day, I suspect that there is at least some ?NIR benefit, because walks so good. I also wonder about the specific benefits of walking through woodlands. Is it psychogenic? Is it phytokines? On a gloomy day going from field to woods feels wildly good. Why how?
Es handelt sich um TERPENE welche durch die Nadelbäume abgegeben werden. Diese regen das immunsystem enorm an . Diesen Effekt kann man auch mit guten ätherischen Ölen erzielen. Fichte Tanne, zirbe, föhre....
That might just be the fresh air, blood flow, change of scenery, and basic benefits of exercise; endorphins, serotonin, dopamine, etc. Sunlight needs time to metabolize into the bulk of the vitamin D our body uses, which typically takes 12 to 24 hours. Although there may be some immediate reactions and benefits to NIR as well, seems worth investigating.
I believe he did a video on benefits of walking in the forest. It’s called forest bathing. Sweden I believe did a study that he mentions in an older video and why it’s beneficial.
Dr. Seheult -- Does a sunny room help or is it being fully outside that's potentially helping here? Are these patients that improved in rooms that have any natural light? Very little? I'm just wondering...Thank you for providing so much helpful information through the years!
Just FYI, I'm subscribed with notifications and YT hasn't been showing me when you post a new video, today was the first time in months; even when I paid for premium, I had to search.
Can someone please explain: how much of the body needs to be exposed? The picture at 13:00 only shows the back of the patient so it’s hard to tell. Thank you. 🙏
Have you recommended to the Canadian physicians to get this boy either out into the available sunlight or to have them create a 940nm light source for his treatment?
Thanks so much for your dedication and clarity. ! Such a heart-warming story to help make the sunlight topic memorable. I wonder how exposure to a full spectrum light indoors compares with an equal amount of exposure to actual sunlight outdoors. And what about sunlight exposure through a window?
These are all good questions. A general idea in terms of the amount of lights in a room inside is about 100 lux. But outside on a bright sunny day it can be 100,000 lux.
How about using an infrared light? Just got an LED one. And what about cold therapy? Lots of people promoting ice baths. I couldn't take that, but maybe cold showers. Tried hot baths but it appears it triggers a very long rash with me.
A Canadian teen with H5N1 flu is in critical condition. The video discusses the case, explores the relationship between sunlight and influenza, and shares a remarkable recovery story of a teen with fungal pneumonia who improved after sun exposure.
I can understand it. The problem was an extremely serious fungal infection; leaving the infection in the body was probably not an option. Betting a life on an unproven therapy is unwise.
Great, shortest day of the year coming up! Well, taking our vitamin D here for sure... keeping our sun exposure as high as possible otherwise...cheers!
We would all be better off medically if we had a great a grandma in charge of our health care. Weren't you lucky to have such an effective role model for health & life in general probably.☺
It would be interesting to see what the vitamin D levels were, and whether they changed along with the sunlight exposure. It is autumn where I live, and overcast and raining most of the time. I get out when it's not raining, mostly because I have work to do, and it reduces depression. I also supplement vitamin D (5000 IU) daily. I'm old and pretty healthy.
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization scientist Madhur Dhingra and her colleagues identified all reported cases over 55 years in which bird flu viruses mutated from low-pathogenic to high-pathogenic, showing that more than 94 per cent were in commercial poultry, mostly in high-income countries. Bird flu experts, like Ron Fouchier, say it has increased with intensive poultry production. We need to stop blaming wild birds for this since they are the victims and unintentional vectors.
Any suggestions on how to receive more infraed and near-infrared in winter for northern part of the States and Canada? Even going outside, most of the IR and NIR are blocked by jacket.
@@Medcram Medcram the teen is receiving top care via BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. This is not like south of border where there is demonstrative power held by insurance companies . BC does not have two tiered health care (i.e. privatized health). Some other provinces-territories do have both so the wealthiest get best care there as they can afford faster and best care. Providence Health Care is the main overseer of all various regional health authorities in BC. Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc. The Fraser Valley just means it is outlying area (approx. 1.5 hours east of Vancouver city).
It is not just about one case, just as your concern is not just about one case. The topic here is the far-reaching effects of sun exposure on a very wide range of disorders and diseases. It can potentially affect billions of people.
Is it this channel removing legitimate questions about the teenagers' jab vaccination status because we know it has caused issues with igG4 receptors? Pretty dissapointing if that's the case. As to the video when it comes to infra red, this and other aspects have been covered a lot before on channels like Darkhorse a long time back, they referenced some interesting studies on this topic
This is definitely the next one. At least the narrative is built over time, this time. And when it will turn contagious between humans they will all say in unison "_It's totally non-human-made, the virus mutated by itself, we told you_" and some victims later : "here's the remedy".
Outdoor hospitals around the country during the 20th century pandemic; Boston for one. "Go West outdoors for TB midigation. Exposure of butt hole to sunlight for health. All great examples!
Could this question be answered. Knowing that sunlight or daylight received by the eyes is important as is sunlight on the skin or even (some wavelengths) through the clothes, when I am outdoors would my spectacles - not tinted, bifocals, over -4 power for myopia and +2.5 for near vision - affect the light reaching my retina? Should i remove glasses whenever it's safe to do so outdoors? Thanks. It's been on my mind, also whether glass or plastic lenses make a difference.
Im following his advice with early morning bright light exposure and its working for my intrinscly photosensitive retinal gangiian cells....and memory, but it took me two days to get that one down. Thsnk you good doctor! Dont tell amyone but no flu shot for me this year. Shhhhhh .
How about densely populated areas? How does the health of those located towards the center (or “in the shadows”)vs those located towards the edges differ? Obviously these questions are impossible because people vary at every level so you can never properly set up the experiment. I do find it interesting that people seem to all be drawn to light. That as people gain resources the first move is always to come out of the shadows. The beaches and pools are always packed. That maybe it’s our explanation for this that’s all wrong. I watched a video recently that said heat was not the main reason for evaporation. That it was the light. Which makes me wonder, if we even know what “light” is. I don’t know, I’m just a curious guy, asking questions from inside a fork truck.
Good questions. I had a similar thought and wrote to some health officials at the start of Covid about this. I was trying to raise some questions and concerns especially about people in northern latitudes who stay indoors or covered up often, which increases through the winter, and who don’t supplement in any ways to offset the vitamin D deficiencies this combination will almost inevitably create. I was told by one official that they weren’t talking about sunlight or vitamin D because they hadn’t conducted the “proper studies” and didn’t want to give the public a false sense of security by them supplementing. This was also at the start of lockdowns and they were trying to herd everybody to stay in their homes. You could probably do a study on certain key health and genetic markers between different groups of people with different sunlight exposure rates, such as landscapers vs office workers, and then continue the study where you reverse the amount of UV exposure each group receives to see how quickly and notably those key markers change. But I’m just a curious guy myself and this isn’t my area of expertise.
If there's limited sunlight, especially in Seattle, WA or Buffalo, NY, Can sun lamps with 10,000 lumins work just as well to help our health? I bought one in Home Depot and hoping so. I know that at least it's helped me mentally.
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My Great - Grandmother used to bundle up her kids when they were sick in winter. She then put them on the porch so the sunlight shone in their faces. An old wives tale coming true! 😊
same with mine! Are you French Canadian ?
@@valerieannegagnon8803Those grannies knew. 😉 It’s also 2 of the essential elements in Florence Nightengale’s Environmental Theory of Nursing. My professor would have been proud I still remember that.
@ No, she was Croatian!
As did my mother. She was from Germany.
We used to do that with tuberculosis patients in sanatoria before isoniazid.
OMG... Wonderful!!! This case made me cry when the recovery happened. I'm going to make sure I get outside as much as possible so I can stay healthy. Thank you so much Dr. Seheult. You're right, the drug companies won't fund the studies, but it saves lives.
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Before antibiotics TB treatment was a clinic away from pollution with daily periods outside ......
My first thought too. And before antibiotics mothers of newborns were told to get their babies out in the sun every chance during the winter
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma . You can also thank frump the guy with the toupee for making it a circus and giving f auci an award before leaving office.
Great info! I forwarded this to my son who is in his first year ICU Fellowship in Texas. ❤
Hopefully, the hospital admins, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies don't pressure him to be silent regarding topics like this.
@@nedmilburn This is Canada, British Columbia. Teen is at a special hospital called BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. *No* this is not 'Merica there is not the same demonstrative power by insurance companies nor privatized health care within the province (some other provinces-territories do have both). Providence Health Care is the main overseer in BC then Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc.
@@nedmilburn The teen is receiving top care via BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver.
This is not like south of the border where there is demonstrative power held by insurance companies and in BC there is not two tiered health care (i.e. privatized health). Some other provinces-territories do have both. Providence Health Care is the main overseer of all various regional health authorities in BC. Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc. The Fraser Valley just means it is outlying area (approx. 1.5 hours east of Vancouver city).
@abeach5420 Did you read the original comment to which I responded...? Texas, lad or lass... Texas!
I'm forwarding this to my daughter who is in her third year of pathology residency in North Carolina - she works 9 to 10 hr days and gets no sunlight!
I think the winter holidays have a lot to answer for. Christmas is incredibly stressful. Preexisting heart disease and squabbling relatives don't go together well. Being pressured to eat and drink gluttonously so as not to hurt somebody's feelings doesn't help. Feeling forced to overspend might push up blood pressure. Travelling in crowded planes is a great way to pick up germs you normally would never have encountered.
@@beeeb8831 Oh, for sure! I work in an Urgent Care and we see an uptick in gout, anxiety and of course viral illnesses around the holidays. It’s hard to know because the decrease in light occurs simultaneously with those holidays.
Actually, the biggest risk of contagion in commercial flights is from contaminated surfaces; the second biggest is closeness of seat neighbors. The air is quite heavily recirculated through a HEPA filter, and refreshed by bleed air from one of the engines.
@@MNP208 I've known for a couple decades that my gout flares are from failure to drink enough water... and not in the form of Diet Coke! However, it could be that more sunlight would at least help. After all, besides drinking boring water, control is in the form of anti-inflammatories. Now that I know sunshine is anti-inflammatory I may have to change my ways. Darn it!
A huge thank you to, Amy, for allowing her son's story to be told. Praying for his health to continue to improve.
Yes. I cannot imagine having to live through that type of an experience. And then having to relive it in telling the story.
She’s a hero in my book’
Thank you! I just came outside to sit in the sun while listening to this. I contracted Covid the first week of September 2024. I have had a lingering cough and congestion since then. I'll be out here getting all the sunshine I can soak up. I started listening to your RUclips lectures at the very beginning of the pandemic in 2020. I believe the information I learned from you kept me from getting Covid sooner! Im so thankful for the Antiviral meds that are now available to me in 2024. Im not sure I would have survived in 2020. Good work Doctor 🌞🌞🌞 I can't say thank you enough!!!
In the Fraser Health Region (BC's Fraser Valley near Vancouver) where the teenager lived there is a very dense population of poultry farms...there are approximately 850 regulated commercial poultry producers in British Columbia. Eighty percent of production occurs in the Fraser Valley. By October 2023 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed 52 farms have been infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in B.C. Since January 2024 an additional 28 poultry farms have been infected by avian flu. Back in 2004 more than 19 million poultry birds raised in the Fraser Valley were culled due to avian flu. Despite the knowledge that having this level of density of poultry farms invites infection moving from one farm to another the government never recommended a reduction in the number of poultry farms in the Fraser Valley.
This case had no connection to farm poultry or otherwise. Tracing is ongoing.
Now, one would like to see time-of-year death statistics from countries around the equator.
This is amazing and so very true, we tend to hibernate like bears some what afraid of how cold it is. But notice many people in close quarters getting sick. It's important to spend time outdoors, take a brisk walk, even 15 or 20 minutes, it's sunny and beautiful out, blue sky, it's cold, just bundle up & step outdoors, it could even help if your feeling a little down.
I want to share another story, my personal story. I'll be 60 in two more months. About 25 years ago I was living in my friend's basement where it was really dark with no sunlight. I had a 400 Watt Metal Halide light and a dwarf banana tree growing beside my bed and a timer for the light which I used basically as an Alarm clock to wake up to, it was on until I went to bed, it was kind of like the sun rising as the light warmed up and became brighter. All that winter I was in a cheerful mood despite living in an otherwise dark basement during the cold Canadian winters. I didn't know about Vitamin D at the time. I wonder if this helped my body to create it's own Vitamin D? I suspect so now and possible got more benefit from the other wavelengths as a Metal Halide produces a Full Spectrum. These light are used for growing plants. I'm now thinking of buying another one to use in my dark bedroom so I can reap the same benefits again.
Guard your eyes. They cause eye cancer. But in short doses, why not. There are UVB avian lights that don't use the electricity and ballast needed by metal halide.
I've said this before on this channel. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My Father died on my birthday February 1st. 2020, I think of COVID-19.
He had Alzheimer's and Parkinsons, was 86, was already on the way out, got sick with a virus, went to the hospital got over that virus, but contracted another virus in the hospital was released. The Doctor said he won't be coming back to the hospital, I told the Doctor that I wouldn't be surprised if he died on my Birthday one week ahead and he did on February 1st. 2020. At least we got to go to his funeral service, so I figured this was my Birthday present.
I'm so sorry for your loss. May your father RIP. ❤ and 🙏
The enormous surge in North American COVID-19 deaths in winter of 2019/20 (for three months it knocked heart disease out of the #1 killer slot for the first time since... almost ever) should have our attention.
I had been waiting for you to address this situation. Thank you.
That case study was super interesting cause the firefly emits blue, and multi wavelength near infrared but sun light at hours of dose had a bigger impact.
Nice to see data that an incandesant heat lamp has similar impact to LEDs. I Just finished my session under my Philips 250w cause im sick and there's no natural sun in London today 😊
Could this explain why COVID morbidity and mortality in most tropical and especially African countries was much lower than what the specialists had predicted?
Sunny places = more natural vitamin D.
Did you just ask if there’s more sunlight in Africa?
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma
that and the fact they aren't fat Americans
Possibly part of the reason, but as I recall, because of the common use of meds like ivermectin for diseases like malaria, there was also a theory along those lines. There are so many environmental, etc differences and of course, Africa is huge with diverse societies, geography, and ethnicity - would be a huge, but worthy, study imo.
What an incredible case history and story! I hope that Amy's son continues to improve! Yet another video that I must send off to my cousin (M.D.) for viewing! Thanks Doc and I hope that all is well with you and your family. I am in total agreement with you about getting out in the sun! 👍👍☀☀
There is so much data that links vitamin D and sunlight with improved immunity and positive health outcomes overall. And yet, very few people with letters beside their name take these findings and basic observations seriously.
They'll just tell you "Healthy people have high Vit D. Vitamin D doesn't make you healthy." And the sad part is that that is sort of correct, which is enough for them to fully turn off their brain.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma
@@FunderDuck Not true. I worked with an endocrinologist. He measured vitamin D levels and often prescribed it!
@ I was more alluding to researchers, health officials, NGOs, and pharmaceutical companies than medical practitioners themselves.
Dr Seheult's video, "The Vitamin D Paradox in COVID-19 and Why It Predicts But Doesn't Always Protect," is about how Vitamin D levels may be primarily an indicator of the amount of sunlight the person is getting. It will likely take a while to sort out cause and effect.
Thank you for sharing/teaching these informative posts.
Your presentations are always the absolute best. Thank you. Regards
Many thanks!
I contracted H1N1 in 2009, September in upstate NY. Wasn't right for 3 mos. I'd been avoiding sunlight for years bc of 2 moles removed in the past.
Amazing video. Thank you for all the time and effort that has been put into producing this excellent video.
Thank you very much!
I was in ICU in March for 8 days with Flu. Almost lost my life when my oxygen went down to 60. Funny thing is I had a FLU shot.
Your blood oxygen reading was 60???
@@gavingerard2053 They probably developed pneumonia due to some other comorbidity.
That's called anecdotal
Your telling me they haven't told you all about the cure. Sheesh. And these Drs went to college. It's now impossible for me to ever get the flu again. These colleges are messed up.
What a spectacular story Doc. If there were funding for this, sunlight spaces in hospitals could make a comeback. Also, do we know if there’s a more robust way to do artificial sunlight spaces in cold climates? Like large room sizes?
The benefits of fresh air and sunlight are well-known and has been used before. I believe the goal of the 2020 shutdown "stay-home" orders was to increase mortality. The 1918-19 flu pandemic came at a time when doctors were called away to treat soldiers and nurses were the primary care. Boston hospitals were full & resorted to "open-air" tent hospitals which coincidentally provided lots of fresh air & sunshine. The Tent Hospitals saw greater recovery rates.
Thank you Dr. Seheult. I'm in BC and it would be interesting to know if this video or contents is presented to the BC teen or attending physicians.
Sunlight strength here in BC now is too weak to do anything possibly. Just get massive red and infrared panels.
And take Vitamin D
This is absolutely wild honestly! Defintely something to remember for getting sick just in general
My mother died on December 23rd, from chronic kidney disease, 2 days after the shortest day. She also had pneumonia, but was failing prior to that.
OUTSTANDING NEWS !!! Keep the data flowing Doc....I have the Amazon "Outdoor LED 10 watt IR 940nm, 120 degree angle light for $22" I told you about, setup in the living room shining on Mom and myself during our Netflix movie each night.
Such an incredible story! Great point about the need for research of outdoor therapy in locations where feasible and light therapy devices in places where there is basically no NIR to be had December-February (like Seattle/all of Canada!). In general we need so much more research into non-proprietary therapies of all kinds!
Great information! Thanks for sharing this Dr. Seheult! So happy to hear the 15 yo boy had his health improved 🙏. Hopefully the boy from BC will recover 🙏
Your videos on the benefits of sunlight including near infra red rays are a great public service. The remarkable and well nigh miraculous effects of sunlight on this teenager indeed deserve to be widely known and shared. Thank you for taking the effort. Particularly valuable was the knowledge in an earlier video that when UVB rays for vitamin D production are greater, the near infra red are less, *and vice versa* so basically sunlight at any time of the day has benefits, obviously taking care not to get sunburned or damaging the skin with excessive UVB. So I infer. Thanks again.
Thank you!
Makes sense to me! I look forward to getting outside everyday.
grateful to have found this information. Life changing.
Grateful to the folks who are figuring out how to not die from all these infections.
From the Public Health Agency of Canada "...virus is related to the avian influenza H5N1 viruses from the ongoing outbreak in poultry in British Columbia (Influenza A (H5N1), clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1)."
And in the migratory fowl population, which is the likely source for the poultry farms.
In addition to light, is it possible he had exposure to other natural fungi that helped controlled the infection by out competing it or checking its growth?
Are there devices that reproduce natural sunlight that can be used in low sunlight areas?
There are infrared light devices, but I don't know enough about them to make any recommendations.
Thank you‼️‼️‼️
You really buried the lede with that video title! I'm glad I tuned in. Made me think about the time I took a patient off our Stepdown unit outside for some sunshine. Not as a specific treatment medically, but only because she was stuck in insurance company hell and unable to discharge from the hospital because of it. Trying to imagine doing that w/ a full BiPAP setup sounds incredibly intense. I'm thrilled there exists a medical facility that allowed the labor resources to make that happen for that child.
Wow thank you for sharing! Informative, educational, and inspiring! More like this (improved outcomes R/T light)!
We should never turn the clocks back again
I am from Albuquerque, NM. We get a lot of sunny days here, but it is currently very cold, so when we go outside, we bundle up. Only our face and hands are exposed to the sunlight. Is that enough skin exposure? BTW, I am two years out from battling breast cancer and my 84 year old father battled lung cancer one year ago. Both of us, currently cancer free and trying to remain cancer free.
@@lookingup9041 wishing you and your family health and happiness!
Good question.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma . You can also thank frump the guy with the toupee for making it a circus and giving f auci an award before leaving office.
Medcram has a video about how far into the human body near-infra red light can penetrate. From memory it takes about two layers of denim before most of the infra-red is stopped. This was based on testing done for the high-tech screening scanners used at some airports - unfortunately I don't think they tested heavy quilted jackets or snow pants
60 y.o. diabetic with asthma here that just had covid for the first time. I continued my regular daily red light therapy but with increased focus on the head and chest. while the fever, sore throat, body aches, and headaches were rough, I never had any lung issues and recovered just fine. Unfortunately, allergies limit how much time I can spend outside, but the sunlight seemed to help my husband and son recover well too.
Can you wear a mask to mitigate the allergies? That's what I do, and I don't get the allergy attacks nearly as much.
About 20 years ago I had a dr that weote a prescription for 30 mins of sunlight a day. It really helped me to stop and take an actual break during the daily grind. Del sol is good for the soul.
Snow shoveling sometimes results in heart issues
It seems like it's the lowest during summer, when kids are not in school. Kids are carriers of all kinds of illnesses and they take them home to their parents and grandparents. Also, during the summer, a parent usually has to stay home with the children, reducing their exposure at work as well.
Just got a "Better than Sunlight" UVB/IR/NIR light as I live in Minnesota and November has been very dreary. Just used it in the Healing Mode where UVB is turned off.
What a great story! How did the mother find you? The patient clearly had better understanding of his needs than the doctors (intuitively). Are any of the lamps a possible intervention for the Canadian lad, in the absence of natural sunlight at the moment?
I live in England where we have limited sunlight indeed this time of year. Even on a gloomy day, I suspect that there is at least some ?NIR benefit, because walks so good.
I also wonder about the specific benefits of walking through woodlands. Is it psychogenic? Is it phytokines? On a gloomy day going from field to woods feels wildly good. Why how?
Es handelt sich um TERPENE welche durch die Nadelbäume abgegeben werden.
Diese regen das immunsystem enorm an .
Diesen Effekt kann man auch mit guten ätherischen Ölen erzielen.
Fichte Tanne, zirbe, föhre....
That might just be the fresh air, blood flow, change of scenery, and basic benefits of exercise; endorphins, serotonin, dopamine, etc. Sunlight needs time to metabolize into the bulk of the vitamin D our body uses, which typically takes 12 to 24 hours. Although there may be some immediate reactions and benefits to NIR as well, seems worth investigating.
I believe he did a video on benefits of walking in the forest. It’s called forest bathing. Sweden I believe did a study that he mentions in an older video and why it’s beneficial.
The amount of money spent on seasonal flower beds most hospitals could build a solarium with compressed air and O2 outlets!!
Dr. Seheult -- Does a sunny room help or is it being fully outside that's potentially helping here? Are these patients that improved in rooms that have any natural light? Very little? I'm just wondering...Thank you for providing so much helpful information through the years!
A sunny room does help. But it’s even better if you go outside.
Just FYI, I'm subscribed with notifications and YT hasn't been showing me when you post a new video, today was the first time in months; even when I paid for premium, I had to search.
Can someone please explain: how much of the body needs to be exposed? The picture at 13:00 only shows the back of the patient so it’s hard to tell. Thank you. 🙏
You don’t need much exposure. In fact, it goes through clothes. You just need to be outside.
Amazing Dr S. 🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦
I would think that the type of lighting in the hospitals themselves compounds with the lack of sunlight to cause even more harm.
Very interesting info. Thank you as always.
🤦♀️ I gotta stop reading the comments. It's so depressing. Thank you, Dr. Seheult & Kyle for shedding light, pun intended, on good science.
What is depressing in the comments...?
@@nedmilburn I'm sure the tragedy inherent in medical crises is depressing, but at the same time finding answers is like finding the path forward.
Thank you! Very informative!!!
Have you recommended to the Canadian physicians to get this boy either out into the available sunlight or to have them create a 940nm light source for his treatment?
Thanks so much for your dedication and clarity. ! Such a heart-warming story to help make the sunlight topic memorable. I wonder how exposure to a full spectrum light indoors compares with an equal amount of exposure to actual sunlight outdoors. And what about sunlight exposure through a window?
These are all good questions. A general idea in terms of the amount of lights in a room inside is about 100 lux. But outside on a bright sunny day it can be 100,000 lux.
There are grow lights for plants. Why can't they be used for lighting in the room?
Why doesn’t this change all the protocols for everything?
New Zealand is a lot colder than most of Australia especially in the South Island. Often it is cloudy all day near the coasts .
How about using an infrared light? Just got an LED one. And what about cold therapy? Lots of people promoting ice baths. I couldn't take that, but maybe cold showers. Tried hot baths but it appears it triggers a very long rash with me.
Thank you!
A Canadian teen with H5N1 flu is in critical condition. The video discusses the case, explores the relationship between sunlight and influenza, and shares a remarkable recovery story of a teen with fungal pneumonia who improved after sun exposure.
Why wasn't this life-saving LIGHT, NEAR INFRARED, treatment done - before he had his left lung removed?
I can understand it. The problem was an extremely serious fungal infection; leaving the infection in the body was probably not an option. Betting a life on an unproven therapy is unwise.
This blows my mind
Great, shortest day of the year coming up! Well, taking our vitamin D here for sure... keeping our sun exposure as high as possible otherwise...cheers!
you are goated dr seheult🎉
We would all be better off medically if we had a great a grandma in charge of our health care. Weren't you lucky to have such an effective role model for health & life in general probably.☺
Grandma knew everything. Everytime!
Amazing!
It would be interesting to see what the vitamin D levels were, and whether they changed along with the sunlight exposure. It is autumn where I live, and overcast and raining most of the time. I get out when it's not raining, mostly because I have work to do, and it reduces depression. I also supplement vitamin D (5000 IU) daily. I'm old and pretty healthy.
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization scientist Madhur Dhingra and her colleagues identified all reported cases over 55 years in which bird flu viruses mutated from low-pathogenic to high-pathogenic, showing that more than 94 per cent were in commercial poultry, mostly in high-income countries. Bird flu experts, like Ron Fouchier, say it has increased with intensive poultry production. We need to stop blaming wild birds for this since they are the victims and unintentional vectors.
Any suggestions on how to receive more infraed and near-infrared in winter for northern part of the States and Canada? Even going outside, most of the IR and NIR are blocked by jacket.
In Australia a lot of people from Melbourne go to Queensland in June/July especially grey nomads
What's the difference between NEAR INFRARED, and INFRARED radiation?
NIR is just beyond the visible spectrum
@Medcram But so is in infrared, right?
@@Medcram Medcram the teen is receiving top care via BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver.
This is not like south of border where there is demonstrative power held by insurance companies . BC does not have two tiered health care (i.e. privatized health). Some other provinces-territories do have both so the wealthiest get best care there as they can afford faster and best care. Providence Health Care is the main overseer of all various regional health authorities in BC. Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc. The Fraser Valley just means it is outlying area (approx. 1.5 hours east of Vancouver city).
@@jakobw135 "Infrared" covers a large span of photon wavelengths.
Let's talk about Lyme and regressive autism. There are millions of us, and you spent your time talking about 1 case... Give me a break
It is not just about one case, just as your concern is not just about one case. The topic here is the far-reaching effects of sun exposure on a very wide range of disorders and diseases. It can potentially affect billions of people.
PCR testing? Really? Please
Is it this channel removing legitimate questions about the teenagers' jab vaccination status because we know it has caused issues with igG4 receptors?
Pretty dissapointing if that's the case.
As to the video when it comes to infra red, this and other aspects have been covered a lot before on channels like Darkhorse a long time back, they referenced some interesting studies on this topic
This is definitely the next one. At least the narrative is built over time, this time. And when it will turn contagious between humans they will all say in unison "_It's totally non-human-made, the virus mutated by itself, we told you_" and some victims later : "here's the remedy".
Outdoor hospitals around the country during the 20th century pandemic; Boston for one. "Go West outdoors for TB midigation. Exposure of butt hole to sunlight for health. All great examples!
Dr William Davis has useful recommendations regarding sunshine on the skin and being outside
Could this question be answered. Knowing that sunlight or daylight received by the eyes is important as is sunlight on the skin or even (some wavelengths) through the clothes, when I am outdoors would my spectacles - not tinted, bifocals, over -4 power for myopia and +2.5 for near vision - affect the light reaching my retina? Should i remove glasses whenever it's safe to do so outdoors? Thanks. It's been on my mind, also whether glass or plastic lenses make a difference.
Remove them for probably 10 minutes would be fine.
@Medcram Thank you. 😊
Gain of Function
Nuremberg 2.0
Criminals of humanity should be prosecuted and held accountable.
What are you talking about?
Really not unusual on several people. I have known several people to catch it here in the US they all did well I wonder about his comorbidities
In the first minute of the video he presents the patient as a healthy teenager with no comorbidities
The patient doesn't have any comorbidities.
Do we get the entire spectrum of sunlight through modern windows? Did we used to get some ultra violet light from standard lightbulbs?
Here we go again and with Trump and RFK in charge. Holy hell we are in trouble.
Awesome 👍
OK. So why aren't hospitals designed with lots of accessible and functional outside space for patients???
My local hospital has absolutely no outside space for patients or even visitors - it is a for-profit hospital.
Wait. Are people really just commenting on the season/sun thing???
This is a person with BIRD FLU with NO contact to explain it! Helllloooooo!!
I have rarely known where I got influenza. C'est la vie.
They probably just have him lying in a bed.
They put folks outside I the early part of the 20th century is it he program you have displayed an updated Upgrade of that?🙏👍
Im following his advice with early morning bright light exposure and its working for my intrinscly photosensitive retinal gangiian cells....and memory, but it took me two days to get that one down. Thsnk you good doctor! Dont tell amyone but no flu shot for me this year. Shhhhhh .
Wow, imagine ending an intelligent comment so badly.
Probably lying,like cov. Coming for world's meat and eggs
You'll eat bugs.
How about densely populated areas? How does the health of those located towards the center (or “in the shadows”)vs those located towards the edges differ? Obviously these questions are impossible because people vary at every level so you can never properly set up the experiment. I do find it interesting that people seem to all be drawn to light. That as people gain resources the first move is always to come out of the shadows. The beaches and pools are always packed. That maybe it’s our explanation for this that’s all wrong. I watched a video recently that said heat was not the main reason for evaporation. That it was the light. Which makes me wonder, if we even know what “light” is. I don’t know, I’m just a curious guy, asking questions from inside a fork truck.
Good questions. I had a similar thought and wrote to some health officials at the start of Covid about this. I was trying to raise some questions and concerns especially about people in northern latitudes who stay indoors or covered up often, which increases through the winter, and who don’t supplement in any ways to offset the vitamin D deficiencies this combination will almost inevitably create. I was told by one official that they weren’t talking about sunlight or vitamin D because they hadn’t conducted the “proper studies” and didn’t want to give the public a false sense of security by them supplementing. This was also at the start of lockdowns and they were trying to herd everybody to stay in their homes.
You could probably do a study on certain key health and genetic markers between different groups of people with different sunlight exposure rates, such as landscapers vs office workers, and then continue the study where you reverse the amount of UV exposure each group receives to see how quickly and notably those key markers change. But I’m just a curious guy myself and this isn’t my area of expertise.
When you put the boy out in the sun what and much clothes did he have on?
If there's limited sunlight, especially in Seattle, WA or Buffalo, NY, Can sun lamps with 10,000 lumins work just as well to help our health? I bought one in Home Depot and hoping so. I know that at least it's helped me mentally.
It needs infrared light.
Amazing