Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (UBI), also referred to as UVBI, is an advanced medical treatment of blood cleansing utilizing light therapy. It was first used in 1928 to treat a patient with sepsis.
UBI therapy continued to be used in mainstream medicine up to the 1940s, when the rise of antibiotic use dominated the medical market. By the 1950s, the medical establishment had firmly embraced the widespread use of antibiotics. We are now well into the 21st century, and the golden age of antibiotics has come and gone.
What is the difference between antibiotics and Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (UBI) Blood Cleansing?
Antibiotics kill bacteria. They do not work against viruses, including colds, the COVID-19 virus, and the common flu. Antibiotics are also ineffective at killing candida, yeasts, molds, and fungi.
UBI treatments naturally enhance and boost the immune system. Thus, your immune system can do what it was designed to do — fight infections, chronic disease conditions, and improve circulation. UBI treatments are available at select doctors’ offices, like Natural Medicine & Detox in Phoenix, AZ.
What are the bad side effects of antibiotics?
Antibiotics indiscriminately kill beneficial bacteria, including your gut bacteria, also known as probiotics. Your body relies upon beneficial bacteria to fight off disease and keep you healthy. This is the main reason people have become wary of the overuse of antibiotics.
How do Bacteria Work?
Bacteria are opportunistic organisms, meaning they can cause disease when the body’s defenses (aka, the immune system) are weakened. The challenge with antibiotics is that they do not discriminate between good and bad bacteria. They kill all bacteria.
Unfortunately, antibiotics are everywhere. We feed them to livestock, which we consume, and nowadays, antibiotics are even found in our drinking water supply.
What happens to good bacteria that are wiped out by antibiotics?
When good bacteria are killed by the overuse of antibiotics, it creates a rebound opportunity for harmful bacteria to overgrow. Harmful bacteria in the body cause a wide range of health issues, like digestive issues and chronic conditions like Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and Candidiasis.
What conditions are treated by antibiotics?
Common bacterial conditions treated with antibiotics include…
- Respiratory infections like tuberculosis (TB)
- Pneumonia and whooping cough
- Food-borne illnesses like Campylobacter
- E. coli and Salmonella poisoning
- Staph infections
- Lyme’s disease
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Meningitis
- Strep throat
- Sepsis
- Skin infections like tetanus
- sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis
How do we get sick with bacteria, viruses, fungi, or other parasites?
There are many ways people can contract bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasitic infections. They can spread through the air, food, water, or direct contact with infected people, animals, insects, and environmental exposure.
Fungi are a common environmental exposure that thrives in contaminated soil with bird and animal droppings, which can cause infection.
In the southwestern U.S., Valley Fever is a rather common fungal lung infection from the Coccidioides fungus, which is found in the soil.
A similar infection to Valley Fever can be from black mold growing in a home. For example, behind a wall after a water leak can result in microscopic fungus spores that can contaminate clothing and furniture.
Such exposures can manifest in different ways in the body and create a variety of symptoms, including respiratory issues, allergic reactions, and neurological effects. Surprisingly, in Phoenix, Arizona, where it is dry and hot, mold-related issues are quite common. Pathogens can also spread through insect bites, cuts, or medical procedures. Once inside, they can reproduce and cause illness by releasing toxins and damaging cells.
Harmful bacteria can also enter the skin through insect bites. However, some bites can also carry harmful viruses. It can be complicated identifying the organism in a bug bite because both harmful bacteria like Staphylococcus and viruses can cause infections, and some infections share similar symptoms.
Differentiating between the type of infection a person has is crucial because if the infection is not a bacterial infection and it is treated with an antibiotic, it can make the person worse in the long run.
What are non-antibiotic options for healing?
Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (UBI) treatments can be beneficial for healing a variety of infections caused by pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Unlike antibiotics that only work for bacterial infections, UBI works on all disease-causing microorganisms. Also, unlike antibiotics, with UBI treatments, there are no side effects other than experiencing a Herxheimer reaction, also known as “Herx” or die-off. This is beneficial because it is the body’s reaction to toxins released when the harmful microorganisms are killed off by the UBI treatment. Die-off can be uncomfortable, but once it is over (typically lasts 1-3 days or longer for severe cases), the immune system is stronger.
The severity and length of infection will determine how many treatments are needed. It’s best to begin treatment right away. Some feel better after one treatment, but chronic infection often requires more than one UBI session.
How do Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation UBI blood cleansing treatments work?
A small amount of blood is drawn from a patient. The blood is then passed through a glass cuvette in the UBI device. The exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) light helps to kill harmful microorganisms in the blood that cause disease. Harmful pathogens can be eliminated in this process, including viruses, bacteria, mold, fungi, and parasites. After the blood passes through the ultraviolet light, it goes back into the body. The “cleansed blood” then triggers a cascade of healing responses from your immune system.
At Natural Medicine & Detox, Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation, we offer it as a stand-alone therapy, or it can be combined with ozone therapy. Other holistic blood therapies that could be considered as ‘blood cleansing’ include methylene blue, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Chelation Therapy, which helps to rid the body of heavy metal toxins.
Other medical therapies used to clean the blood include procedures like dialysis, hemodialysis, and hemofiltration, which use machines to filter waste and toxins from the blood when organs like the kidneys can’t.
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References:
- https://imb.uq.edu.au/common-bacterial-diseases
- https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/germs-viruses-bacteria-fungi.html
- https://www.acko.com/health-insurance/diseases/diseases-caused-by-microorganisms/
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6882722/
