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so why is it that some people get herpes

simplex one

when they go out in the sun now you may

have been taught that the sun gives you

vitamin d and vitamin d is really good

for viruses right so why would the sun

activate

certain viruses out of remission

versus sometimes putting them into

remission

well two reasons one is that the sun has

radiation okay

and radiation can affect the immune

system to a certain degree and vitamin d

it tends to suppress an overactive

immune system

so vitamin so vitamin d in the sun is

great for

reducing inflammation especially

something called the cytokine storm but

when it comes down to the virus herpes

simplex you don’t want to get too much

sun and you don’t want to take excessive

amounts of vitamin d but on the flip

side you don’t want to be deficient in

vitamin d you just need the right amount