Whole Body Hyperthermia

Hyperthermia enabled by research and modern technology

At the Apheresis Center we combine apheresis and hyperthermia treatments to increase treatment results. The effects include the freeing of receptors and breaking up of proteins at fever temperature.

The Heckel HT3000 whole-body hyperthermia system allows a targeted increase in the body’s core temperature, ranging from a mild to high fever. Whole-body hyperthermia not only addresses symptoms, but also aims to re-establish improved regulatory control within the entire organism. The Heckel whole-body hyperthermia systems are a meaningful contribution to treatments of a wide range of illnesses and conditions – ranging from health promotion, to alleviating pain and supportive treatment in chronic conditions and cancer.

Range of indications:

Whole-body hyperthermia is a supporting therapy module that can be combined synergistically with other therapies to treat indications including:

• Major depression ( Study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2521478 )
• Cancer (additive, as immunostimulation and to boost the effectiveness of standard therapies)
• Chronic infections (e.g., Lyme disease) and chronic post-infection-syndroms (e.g., Post-Covid and Post-Vac, post-mononucleosis) 
• Fibromyalgia, non-articular rheumatism, muscular tension
• Degenerative diseases, arthrosis
• Chronic inflammation: broncho-pulmonary (e.g. asthma, chronic bronchitis), intestinal (e.g. ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease), urogenital (e.g. chronic prostatitis), dermatological (e.g. neurodermatitis, psoriasis)

Links to current research:

David M. Smadja, M. Marc Abreu:

  Hyperthermia and targeting heat shock proteins: innovative approaches for neurodegenerative disorders and Long COVID

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1475376/full

           Heckel-Reusser S: Whole-Body Hyperthermia (WBH): Historical Aspects, Current Use, and Future Perspectives. OPEN ACCESS https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-92880-3_11  

Zschaeck S, Beck M: Whole-Body Hyperthermia in Oncology: Renaissance in the Immunotherapy Era? OPEN ACCESS https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-92880-3_8  

Knobel A, Hanusch K, Auen N, Rübener F, Fischer S, Borzim C, Heinz A, Schäfer M: Whole-Body Hyperthermia (WBH) in  Psychiatry OPEN ACCESS https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-92880-3_12  In: Water-filtered Infrared A (wIRA) Irradiation: From Research to Clinical Settings [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2022. Chapter 8, 11,