Thermography? Questions Answered
What is thermography? Cancer doesn’t start as a tumor. It starts as a blood supply; it lays that infrastructure first. That infrastructure, at least with breast cancer, is very hot, and your body will emit this heat in very specific vascular patterns that indicate that this is occurring. It’s not an early alert for cancer. It’s an early alert for that inflammatory process that plays a key role in the development and progression of breast cancer.
How does it work? When we have inflammation in our bodies it’s emitted as infrared heat. Our infrared camera captures that infrared heat/temperatures, and they’re displayed on a computer screen. Those images/temperatures are transmitted to medical doctors, along with a medical history. About three days later, a written report comes back to me and I get those to the client and their physician.
How is a thermogram different from a mammogram? A mammogram waits for the development of a tumor and looks for it on an X-ray which can occur at a later stage of development. One looks at the developing aspect; one will look to see of there is already something there. One test does not replace the other.
Who should have a thermogram? Breast physiology is stable by about age 28, so every woman interested in monitoring breast health should start around this age. There’s no risk and annual comparisons ensure stablity.
Thermogram of Breast Cancer Cells
Infrared image or Thermogram, displayed as different temperatures.
What other uses are available? We can monitor the effectiveness of treatments. We can do full body or area of interest scans. Really, there are very few limitations to this technology.
Lynda Witt is a native Tucsonan and certified clinical thermographer who owns Proactive Health Solutions, a thermography clinic at 3861 N. First Avenue. To make an appointment, see
ProactiveHealthSolutions.org or call 520-235-7036. See ad on page 8.
For more information about thermography, see
ThermologyOnline.org/patients_overview.htm. 20
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