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| Thermography is the Most Advanced Breast Mammoscan Available |
This little-known test finds abnormal breast tissue years earlier than mammograms. Because there is no compression required, it doesn't mash or squeeze your breast, thus reducing the risk of a ruptured cyst.
Think about it! Have you ever wondered...
- Why cancer rates keep rising?
- Why when X-RAY is a known cause of cancer do we continue to X-ray the most vulnerable tissue on our bodies for our semi-annual or annual breast mammogram exam?
- Are you aware X-Rays are cumulative and do not dissipate?
- Did you know that Mammograms, IF needed, should be after all other non-invasive tests?
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| Why Thermography is Important for You and your Health |
Why is Thermography important for you?
Thermography is effective in exposing disease processes before symptoms begin and for early detection of many physical imbalances. Often symptoms are an early warning signal of dysfunction in one area of the body that may not seem related to the problem, but may be an underlying cause. Thermography can help determine if additional lab work may be needed and can avoid unnecessary expensive lab tests.
What can be determined by Thermography?
Thermography can discover possible sources of chronic disease and infections. Breast, ovarian, and prostate health can also be assessed. Possible cardiovascular, stomach, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder problems. Unknown causes of infection, inflammation, allergic or toxic reactions to food and/or environmental toxins, intestinal mycosis or dysbiosis, correlations between dental health and much more.
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| This is Not Outdated Infrared Thermography |
Older systems of infrared thermography used decades ago created results yielding false positives, and the medical community discarded them. This new evolution of thermographic instruments is the result of years of clinical case data. Often points lying in distant parts of the body serve to verify suspicious thermograms, thereby decreasing false negatives and positives substantially.
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| Breast Cancer Study (Stuttgart, Germany) |
A major asset of Computerized Regulation Thermography is early detection and confirmation of breast cancers. In a German study, 54% of breast cancer patients were correctly diagnosed by history and physical examination. The number rose to 76% when mammography was added. However, when computerized regulation thermography was used, the accuracy of diagnosis rose to 92%. Many women today are concerned about the effects of cumulative radiation and compression that is associated with routine mammograms. Mammography may be necessary when non-invasive exams are inconclusive.
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| How to Prepare for Your Thermogram |
Extreme Importance! Computerized Regulation Thermography is a highly sensitive exam. Instructions need to be followed for your exam to be accurate.
- Do not shower, exercise, or engage in any activities that will increase your circulation.
- Be sure to eat a light breakfast. Do not drink any coffee, including decaf, or any caffeinated beverages, like Coca-Cola, Pepsi or Red Bull.
- Please do not smoke or drink alcohol for at least 24 hours before your appointment.
- Take only medications that you take regularly.
- Wear comfortable cotton clothing. Synthetic materials increase the bodys temperature. Wear long sleeves, longs pants, socks and shoes.
- Please do not wear tight clothing or belts. Anything that leaves a red mark when you remove it is too tight. This increases the body's temperature.
- Do not use any deodorants, creams, lotions, or make-up on your skin. Men should avoid shaving on the morning of their appointment. If you want to wash your hair or shave do this the night before the appointment. Have hair pulled back or up off the neck and shoulders.
- Avoid confrontation or emotional stress on the day of your thermogram.
- For best results, women should schedule before or after their periods.
- If you cannot keep your appointment, please give a 48 hour notice so someone else can use the time. You will be charged with less than 48 hours notice.
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| What Thermography can and can't do |
From New England Clinical Thermography: One discussion point that comes up frequently centers around the roughly 15% of cancers that Thermography may miss.
Breast Thermography is primarily looking for change to established temperatures/patterns for a specific patient. Asymmetry, neovascularity (angiogenesis), hot/cold areas are all important. Early changes are an important part of what makes thermography valuable.
If a patient comes to us with an established cancer, which the body has accepted and possibly encapsulated as it grows (or is in a dormant stage), then that cancer may become part of the standard patterns for that patient and not be picked up by thermal imaging/thermal change. An established DCIS might be a good example of this.
We have had a couple of cases with patients who were found to have a breast cancer by other screening methods that did not show on the single occasion we imaged them. Would we have seen change with additional imaging, or were these cases of established cancers with no current thermal indication? We don’t know.
We had another case where a patient was undergoing non-invasive treatment for cancer and hoping to monitor progress with Thermography. In this case, Thermography did not show any change but MRI imaging indicated that there was noticeable growth.
What should we take away from all of this?
- Thermography is a useful early screening tool. The earlier age we can begin imaging, the more likely we will identify changes. If we may see change 5 to 10 years early, than a case could be make for beginning thermal breast screening in the age 30 to 35 range.
- Thermography does not see everything. 85% sensitive all on its own. Other screening techniques should be part of a screening regimen – mammography, ultrasound, or other technique agreed between the patient and their doctor. We do not recommend any of our patients rely solely on Thermography.
- If there is an existing cancer being treated, thermography is only a useful screening tool where it can be determined that we can see the change in that specific case. The technique that sees the tumor would be the clear choice in this case.
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