Thermography Breast – Offering breast cancer alternative medicine

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Thermography is a non-contact technique for early risk assessment of breast cancer and other chronic disease without the hazard of carcinogenic radiation. The infrared camera takes thermal images (pictures) that can detect subtle changes in breast physiology often years before a cancerous tumor can be detected by other sources.

This is the most reliable form of early detection though not often used by the medical field, it is becoming more readily available. Thermography has a 90% for both false positive and false negative readings. Thermography is painless and offers a view of the entire chest and underarm area. The infrared images show subtle temperature changes in the breast tissue. Blood supply or vascularity shows up hyperthermic (hot) and looks white in color. Hypothermic (cold) shows up dark in color. Normal breast tissue shows up in varying shades.

Preparing for your appointment

• Do not wear restrictive clothing such as a bra to the exam.
• Tie your hair up and do not wear jewellery around the neck area (just for the imaging).
• No prolonged sun exposure (especially sunburn) to the breasts 5 days prior to your exam.
• No use of lotions, creams, powders, or makeup on the breasts the day of the exam.
• No use of deodorants or antiperspirants the day of your exam.
• No physical stimulation (sexual or otherwise) or treatment of the breasts for 24 hours before the exam.
• No exercise 4 hours prior to your exam.
• No shaving on the day of the exam to avoid skin abrasions.
• If bathing, it must be no closer than 1 hour before the exam.
• If you are nursing, please try to nurse as far from 1 hour before the exam as possible.
• No smoking at least 1 hour before imaging

During the examination you will disrobe from the waist up for both imaging and to allow for the surface temperature of the body to acclimate with the room. A female technician will take your images. Surgical procedures such as implants, reductions, and biopsies do not interfere with infrared imaging. Breast infrared imaging is perfectly 100% safe to have during pregnancy or when nursing.. You will be requested to sign a thermography consent form before proceeding with imaging.

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