THERMOGRAPHY ADVANTAGE: BREAST HEALTH AND BEYOND
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thermography Advantage, a local digital infrared thermal imaging company, is educating women on the value of thermography and the role thermograms play in preventative breast health. While mammograms use X-rays to capture images of the structure of the breast, thermography uses a digital infrared medical device to detect functional changes such as lymph system congestion. Possible hormonal or vascular changes may form new and enlarged blood vessels needed for extra blood supply towards tumor growth.
“At this time, women in their 20s and 30s, and even some in their 40s, are not falling into the standard recommendations for mammograms,” says Thermography Advantage owner and certified thermographer Carolyn Olson. “It is not because they are not getting diagnosed with cancer at these ages, it is usually because they believe dense breasts in mammography are not going to bring very accurate results.” Thermography can be done as a breast screening even in addition to mammography.
