Thermography is a radiation-free, easy, safe, and non-invasive way to detect, evaluate, and monitor a large number of injuries and conditions. By detecting infrared heat emitted from your body, thermography provides an excellent way to see inflammation, long before you can even feel it!

Even without symptoms, knowing what our baseline breast health looks like is an important resource in self-care and prevention of disease. Our health scan imaging includes a full body scan of all of the breast health scan images as well as taking a look at any potential underlying inflammation in the entire body. Symptoms that may be present indicating inflammation of the breasts or concern in breast health could be:

Digestive disorders are often not very silent in their symptoms. Bloating, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, bleeding (stomach or rectal), incontinence, nausea, and vomiting can all be symptoms of an underlying digestive disorder. Some common digestive disorders with at least one of the above symptoms include: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), gallstones, celiac disease, Crohn’s disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, hemorrhoids, diverticulitis, or anal fissures. Digestive disorders can be caused by underlying viruses or bacteria, inflammation, poor circulation to the intestines, side effects of anti-inflammatory drugs, gallstones, muscle dysfunction, as well as have many other causes. A full body scan can help to identify areas of inflammation– which is often the first sign of disease, regardless of any other underlying cause. A treatment plan and follow up health scan imaging can help improve digestive disorder symptoms and monitor progress in healing.

Dental challenges could include cavities, tooth pain, possible infection of teeth/gums, among other concerns. A major player in pain and even in underlying health issues could possibly be a tooth that has received a root canal. A full body scan will look at what is going on in the head/teeth areas, and a full body scan will also provide you with images of what is going on in your entire body. Many degenerative diseases are suspected of being connected to root canaled teeth because teeth that have had a root canal can not be completely cleaned out or thoroughly disinfected, there are too many crevices and tubules in the tooth to guarantee 100% disinfection. Some infection always remains behind, even if it does not cause symptoms. Sometimes this infection lies dormant and the body constantly fights it off, and other times it presents itself in varying ways, as it spreads throughout the body. Some of the diseases suspected to have a possible correlation with root canals include kidney disease, lung disease, heart disease, bladder disease, stroke, diabetes, rheumatic and joint diseases, multiple sclerosis and ALS among other neurological diseases, and autoimmune diseases. Because of this potential connection, if you are having dental concerns or have had a root canal, a full body health scan imaging session could be really insightful and beneficial to your total body health. 

It is critical that a trained medical professional review your thermography (MIR) scans and provide a qualified medical interpretation.

Distinguishing normal thermographic readings from abnormalities requires proper training, experience, and adherence to medical guidelines and protocols.

When thermographic images are professionally produced and then interpreted by qualified medical professionals, those images provide invaluable information that could save your life.

For patients with dense breasts or a previous history of breast surgery, thermography can be extremely helpful, drawing attention to areas that should be evaluated or inspected more closely and could lead to additional mammograms, ultrasounds, or an MRI.

Thermography is considered an adjunctive imaging technique and is most often combined with information from other medical imaging techniques to provide crucial insights.

Thermography’s ability to detect thermal signs that may suggest a pre-cancerous state of the breast, or signs of cancer at a very early stage is attributed to the ability thermography has to monitor the temperature variations produced by the earliest changes in tissue physiology.

Thermography does not currently have the ability to pinpoint the location of a tumor and is not 100% guaranteed to detect all cancers but it’s role in detection and diagnosis remains invaluable, especially when combined with other screening methods.

That being said, Thermography is an excellent adjunction to mammography and physical examination but is not meant to be a replacement of these screenings. These imaging tests complement each other and help doctors gain a clearer understanding. If treated in the earliest stages, the data for cure rates are incredibly optimistic.

• For 24 hours prior to your scan – avoid heavy exercise, acupuncture, massage, sauna or steam rooms.
• For 2 hours prior to your scan – avoid exercise and hot or cold showering. Do not shave under your arms or use deodorant, skin creams or lotion in the areas to be imaged.
• Avoid sun exposure the day of the test. For the best result, you should not have had a sun burn or have used a tanning booth within a week of your test.
• Please wear loose fitting clothing the day of your scan. Your scan will be delayed until irritation marks from tight fighting clothing have dissipated.
• No changes in diet or medication are necessary.

Note: you must wait 3 months after pregnancy, nursing, major breast surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation before having a breast scan, and at least 1 month after a biopsy or minor surgery, such as mole removal, for results to be accurate.