What’s the difference between a mammogram and a breast thermography?
Women often ask me what the difference is between a mammogram and a breast thermography. Many believe that a thermogram is just a more natural or holistic mammogram. Actually they are quite different. Mammograms are x-rays of the breasts that show structure or anatomy. X-rays use radiation to penetrate the body and create of picture of what is already there.
Mammograms can show calcifications in their precise location. Mammograms are less effective on younger women and women with dense breasts. MRI’s also show the anatomy. Ultrasound uses sound waves to create an image of the breast tissue.
Thermography uses an infrared camera to pick up heat that comes off the body. Thermography doesn’t put anything into the body. That’s why it is safe for everyone. The infrared thermal images can show what is happening in the body (pre-structural or physiology) many times before there is actually a structural change in the tissue. This is why breast thermography is such a desirable screening tool for early detection. Thermography can alert you that something is changing in your body. It can’t show a precise location.
We can use this information to make lifestyle changes to improve and balance our health. Not leaving our wellness to chance, we can follow up with thermography as an objective way to see if our new lifestyle or nutritional protocols are working to improve our health.
Each woman should educate herself and work with trusted health practitioners to decide what combination of screening tools best suits her.
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