Sharing my experience with breast thermography on the podcast today! Friendly reminder that I?m not a doctor or medical provider, just sharing my experience.
Hi friends! I hope you?re having a wonderful morning. I have a new podcast episode up sharing my experience with breast thermography. It?s something I did recently as another way to track and see what?s going on with inflammation in my body. I?m excited to share the process and my results with you, and some changes I made in my routine that have made a huge difference.
My experience with breast thermography
So what is breast thermography"
Breast thermography is infrared imaging of the breasts, using a special camera. The camera detects heat within the body, which can represent increased blood flow to particular areas. Cancer cells demand higher blood flow, so you can monitor increased potential blood flow and heat. Hippocrates used to place wet mud on the skin of his patients, and the areas that dried the fastest indicated higher heat, which he used to determine areas of disease (I thought this was so interesting!).
Breast thermography is not intended to be a standalone test, but something you can do in conjunction with traditional screening measures, like self exams, mammography, ultrasounds, and MRI. I would absolutely follow the discretion of your doctor based on your unique body and family history.
We have a family history of breast cancer on my side of the family, and in the past, I had a benign int...
