November is Men’s Health Awareness month. Now I’m sure it was a woman who
insisted on this…aren’t we the ones responsible for everyone’s health? I
personally don’t care who thought of it, I’m just thankful that there’s some
global awareness for men’s health! If there needs to be a bunch of men wearing
facial hair to get each other to pay attention, then so be it.
Most people associate Thermography with it’s “color coding”.
True, the colors do tell a story, but often times once we explain that “white”
is the hottest meaning extra vascularity and “black” is the coldest meaning no
vascularity, everyone assumes all “hot spots” are bad and all “cold spots” are
good. Well, that’s not necessarily true.
Now, I realize our company’s name includes the word “Breast”
which is not normally associated with men, but as I have written about before,
Thermography is useful for so much more than breast health. It’s good for your
entire health, whether you are a man or a woman.
In fashion, color is recognized as something we all have to
“look good in”, or “match to one another”. Most men say they are not concerned
about color. However, have you tried to get your man to wear pink…not always an
easy sell. How about suggesting they wear a “blue” shirt to a Vols game…he’d
look at you like you had 2 heads. The lesson from this is; color matters in the
right context.
In my office, the number of male clients has almost doubled
this year! So I guess November is not
the only month for Men’s Health Awareness. In getting back to the “good or bad colors”; I scanned a man
whom Coronary Artery Disease was able to be discovered by Thermography. There
was a distinct “blue” area over his Coronary Artery. In keeping with what
indicates changes in increased vascularity or not, the area that was blue in
this instance indicated a “decreased vascular” pattern, which can be just as
indicative of a “red flag” as increased vascularity. Meaning, there was a “decrease
in the blood flow” to his heart. Not a good sign. Through his Thermography, his
cardiac physician was able to treat him for this condition before it had an
opportunity to have severe health issues.
This same man had Diverticulosis, and said he wasn’t having
any digestive issues. Now, this could just as easily have been a woman’s scan,
but I was writing about men, so I used them.The bottom line here is, get a checkup, because just as I
say to women about their breast health…do something because doing nothing is
not acceptable. There are women, children, siblings, parents and even your
employer and ci-workers who are depending on you. Make sure you’re the healthiest you can be! Oh, and by the
way, remember you can shave on December 1st.
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