THE COLORS OF MEN….

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 1^st.

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