Patients have swollen lymph nodes, which is a rare sign of breast cancer.
“When we see this, we get excited and worried,” said Dr. Lars Grimm of Duke Health.
Doctors now learn that this is caused by women who have recently received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The lymph nodes will swell next to the body from which the person was shot.
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“That’s good, right, because that means the vaccine works. Your body is responding. You have this immune reaction,” Grimm said.
The side effect, however, is that these lumps will show a mammogram and give a false reading of breast cancer.
Grimm says women just have to do some planning.
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Either screen for mammography before the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine or four to six weeks after the second vaccine.
Grimm says the recommended schedule is the same, whether you get the Modern or Pzifer vaccine.
The last thing doctors want is for women to cancel mammograms together, which often happened in 2020.
“We are concerned that women skip two years and we know that when we examine regularly we detect breast cancer in the earliest possible stage. Unfortunately, breast cancer is so common, it is very important that women stay up to date. health and don’t let it slip, ”Grimm said.
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The American Cancer Society suggests that women ages 45 to 54 receive the review annually. Women 55 and older, in good health, can change from year to year.
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