Patients have swollen lymph nodes, which is a rare sign of breast cancer.
“When we see that, we fall in love and worry,” said Dr. Lars Grimm of Duke Health.
Doctors are now learning that this is caused by women who recently received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The lymph nodes will be swollen on the side of the body, the person who received the shot.
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“It’s a good thing, right, because that means the vaccine works. Your body responds. You have this immune reaction,” Grimm said.
The side effect, however, is that these nodules will show a mammogram and give a false reading for breast cancer.
Grimm says women just need 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 shot.
Grimm says the recommended schedule is the same, whether you receive the Moderna or Pzifer vaccine.
The last thing doctors want is for women to have their mammograms canceled together, which often happened in 2020.
“We are worried that women will jump in two years and we know that when we test regularly, we detect breast cancer at the earliest possible stage. health maintenance stuff and don’t let it slip, “Grimm said.
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The American Cancer Society suggests that women between the ages of 45 and 54 will receive annual screening. A woman aged 55 and over, in good health, can turn two.
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