Women who recently received the COVID-19 vaccine may have to delay their annual mammogram if they have to get one soon, doctors in Utah say.
Some women who get the coronavirus vaccine may experience axillary adenopathy, also known as swollen lymph nodes, after vaccination. A doctor in Ohio recently warned that this reaction could be confused for a sign of breast cancer, as many patients get swollen lymph nodes under the same arm as they got the jab.
Some women who receive the coronavirus vaccine may experience axillary adenopathy after vaccination, also known as swollen lymph nodes.
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“When a vaccine is received, there is an inflammatory reaction in the arm,” said Dr. Brett Parkinson, medical director of Intermountain Healthcare’s breast care center in Murray, Utah, told Fox. He noted that he and other doctors had seen swollen lymph nodes on numerous mammograms of women who had recently received the shot.
This reaction was reported in women who received the Moderna or Pfizer BioNTech jab, with Parkinson noting that the cases of swollen lymph nodes that occurred in the patients after vaccination according to the last few weeks are comparable between the two shots. .
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For example, some participants in the trial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine reported side effects, including swollen lymph nodes, as well as fever, chills, muscle aches, and joint pain, according to the study results, which noted that these side effects were more common. experience between 18 and 55 years.
In an effort to prevent alarm among patients, Parkinson’s and other physicians at Intermountain Healthcare have encouraged women to recently postpone their annual mammogram for the second dose. Or, according to him, patients should come in before receiving the first dose.
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He told Fox 13 that the lead is in line with the Society of Breast Imaging.
“We do not want these patients to be false positives to have this kind of alarm,” Parkinson said.