It is important that women pay attention to the timing of their COVID-19 vaccination shots and breast exams, according to new guidelines.
According to a report by Good Morning America, the non-profit organization, Society of Breast Imaging, on Thursday issued guidelines advising women to schedule their mammogram before taking a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, or four to six weeks after vaccination. second dose.
GMA said there were reports of ‘both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines causing swollen lymph nodes in the armpit area where the shot was administered’, which promoted the new guidelines.
GMA has dr. Jennifer Ashton, chief medical correspondent for ABC News, was quoted as saying that “the area of the body is also where enlarged lymph nodes may be a sign of breast cancer.”
Ashton, an OBGYN-certified executive, said of the SBI’s new guidelines: results do not result. of their mammogram. ”
Ashton, added, “But the most important thing is to realize that simply seeing an enlarged lymph node in an armpit without finding a breast is not necessarily a sign of breast cancer.”
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GMA noted that, according to Ashton, “swollen lymph nodes after the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine are no cause for concern.”
“It’s just your immune system doing its thing,” she said. “It’s your body doing its job.”
GMA passed on Ashton’s advice and encouraged people to talk to their doctor and radiologist and to ‘make sure they know in which arm’ they were vaccinated.
Mammograms Council of the American Cancer Society.
According to the American Cancer Society, “women between the ages of 45 and 54 should get mammograms,” GMA reports.
GMA further explained that according to the ACS, if women between the ages of 40 and 44 want to start having mammograms with breast cancer screening annually, they ‘must have the choice’.
The ACS also said that “women 55 and older can switch to mammograms every two years or continue with an annual examination,” GMA said.
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