A COVID-19 vaccine side effect mimics a breast cancer symptom; experts say not to worry
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 04, 2021
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are shown, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at the Isles of Vero Beach assisted and independent senior living community in Vero Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) APAP
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Aubrey Lewis, a nurse at the University Hospitals in Cleveland, recently received the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Days later, she discovered that one of her lymph nodes swelled.
“When I got my vaccine, initially, I did not have any side effects at all,” Lewis told News 5 Cleveland, saying she started to experience a side effect days later. “I felt under my armpit to see if there was anything there and I felt a lump. It was kind of hard, but still mobile, it moved around,” she said.
COVID-19 vaccine side effect may mirror breast cancer symptom, doctors say not to panic
By: WEWS Staff
and last updated 2021-02-01 16:22:46-05
CLEVELAND â Aubrey Lewis has been a nurse at University Hospitals for four years, and for nearly the last year of that time, her work has been dedicated to fighting COVID-19.
âI work with COVID-19 patients on a daily basis,â she said. She received her first dose of the Moderna vaccine around Jan. 20. âWhen I got my vaccine, initially, I did not have any side effects at all,â she said.
But after a few days, she noticed swelling in one of her lymph nodes. âI felt under my armpit to see if there was anything there and I felt a lump. It was kind of hard, but still mobile, it moved around,â she said.