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.
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A reported side effect of the coronavirus vaccine in some women has prompted a warning from doctors, as it could be confused for a common sign of breast cancer.
Dr. Holly Marshall, a breast radiologist with University Hospitals in Cleveland, told local news station Fox 8 that some of her patients who have received the COVID-19 vaccine have experienced axillary adenopathy, also known as swollen lymph nodes. It’s actually a normal response that the body has to the vaccine, Marshall told the outlet when warning this particular side effect could be mistaken for signs of breast cancer. It means that the body is making antibodies to fight the COVID-19 infection.
Investigation continues into shooting at hotel: Orange Police Blotter
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
In and out of consciousness, the victim, 24, was quickly transferred from Ahuja Medical Center to the main campus of University Hospitals, where he remained in the surgical intensive care unit on Jan. 29, with no condition report being released.
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Weapons offense: Orange Place
Detectives and Ohio Bureau of Investigation (BCI) agents continued to work the case of a Jan. 23 shooting that left one man still in the hospital with serious injuries six days later.
The victim, 24, was taken initially to Ahuja Medical Center by friends after the suspect showed up at the Extended Stay North around 1:40 a.m., reportedly broke or shot his way through the main front doors, then started firing on the third floor of the hotel.
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