
Don't panic if you get swollen lymph nodes after a vaccine booster. But be aware if you're due for a mammogram, doctors say
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Swollen lymph nodes after a vaccine might show up on a mammogram -- particularly in October, when many women get flu shots and mammograms during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, one doctor said. Here's what to know when coordinating Covid-19 shots, mammograms and the flu vaccine.
Don't panic, doctors say. Swollen lymph nodes caused by vaccination are temporary, harmless and a sign that the vaccine is working.
But to avoid unnecessary anxiety and uncertainty, women planning to get a mammogram should know that swollen lymph nodes right after a vaccine dose might show up on a mammogram, the US Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official said this week.

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