{"id":93833,"date":"2021-04-29T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-pih-health-talks-about-the-connection-between-mammograms-and-the-covid-19-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:20:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:20:01","slug":"pih-health-explica-la-conexion-entre-las-mamografias-y-la-vacuna-para-la-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/pih-health-explica-la-conexion-entre-las-mamografias-y-la-vacuna-para-la-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"PIH Health Talks About the Connection Between Mammograms and the COVID-19 Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>Physician Weighs in on the Importance of Screenings and Not Delaying Care<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WHITTIER, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 28, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0PIH Health is sending an important message to women across the nation: Don&#8217;t delay your mammogram on account of potential swollen lymph nodes due to COVID-19 vaccines and don&#8217;t delay COVID-19 vaccination as both are important to your health. Doctors have noticed that the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines can cause swollen lymph nodes under the arm in which the shot was given. These benign lymph node enlargements will show up on a mammogram, which may cause unnecessary worry. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgead5left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgead5left\" title=\"PIH Health Logo \" border=\"0\" alt=\"PIH Health Logo \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1059147\/PIH_Health_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>For this reason, some healthcare providers suggest that women either get their mammograms before the vaccine, or postpone their mammograms until four to six weeks after receiving the vaccine\u2014enough time for the lymph nodes to go back to their normal size.<\/p>\n<p>However, PIH Health radiologists are aware of the connection and factor any vaccination timing into their interpretation of results.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reactive or swollen lymph nodes in the area after any vaccine are to be expected,&#8221; explains <span class=\"xn-person\">James Kuo<\/span> MD, radiologist at PIH Health. &#8220;Lymph nodes are part of the body&#8217;s natural immune system, and swelling is a sign that the body is responding to the vaccine and building up defenses against COVID-19.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the vast majority of cases, with proper vaccination information, PIH Health radiologists can correctly attribute the swollen lymph nodes to the vaccination without further workup. &#8220;We believe this approach will prevent delays in both screening mammography and COVID-19 vaccination, dispel confusion, and provide patients with the best care possible,&#8221; says Dr. Kuo.<\/p>\n<p>PIH Health recommends that screening mammograms continue as scheduled\u2014women&#8217;s breast health is too important.<\/p>\n<p>To schedule a mammogram visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3145614-1&amp;h=1138406653&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pihhealth.org%2Fhealth-services%2Fcancer%2Fschedule-your-mammogram-today%2F&amp;a=PIHHealth.org%2FMammogram\" rel=\"nofollow\">PIHHealth.org\/Mammogram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About PIH Health<\/b><br \/>PIH Health is a nonprofit, regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3.7 million residents in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles County<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange County<\/span> and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 35 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women&#8217;s health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is recognized by Watson Health as one of the nation&#8217;s Top Hospitals, and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) as one of the nation&#8217;s top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. PIH Health is also certified as a Great Place to Work<b>\u00ae<\/b>. 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Doctors have noticed that the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines can cause swollen lymph nodes under the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}