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I'm eligible for the COVID vaccine and due for a mammogram.

That's because swollen lymph nodes are both a common side effect of the vaccines and can also be a marker of early breast cancer, he says — especially when lymph nodes on only one side are swollen.

"It can be the only sign we see," he says, noting that a mammogram often detects swelling that a person wouldn't notice.

Of course, other things cause lymph nodes to swell, such as colds – swollen nodes shouldn't cause anyone to jump to the conclusion that they have cancer.

And as soon as people started getting vaccinated, breast radiologists started noticing a big uptick in the number of women with swollen lymph nodes on one side of their body.

Now he and his colleagues see vaccine-related swollen lymph nodes every day.

The day we talk to him, two of the three patients he'd seen that morning had shown swollen lymph nodes on one side.

"They might ask you to come back and take more pictures and make sure it's resolved," he says.

I've heard that the ingredients in the COVID vaccines are dangerous.

Anti-vaccination groups have historically propagated false information about the ingredients in vaccines, and the COVID vaccine is no exception.

We asked Richard Kennedy, professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and co-director of the Vaccine Research Group, to explain exactly what each ingredient in the two vaccines licensed in the U.S., Pfizer and Moderna, vaccines does:.

Kennedy says.

Manufacturers needed to make the mRNA last several hours in your cells, giving the vaccine time to make enough protein for your body to respond to.

"Basically they act like little droplets of oil, and the RNA is floating inside," Kennedy says.

"They make sure that the pH of the vaccine matches the pH of your body and make sure that it won't damage cells when the liquid is injected.".

While researchers aren't yet sure why a small percentage of people who get the vaccine experience allergic reactions, he says many people suspect it's that PEG2000 lipid, which is also found in everything from laxatives to cosmetics to toothpaste.

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