A 19-year-old woman’s breasts grew from a B cup to a triple G in the six months after receiving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine What researchers are calling the first case of its kind.
The unidentified “healthy young woman” reportedly began experiencing rapid growth a week after receiving the vaccine in September 2022, which worsened after the second dose.
“The patient believed that the vaccine caused her breast growth. However, her concerns were not adequately addressed by her physician, leading to distrust in the health care system,” the Toronto-based researchers said. Last month, I wrote about it in the academic journal Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open.
The study authors pointed to the so-called “Pfizer boob job” phenomenon. Some women have claimed that their breasts have gotten bigger after getting the vaccine, but there is no evidence that this is actually the case.
Researchers report that swollen lymph nodes are a symptom. “Known side effects” Changes in breast tissue structure or density due to COVID-19 vaccination are “extremely rare.”
The study authors said there was only one published case detailing a characteristic change in the chest after Pfizer’s booster therapy, and that was a noticeable lump. This woman had no lumps.
The woman was found to have an extremely rare disease called PASH, which causes benign lesions to cause extreme breast enlargement. Fewer than 20 cases have been reported so far.
“This case demonstrates for the first time a temporal association between PASH-associated megamastia and vaccination,” the researchers wrote.
The newspaper has contacted Pfizer for comment.
Women reported feeling tingling before their breasts grew. Doctors did not notice the hormonal changes in her blood tests and prescribed steroids and antibiotics to no avail.
According to the case report, her breasts stopped growing after six months and she underwent reduction surgery five months later.
She lost a lot of blood during the surgery, so surgeons were limited in the amount of breast tissue they could remove. She has double D breasts and may undergo another breast reduction to return them to normal size.
The Toronto study authors are calling for more research to see if there is a link between COVID-19 vaccines, PASH, and rapid breast growth.
More than 13.6 billion COVID-19 doses administered Vaccines have been administered around the world since 2020. A small percentage of people vaccinated have been harmed by the vaccine, and medical experts say the benefits still outweigh the risks.
