2AL-28552-11738

1 vaccination 7 coded responses 10 check-ins 7 free-text entries 5 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 46-50
ZIP prefix: 900 / CA
Registered: 2021-03-05

Relationship: Self
Race: Black or African American
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

Registration Vaccinations Survey responses Call reports Cases without a report Call attempts Call successful Pregnancy survey

2021-03-04
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-05
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-06
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Abdominal distension, Hypoaesthesia, Tenderness — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain

Free text: The entire left side of my body is numb, bloated, or tender. I got shot in left arm.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-07
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Poor · Site: Swelling · Fever · Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-03-09
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Asthenopia, Cerebrovascular accident, Feeling hot, Headache, Hypoaesthesia, Medical counselling, Swelling face — Feeling: Poor · Fever · Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation

Free text: Systemic reaction (other): My symptoms have been stroke like. Left side of body is super hot while right side is normal. Headache on the left only. Left face swollen and slightly numb. Left eyelid heavy. I am feeling almost normal now 5 days after shot but I am unsure if I should go for second shot. These symptoms are weird. I dont have primary physician. Is there anyone I can discuss this with? · Healthcare visit (other): I dont have a doctor. I have asked friends who are nurses. No one has heard of my symptoms

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-09
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-10
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Swelling face — Feeling: Poor · Site: Swelling · Fever · Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: Still left side of face is puffy and a bit numb

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-11
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-18
Survey response — day 14, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Hypoaesthesia oral, Mouth swelling, Swelling face — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation

Free text: Left side of my face teeth and jaw numb and swollen

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-18
Report sent to call center — day 14, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-04-01
Survey response — day 28, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Paraesthesia, Unevaluable event — Feeling: Poor · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation

Free text: Symptoms: Numbness in facePrickly tingling in left leg, ankle, arm, and hand · Healthcare visit (other): N

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-01
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-06-03
Survey response — 3 months, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Paraesthesia — Feeling: Poor · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation

Free text: It has been over 3 months and my face still gets numb and I get parasthesia on my left side.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-03
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-06-08
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-06-10
Call successful
Reported to VAERS voluntarily prior to GDIT contact
2021-09-02
Survey response — 6 months, dose 1
MedDRA: Paraesthesia, Pre-existing disease — Feeling: Poor · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: The paresthesia in my left leg has suddenly flared up again worse than before.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-09-02
Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-09-07
Call 1 — Could Not Reach Participant
2021-09-10
Call 2 — Left Voicemail
2021-09-10
Call successful
Completed over the phone
2022-03-05
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 1
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-04	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

5 call center cases

5 successful

VAERS report filed, before or during a call: 5

See the call center timeline

Free text

Release 5 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-03-06

Systemic reaction (other): The entire left side of my body is numb, bloated, or tender. I got shot in left arm.

2021-03-09

Systemic reaction (other): My symptoms have been stroke like. Left side of body is super hot while right side is normal. Headache on the left only. Left face swollen and slightly numb. Left eyelid heavy. I am feeling almost normal now 5 days after shot but I am unsure if I should go for second shot. These symptoms are weird. I dont have primary physician. Is there anyone I can discuss this with?

Healthcare visit (other): I dont have a doctor. I have asked friends who are nurses. No one has heard of my symptoms

2021-03-10

Systemic reaction (other): Still left side of face is puffy and a bit numb

Release 5 — day 14, dose 1

2021-03-18

Symptoms: Left side of my face teeth and jaw numb and swollen

Release 6 — day 28, dose 1

2021-04-01

Symptoms: Numbness in facePrickly tingling in left leg, ankle, arm, and hand

Healthcare visit (other): N

Release 8 — 3 months, dose 1

2021-06-03

Symptoms: It has been over 3 months and my face still gets numb and I get parasthesia on my left side.

Release 9 — 6 months, dose 1

2021-09-02

Symptoms: The paresthesia in my left leg has suddenly flared up again worse than before.

Each entry is dated by the survey it was written in (the CDC re-sent the releases with survey dates in 2025); click a date to see that survey response. The CDC cut some text off at about 250 characters: symptoms in every release, and the other two fields in releases 9-12. Those entries are marked "cut off by CDC".

MedDRA terms by release

Field	Preferred term	2021-09	2023-04	2024-11
HCVO	Medical counselling	✓	✓	✓
HCVO	Unevaluable event	✓	✓	✓
SD	Hypoaesthesia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Hypoaesthesia oral	✓	✓	✓
SD	Mouth swelling	✓	✓	✓
SD	Paraesthesia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pre-existing disease	✓	·	✓
SD	Swelling face	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Abdominal distension	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Asthenopia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Cerebrovascular accident	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Feeling hot	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Headache	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Hypoaesthesia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Swelling face	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Tenderness	✓	✓	✓

✓ active code · ○ coded but marked inactive · blank = not in that release