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2021-10-21
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-10-25
Registered in v-safe
2021-10-25
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Ear pain, Ear swelling — Feeling: Poor · Muscle or body aches, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Yes, right ear "crux of helix" area is swollen, this issue began on saturday 10/23/21. It aches really bad.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-25
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · 1 call case(s)
2021-10-26
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Ear discomfort, Ear pain, Ear swelling, Pain — Feeling: Poor · Fever · Headache, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to work or attend school, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Systemic reaction (other): My right ear swelling is getting bigger and more painful, I can feel a lot of pressure radiating from the swelling. · Healthcare visit (other): I will be going to a urgent cate tonight if the pain does not decrease.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-26
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Be unable to work or attend school · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-10-27
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Ear discomfort, Ear swelling — Feeling: Poor · Fever · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Emergency room or emergency department visit

Free text: Right ear swollen. Pressure in right ear.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-27
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Be unable to work or attend school · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare pr

Emergency room or emergency department visit · 1 call case(s)
2021-10-28
Survey response — day 7, dose 1
MedDRA: Ear swelling, Subcutaneous abscess — Feeling: Poor · Headache, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to work or attend school

Free text: Swelling on right ear, formed into an abscess.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-28
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-10-28
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2021-11-15
Survey response — day 21, dose 1
MedDRA: Subcutaneous abscess — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: The abcess on my right ear came after it acted like it was healing up.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-15
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · 1 call case(s)
2021-11-16
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-11-18
Survey response — day 28, dose 1
MedDRA: Abscess drainage, Emergency care, Subcutaneous abscess — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: The same abscess on right ear, currently healing up now from incision from the ER

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-18
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · 1 call case(s)
2021-11-19
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2022-04-23
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 1
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-10-21	Pfizer-BioNTech	No

Call center

5 call center cases

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Release 10 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-10-25

Systemic reaction (other): Yes, right ear "crux of helix" area is swollen, this issue began on saturday 10/23/21. It aches really bad.

2021-10-26

Systemic reaction (other): My right ear swelling is getting bigger and more painful, I can feel a lot of pressure radiating from the swelling.

Healthcare visit (other): I will be going to a urgent cate tonight if the pain does not decrease.

2021-10-27

Systemic reaction (other): Right ear swollen. Pressure in right ear.

Release 10 — day 7, dose 1

2021-10-28

Systemic reaction (other): Swelling on right ear, formed into an abscess.

Release 10 — day 21, dose 1

2021-11-15

Symptoms: The abcess on my right ear came after it acted like it was healing up.

Release 10 — day 28, dose 1

2021-11-18

Symptoms: The same abscess on right ear, currently healing up now from incision from the ER

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	Pain	·	·	✓
SD	Abscess drainage	·	·	✓
SD	Emergency care	·	·	✓
SD	Subcutaneous abscess	·	·	✓
SRO	Ear discomfort	·	·	✓
SRO	Ear pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Ear swelling	·	·	✓
SRO	Subcutaneous abscess	·	·	✓

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