4KQ-18010-12640

2 vaccinations 6 coded responses 7 check-ins 6 free-text entries 1 call case

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 56-60
ZIP prefix: 238 / VA
Registered: 2021-03-08

Relationship: Self
Race: White
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

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

2021-01-29
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-03
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-08
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-08
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Dysphagia, Lymphadenopathy, Muscle tightness, Neck pain — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain

Free text: My shot was in the left arm and following the shot my left elbow was hurting. For a while its throbbed. Also the following day I developed symptoms that felt like a sinus infection. At times I felt like I had a fever but I was actually not running one. The most unusual thing I had was when the sinus symptoms started I had developed neck pain and it was hurting to swallow. And my neck felt tight. My daughter said my lymph nodes were swollen. It is now Monday and it still hurts a little bit to swallow.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-09
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymph node pain, Lymphadenopathy, Nasal congestion — Feeling: Good

Free text: Still have a little stuffy nose. The swollen lymph nodes in my neck have gone down. Every now and then when I swallow I get a little pain but for the most part its cleared up

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-10
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Discomfort, Lymphadenopathy, Oropharyngeal pain, Pharyngeal swelling, Sinusitis — Feeling: Good

Free text: My lymph knifes in my throat swoll again later night and bothered me a little today. I felt like I had a sinus infection. Its weird, it just comes out of nowhere and then I feel better. My throat still hurts to swollen a bit.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-22
Survey response — day 14, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Office visit — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: I have a swollen lymph node in my chest that I had to go to the dr about. Its been 3 weeks · Healthcare visit (other): In person

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-22
Report sent to call center — day 14, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-24
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-04-02
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Chills, Pyrexia, Sinusitis — Feeling: Fair

Free text: March 31 I had chills and a low-grade fever and what felt like the start of a sinus infection. April 1 I had felt fine in the morning by the afternoon the symptoms came back. April 2 I feel fine

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-19
Survey response — day 42, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Joint swelling, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: This may or may not have anything to do with the shot. But my left knee has swollen and aches behind the knee. Also, my lymph nodes are still swollen from a March fifth second vaccine

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-12-30
Call successful
Reported to VAERS voluntarily prior to GDIT contact

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-01-29	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-03-03	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

1 call center case

1 successful

VAERS report filed, before or during a call: 1

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Free text

Release 5 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-03-08

Systemic reaction (other): My shot was in the left arm and following the shot my left elbow was hurting. For a while its throbbed. Also the following day I developed symptoms that felt like a sinus infection. At times I felt like I had a fever but I was actually not running one. The most unusual thing I had was when the sinus symptoms started I had developed neck pain and it was hurting to swallow. And my neck felt tight. My daughter said my lymph nodes were swollen. It is now Monday and it still hurts a little bit to swallow.

2021-03-09

Systemic reaction (other): Still have a little stuffy nose. The swollen lymph nodes in my neck have gone down. Every now and then when I swallow I get a little pain but for the most part its cleared up

Release 5 — day 7, dose 2

2021-03-10

Systemic reaction (other): My lymph knifes in my throat swoll again later night and bothered me a little today. I felt like I had a sinus infection. Its weird, it just comes out of nowhere and then I feel better. My throat still hurts to swollen a bit.

Release 6 — day 14, dose 2

2021-03-22

Symptoms: I have a swollen lymph node in my chest that I had to go to the dr about. Its been 3 weeks

Healthcare visit (other): In person

Release 6 — day 28, dose 2

2021-04-02

Symptoms: March 31 I had chills and a low-grade fever and what felt like the start of a sinus infection. April 1 I had felt fine in the morning by the afternoon the symptoms came back. April 2 I feel fine

Release 7 — day 42, dose 2

2021-04-19

Symptoms: This may or may not have anything to do with the shot. But my left knee has swollen and aches behind the knee. Also, my lymph nodes are still swollen from a March fifth second vaccine

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	Office visit	✓	✓	✓
SD	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Chills	✓	✓	✓
SD	Joint swelling	✓	✓	✓
SD	Lymphadenopathy	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pyrexia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Sinusitis	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Discomfort	✓	·	✓
SRO	Dysphagia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Lymph node pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Lymphadenopathy	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Muscle tightness	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Nasal congestion	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Neck pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Oropharyngeal pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pharyngeal swelling	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Sinusitis	✓	·	✓

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