5AW-28902-19805

4 vaccinations 8 coded responses 18 check-ins 8 free-text entries 1 call case

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 51-55
ZIP prefix: 206 / MD
Registered: 2021-02-11

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

2021-01-22
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-02-09
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-02-11
Registered in v-safe
2021-02-11
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymph node pain, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Abdominal pain · Be unable to work

Free text: Lymph node in the injection arm site is swollen and painful

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-12
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling, Itching · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Hands and lymph node are swollen

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-13
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling, Itching · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-02-14
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Movement disorder, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling, Itching · Fever · Chills, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Swollen lymph node and fingers (unable to bend/make a fist) in my arm were I received the injection.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-15
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Lymph nodes are swollen unable to fully use my left hand due to excessive swelling.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-16
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Swollen lymph nodes and fingers

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-24
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-02
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-11
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Musculoskeletal stiffness, Pain in extremity, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Good · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: My hands are continuing to swell up while Im sleep as well as when I walk for long periods of time. During these time I have experienced pain in my fingers in addition to not being able to bend my fingers.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-17
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-25
Survey response — day 42, dose 2
MedDRA: Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Musculoskeletal stiffness, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Good · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Swelling and stiffness in my hands more on the injection side. Making it difficult to perform some activities in the mornings.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-11
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Mobility decreased, Motor dysfunction, Office visit, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: Swelling in finger (left hand site of injection), cause difficulty bending and grasping. · Healthcare visit (other): In office visit

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-11
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-08-10
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-12-30
Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2022-02-10
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-05-06
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2022-06-30
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-10-21
Dose 4 — Pfizer-BioNTech
Co-administered: Flu
2022-12-30
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2023-01-20
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2023-04-22
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 4
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-01-22	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-02-09	Pfizer-BioNTech
3	2021-12-30	Pfizer-BioNTech	No
4	2022-10-21	Pfizer-BioNTech	Flu

Call center

1 call center case

1 unsuccessful

1 wait over 3 months for a first call

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Free text

Release 4 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-02-11

Systemic reaction (other): Lymph node in the injection arm site is swollen and painful

2021-02-12

Systemic reaction (other): Hands and lymph node are swollen

2021-02-14

Systemic reaction (other): Swollen lymph node and fingers (unable to bend/make a fist) in my arm were I received the injection.

2021-02-15

Systemic reaction (other): Lymph nodes are swollen unable to fully use my left hand due to excessive swelling.

Release 4 — day 7, dose 2

2021-02-16

Systemic reaction (other): Swollen lymph nodes and fingers

Release 5 — day 28, dose 2

2021-03-11

Symptoms: My hands are continuing to swell up while Im sleep as well as when I walk for long periods of time. During these time I have experienced pain in my fingers in addition to not being able to bend my fingers.

Release 6 — day 42, dose 2

2021-03-25

Symptoms: Swelling and stiffness in my hands more on the injection side. Making it difficult to perform some activities in the mornings.

Release 8 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-05-11

Symptoms: Swelling in finger (left hand site of injection), cause difficulty bending and grasping.

Healthcare visit (other): In office visit

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	Loss of personal independence in daily activities	✓	✓	✓
SD	Mobility decreased	✓	✓	✓
SD	Motor dysfunction	✓	✓	✓
SD	Musculoskeletal stiffness	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓
SD	Peripheral swelling	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Lymph node pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Lymphadenopathy	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Movement disorder	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Peripheral swelling	✓	✓	✓

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