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5 vaccinations 8 coded responses 34 check-ins 6 free-text entries 3 call cases
Sex
Female
Age at first dose
66+
ZIP prefix
462 / IN
Registered
2021-03-06
Relationship
Self
Race
White
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

  1. 2021-02-07
    Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
  2. 2021-03-01
    Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
  3. 2021-03-06
    Registered in v-safe
  4. 2021-03-06
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    Feeling: Good · None
    Adult check-in
  5. 2021-03-07
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    MedDRA: Glossodynia, Medical counselling, Stomatitis — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation
    Free text: Systemic reaction (other): I have had a sore place on my tongue for 2+ weeks. It appeared about 10 days or so after my first shot. Can it be related? I have read that mouth sores can go along with COVID. Can it be related to the vaccine? This is not a problem I have had in the past. · Healthcare visit (other): I did ask my pharmacist about treating mouth sores with OTC medications. I am planning to call my family doctor tomorrow. The sore is on my tongue and is pretty uncomfortable.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  6. 2021-03-07
    Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
    Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  7. 2021-03-08
    Survey response — day 7, dose 2
    MedDRA: Impaired healing, Pre-existing disease, Tenderness, Tongue movement disturbance, Tongue ulceration — Feeling: Fair · Joint pains, Fatigue or tiredness
    Free text: I have an ulcerated are on my tongue that appeared between my first and second vaccine doses. It is very tender and I feel it whenever I move my tongue. Many years ago I occasionally cot canker sores in my mouth from acidic foods, but I have not had one for at least 30 years. I have had this for 2-3 weeks and it doesn't heal, but doesn't get worse either.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  8. 2021-03-15
    Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  9. 2021-03-24
    Survey response — day 21, dose 2
    MedDRA: Medical counselling, Stomatitis — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    Free text: Symptoms: I haven't experienced anything new, but that was the only way I could leave a note. I have had a sore on the side of my tongue for over a month. It occurred about 10 days after my 1st dose and is now finally healing, 3 weeks after my second dose. · Healthcare visit (other): Consultation with pharmacist and nurses who administered the vaccine, who told me it can be a side effect of the vaccine.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  10. 2021-03-24
    Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 2
    Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  11. 2021-04-01
    Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  12. 2021-04-05
    Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  13. 2021-04-14
    Survey response — day 42, dose 2
    MedDRA: Middle ear effusion, Office visit, Vertigo — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    Free text: Symptoms: I have had episodes of vertigo for the last couple of weeks. I didn't report it last week because i didn't feel it was relevant. I did see the doctor, who said my ears weren't inflamed, but I might have had fluid behind both eardrums. · Healthcare visit (other): I saw my regular health care provider.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  14. 2021-04-14
    Report sent to call center — day 42, dose 2
    Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  15. 2021-06-02
    Health check-in — 3 months, dose 2
    Feeling: Poor
    Adult check-in
  16. 2021-08-30
    Health check-in — 6 months, dose 2
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  17. 2021-09-07
    Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
  18. 2021-10-01
    Health check-in — day 21, dose 3
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  19. 2021-10-05
    Health check-in — day 28, dose 3
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  20. 2021-10-12
    Survey response — day 35, dose 3
    MedDRA: Glossodynia, Tongue ulceration, Vaccine positive rechallenge — Feeling: Fair
    Free text: I have an ulcer on the side of my tongue that is exactly the same as I had after my second dose of the vaccine. It is very sore and I don't know whether it is related to the vaccine but am reporting it because it has never occurred otherwise.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  21. 2021-10-19
    Health check-in — day 42, dose 3
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  22. 2021-12-07
    Health check-in — 3 months, dose 3
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  23. 2021-12-14
  24. 2022-03-08
    Health check-in — 6 months, dose 3
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  25. 2022-05-05
    Dose 4 — Pfizer-BioNTech
    Co-administered: Tetanus
  26. 2022-05-14
    Survey response — day 7, dose 4
    MedDRA: Arthralgia, Myalgia, Rheumatoid arthritis — Feeling: Good · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Joint and muscle pain is likely the result of rheumatoid arthritis and occurs daily.
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
  27. 2022-05-19
    Health check-in — day 14, dose 4
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  28. 2022-05-26
    Health check-in — day 21, dose 4
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  29. 2022-06-02
    Health check-in — day 28, dose 4
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  30. 2022-06-09
    Health check-in — day 35, dose 4
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  31. 2022-06-18
    Health check-in — day 42, dose 4
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  32. 2022-11-03
    Health check-in — 6 months, dose 4
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  33. 2023-05-02
    Dose 5 — Moderna
  34. 2023-05-05
    Health check-in — 12 months, dose 4
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  35. 2023-05-05
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 5
    MedDRA: Pre-existing disease — Feeling: Good · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11
  36. 2023-05-06
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 5
    Feeling: Good · None
    Adult check-in
  37. 2023-05-07
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 5
    Feeling: Fair · Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness
    Adult check-in
  38. 2023-05-08
    Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 5
    Feeling: Fair · Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness
    Adult check-in
  39. 2023-05-09
    Survey response — day 7, dose 5
    MedDRA: Adverse reaction — Feeling: Good · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness
    MedDRA releases: 2024-11
  40. 2023-05-16
    Health check-in — day 14, dose 5
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  41. 2023-05-23
    Health check-in — day 21, dose 5
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  42. 2023-05-30
    Health check-in — day 28, dose 5
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  43. 2023-06-06
    Health check-in — day 35, dose 5
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  44. 2023-06-15
    Health check-in — day 42, dose 5
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in

Vaccinations

DoseDateManufacturerCo-administered
12021-02-07Pfizer-BioNTech
22021-03-01Pfizer-BioNTech
32021-09-07Pfizer-BioNTech No
42022-05-05Pfizer-BioNTech Tetanus
52023-05-02Moderna No

Call center

3 call center cases

3 unsuccessful

1 wait over 3 months for a first call

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Free text

Release 5 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-03-07

Systemic reaction (other): I have had a sore place on my tongue for 2+ weeks. It appeared about 10 days or so after my first shot. Can it be related? I have read that mouth sores can go along with COVID. Can it be related to the vaccine? This is not a problem I have had in the past.
Healthcare visit (other): I did ask my pharmacist about treating mouth sores with OTC medications. I am planning to call my family doctor tomorrow. The sore is on my tongue and is pretty uncomfortable.

Release 5 — day 7, dose 2

2021-03-08

Systemic reaction (other): I have an ulcerated are on my tongue that appeared between my first and second vaccine doses. It is very tender and I feel it whenever I move my tongue. Many years ago I occasionally cot canker sores in my mouth from acidic foods, but I have not had one for at least 30 years. I have had this for 2-3 weeks and it doesn't heal, but doesn't get worse either.

Release 6 — day 21, dose 2

2021-03-24

Symptoms: I haven't experienced anything new, but that was the only way I could leave a note. I have had a sore on the side of my tongue for over a month. It occurred about 10 days after my 1st dose and is now finally healing, 3 weeks after my second dose.
Healthcare visit (other): Consultation with pharmacist and nurses who administered the vaccine, who told me it can be a side effect of the vaccine.

Release 7 — day 42, dose 2

2021-04-14

Symptoms: I have had episodes of vertigo for the last couple of weeks. I didn't report it last week because i didn't feel it was relevant. I did see the doctor, who said my ears weren't inflamed, but I might have had fluid behind both eardrums.
Healthcare visit (other): I saw my regular health care provider.

Release 10 — day 35, dose 3

2021-10-12

Symptoms: I have an ulcer on the side of my tongue that is exactly the same as I had after my second dose of the vaccine. It is very sore and I don't know whether it is related to the vaccine but am reporting it because it has never occurred otherwise.

Release 11 — day 7, dose 4

2022-05-14

Systemic reaction (other): Joint and muscle pain is likely the result of rheumatoid arthritis and occurs daily.

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

FieldPreferred term2021-092023-042024-11
HCVOGlossodynia ✓ ✓ ✓
HCVOMedical counselling ✓ ✓ ✓
HCVOOffice visit ✓ ✓ ✓
HCVOStomatitis ✓ ✓ ✓
SDGlossodynia · · ✓
SDMiddle ear effusion ✓ ✓ ✓
SDStomatitis ✓ ✓ ✓
SDTongue ulceration · · ✓
SDVaccine positive rechallenge · · ✓
SDVertigo ✓ ✓ ✓
SROAdverse reaction · · ✓
SROArthralgia · · ✓
SROGlossodynia ✓ ✓ ✓
SROImpaired healing ✓ ✓ ✓
SROMyalgia · · ✓
SROPre-existing disease ✓ ✓ ✓
SRORheumatoid arthritis · · ✓
SROStomatitis ✓ ✓ ✓
SROTenderness ✓ ✓ ✓
SROTongue movement disturbance ○ ✓ ○
SROTongue ulceration ○ ✓ ○

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