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1 vaccination 6 coded responses 8 check-ins 6 free-text entries 4 call cases
Sex
Female
Age at first dose
51-55
ZIP prefix
441 / OH
Registered
2021-04-16
Relationship
Self
Race
White
Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

  1. 2021-04-16
    Registered in v-safe
  2. 2021-04-16
    Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
  3. 2021-04-16
    Survey response — day 0, dose 1
    MedDRA: Chest discomfort, Chest pain, Immediate post-injection reaction, Oropharyngeal pain, Self-medication, Throat tightness — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Headache, Muscle or body aches, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Tightness. And stabbing pain in my throat and chest. Needed to use Albuterol aerosol pump which helped a lot. Symptom was mild 30 minutes post vaccine. Worsened around 8 PM same day. Used Albuterol at 9:50 PM same day.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  4. 2021-04-17
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Abdominal distension, Abdominal pain upper, Chest discomfort, Chest pain, Dyspnoea, Fluid retention, Headache, Hypersensitivity, Medical counselling, Musculoskeletal stiffness, Myalgia, Neck pain, Oropharyngeal pain, Pain in extremity, Peripheral swelling, Pruritus, Self-medication, Throat tightness — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling, Itching · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    Free text: Systemic reaction (other): I have been experiencing tightness and stabbing pain in my throat and chest making breathing quite difficult. I have had to use an Albuterol inhaler repeatedly since yesterday evening to help me breathe. I have had to take Benadryl for the itching all over and to help with the allergic reaction. I have severe stiffness and moderate pain in my back of my neck and head as well as general muscle pain in my arms and gut. My arms, hands, legs, feet and torso are moderately swollen and stiff as if from water retention. · Healthcare visit (other): My father is an anesthesiologist and he has monitored and treated me since last night
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  5. 2021-04-17
    Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  6. 2021-04-18
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Obstructive airways disorder, Office visit, Painful respiration, Self-medication — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling, Itching · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    Free text: Systemic reaction (other): My airway continues to be tight and painful which I am treating with albuterol, benadryl and a medrol dose pack. · Healthcare visit (other): My father is an anesthesiologist and he has been treating me until I can see an allergist.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  7. 2021-04-18
    Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  8. 2021-04-19
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Dyspnoea, Head discomfort, Headache, Hyperhidrosis, Medical counselling, Painful respiration, Pre-existing disease, Self-medication — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Fever · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    Free text: Systemic reaction (other): I still am having trouble with my airway hurting, but I am on a steroid dose pack, take benadryl and use an albuterol inhaler as needed. I still have a horrible migraine from before my vaccine on 4/16/21, plus a headache like a vise crushing the base of my head and I am sweating profusely. · Healthcare visit (other): My father is an anesthesiologist and treated me. Iam trying to get an appt with an allergist for advice on whether or not to take the second dose (I am scared to take it).
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  9. 2021-04-19
    Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  10. 2021-04-20
    Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    MedDRA: Chest discomfort, Self-medication, Throat tightness — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Itching · Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation
    Free text: Continued tightness in my throat and chest, treated with albuterol inhaler, benadryl and continuing to use a medrol dose pack
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  11. 2021-04-20
    Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
    Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional
    1 call case(s)
  12. 2021-04-23
    Survey response — day 7, dose 1
    MedDRA: Chest discomfort, Chest pain, Oropharyngeal pain, Self-medication — Feeling: Poor · Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Diarrhea · Be unable to do your normal daily activities
    Free text: Still having thriat and chest pain like a knife and tightness. Almost finished my steroid medication and still using albuterol and benadryl.
    MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
  13. 2021-04-30
    Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
    Feeling: Fair
    Adult check-in
  14. 2021-05-07
    Health check-in — day 21, dose 1
    Feeling: Good
    Adult check-in
  15. 2022-04-02
    Call successful
    Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online

Vaccinations

DoseDateManufacturerCo-administered
12021-04-16Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

4 call center cases

4 successful

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Release 7 — day 0, dose 1

2021-04-16

Systemic reaction (other): Tightness. And stabbing pain in my throat and chest. Needed to use Albuterol aerosol pump which helped a lot. Symptom was mild 30 minutes post vaccine. Worsened around 8 PM same day. Used Albuterol at 9:50 PM same day.

Release 7 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-04-17

Systemic reaction (other): I have been experiencing tightness and stabbing pain in my throat and chest making breathing quite difficult. I have had to use an Albuterol inhaler repeatedly since yesterday evening to help me breathe. I have had to take Benadryl for the itching all over and to help with the allergic reaction. I have severe stiffness and moderate pain in my back of my neck and head as well as general muscle pain in my arms and gut. My arms, hands, legs, feet and torso are moderately swollen and stiff as if from water retention.
Healthcare visit (other): My father is an anesthesiologist and he has monitored and treated me since last night

2021-04-18

Systemic reaction (other): My airway continues to be tight and painful which I am treating with albuterol, benadryl and a medrol dose pack.
Healthcare visit (other): My father is an anesthesiologist and he has been treating me until I can see an allergist.

2021-04-19

Systemic reaction (other): I still am having trouble with my airway hurting, but I am on a steroid dose pack, take benadryl and use an albuterol inhaler as needed. I still have a horrible migraine from before my vaccine on 4/16/21, plus a headache like a vise crushing the base of my head and I am sweating profusely.
Healthcare visit (other): My father is an anesthesiologist and treated me. Iam trying to get an appt with an allergist for advice on whether or not to take the second dose (I am scared to take it).

2021-04-20

Systemic reaction (other): Continued tightness in my throat and chest, treated with albuterol inhaler, benadryl and continuing to use a medrol dose pack

Release 7 — day 7, dose 1

2021-04-23

Systemic reaction (other): Still having thriat and chest pain like a knife and tightness. Almost finished my steroid medication and still using albuterol and benadryl.

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
HCVOMedical counselling ✓ ✓ ✓
HCVOOffice visit ✓ ✓ ✓
SROAbdominal distension ✓ ✓ ✓
SROAbdominal pain upper ✓ ✓ ✓
SROChest discomfort ✓ ✓ ✓
SROChest pain ✓ ✓ ✓
SRODyspnoea ✓ ✓ ✓
SROFluid retention ✓ ✓ ✓
SROHead discomfort ✓ ✓ ✓
SROHeadache ✓ ✓ ✓
SROHyperhidrosis ✓ ✓ ✓
SROHypersensitivity ✓ ✓ ✓
SROImmediate post-injection reaction ✓ ✓ ✓
SROMusculoskeletal stiffness ✓ ✓ ✓
SROMyalgia ✓ ✓ ✓
SRONeck pain ✓ ✓ ✓
SROObstructive airways disorder ✓ ✓ ✓
SROOropharyngeal pain ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPain in extremity ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPainful respiration ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPeripheral swelling ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPre-existing disease ✓ ✓ ✓
SROPruritus ✓ ✓ ✓
SROSelf-medication ✓ ✓ ✓
SROThroat tightness ✓ ✓ ✓

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