5JW-36801-38674

2 vaccinations 6 coded responses 12 check-ins 6 free-text entries 1 call case

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 61-65
ZIP prefix: 969
Registered: 2021-01-21

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

2020-12-29
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-01-19
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-01-21
Registered in v-safe
2021-01-21
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Emergency care, Flushing, Headache, Pharyngeal swelling, Self-medication, Swollen tongue — Feeling: Fair · 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: 12 hours after the shot my tongue and throat began to swell. Since Tuesday night I have taken Benadryl every 4-6 hours, Prednisone, and Famotidine. It was scary enough that I spent 3 hours in the ER on Tuesday night. Tonight (Thursday) my chest and neck are very flushed. The joint pain and headache have gone away.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-21
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-01-22
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Anaphylaxis treatment, Flushing, Oropharyngeal pain, Pharyngeal swelling, Swollen tongue — Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to work

Free text: With the medication, the swelling stays down pretty well. My throat is sore on the left side. My chest is still flushed, but not my face. The ER doctor last night prescribed an epi pen last night so I'm not as worried about my throat or tongue swelling somuch that I can't breathe.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-23
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Headache, Swollen tongue — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: My throat seems better. My tongue continues to swell without taking benadryl. I have one more day of prescription meds. The headache is right in front of my ears - like they are stopped up.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-25
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dizziness, Feeling jittery, Flushing — Feeling: Good · Joint pains

Free text: My tongue has not swollen for the last two days. I still feel a little jittery and light headed. I am assuming its from the prednisone, which i finished taking yesterday. I could not report yesterday because the link would not connect. Flushed skin is almost gone.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-28
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Adverse reaction — Feeling: Good · Headache

Free text: My tongue has remained normal, without swelling for several days now. That is a relief. I have finished my prescription medications. Only taking tylenol for headaches.

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

Adult check-in
2021-02-09
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-02-16
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Good

Free text: I'm not sure if this is a vaccine symptom or not. I have developed a sound in my ears that sounds like crickets chirping. It's not loud nor is it constant, but it's something new.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-23
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-02
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-21
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-05
Call successful
Completed over the phone
2022-01-19
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2020-12-29	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-01-19	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 2 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-01-21

Systemic reaction (other): 12 hours after the shot my tongue and throat began to swell. Since Tuesday night I have taken Benadryl every 4-6 hours, Prednisone, and Famotidine. It was scary enough that I spent 3 hours in the ER on Tuesday night. Tonight (Thursday) my chest and neck are very flushed. The joint pain and headache have gone away.

2021-01-22

Systemic reaction (other): With the medication, the swelling stays down pretty well. My throat is sore on the left side. My chest is still flushed, but not my face. The ER doctor last night prescribed an epi pen last night so I'm not as worried about my throat or tongue swelling somuch that I can't breathe.

2021-01-23

Systemic reaction (other): My throat seems better. My tongue continues to swell without taking benadryl. I have one more day of prescription meds. The headache is right in front of my ears - like they are stopped up.

2021-01-25

Systemic reaction (other): My tongue has not swollen for the last two days. I still feel a little jittery and light headed. I am assuming its from the prednisone, which i finished taking yesterday. I could not report yesterday because the link would not connect. Flushed skin is almost gone.

Release 2 — day 7, dose 2

2021-01-28

Systemic reaction (other): My tongue has remained normal, without swelling for several days now. That is a relief. I have finished my prescription medications. Only taking tylenol for headaches.

Release 4 — day 28, dose 2

2021-02-16

Symptoms: I'm not sure if this is a vaccine symptom or not. I have developed a sound in my ears that sounds like crickets chirping. It's not loud nor is it constant, but it's something new.

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
SD	Tinnitus	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Adverse reaction	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Anaphylaxis treatment	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Dizziness	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Emergency care	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Feeling jittery	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Flushing	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Headache	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Oropharyngeal pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pharyngeal swelling	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Self-medication	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Swollen tongue	✓	✓	✓

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