5NX-15341-32688

3 vaccinations 10 coded responses 35 check-ins 10 free-text entries 1 call case

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 36-40
ZIP prefix: 194 / PA
Registered: 2021-03-21

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

2021-03-21
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-21
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-21
Health check-in — day 0, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-03-22
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-23
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-24
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-25
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-26
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-27
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Axillary pain — Feeling: Good

Free text: Pain in left armpit; possible swollen lymph nodes

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-28
Survey response — day 7, dose 1
MedDRA: Axillary pain, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Good

Free text: Pain in left armpit; possibly swollen lymph nodes

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-04
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-11
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-04-11
Health check-in — day 0, dose 2
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-12
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Fever · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-04-13
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Musculoskeletal discomfort, Neuralgia — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Fever · Chills, Muscle or body aches

Free text: Firing of nerves in back radiating outward. Not painful, but definitely uncomfortable.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-16
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · Headache

Adult check-in
2021-04-17
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-18
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-25
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-02
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-09
Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-16
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-23
Survey response — day 42, dose 2
MedDRA: Oropharyngeal pain, Paranasal sinus discomfort, Respiratory tract congestion — Feeling: Good · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Severe congestion, sore throat, sinus pressure in the face.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-07-11
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Sinusitis — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Continued sinus infections and swollen lymph nodes in the armpits and below jawbone.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-10
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Axillary mass, Sinusitis, Unevaluable event — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Symptoms: Repeated sinus infections and painful lumps in my armpits that come and go. · Healthcare visit (other): Ultrasound of armpits to look at lymph nodes

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-10
Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit · 1 call case(s)
2021-10-29
Call successful
Does not wish to fill out VAERS report
2021-11-02
Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-11-04
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Muscle or body aches

Free text: Swollen lymph node in left armpit, which was the arm of the injection

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-05
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Axillary pain, Lymphadenopathy, Mobility decreased — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Muscle or body aches · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Pain in armpit from swollen lymph nodes. Difficult to lift arm above head and apply deodorant.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-07
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Swelling · Headache

Adult check-in
2021-11-08
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Axillary pain, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain

Free text: Armpit pain on same side as injection from swollen lymph nodes.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-09
Survey response — day 7, dose 3
MedDRA: Axillary pain, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Headache

Free text: Mild armpit pain on same side as injection from swollen lymph nodes.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-11-16
Health check-in — day 14, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-11-23
Health check-in — day 21, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-11-30
Health check-in — day 28, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-12-07
Health check-in — day 35, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-12-14
Health check-in — day 42, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-02-01
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-05-03
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-11-02
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-21	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-04-11	Pfizer-BioNTech
3	2021-11-02	Pfizer-BioNTech	No

Call center

1 call center case

1 successful

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Free text

Release 6 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-03-27

Systemic reaction (other): Pain in left armpit; possible swollen lymph nodes

Release 6 — day 7, dose 1

2021-03-28

Systemic reaction (other): Pain in left armpit; possibly swollen lymph nodes

Release 7 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-04-13

Systemic reaction (other): Firing of nerves in back radiating outward. Not painful, but definitely uncomfortable.

Release 8 — day 42, dose 2

2021-05-23

Symptoms: Severe congestion, sore throat, sinus pressure in the face.

Release 9 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-07-11

Symptoms: Continued sinus infections and swollen lymph nodes in the armpits and below jawbone.

Release 10 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-10-10

Symptoms: Repeated sinus infections and painful lumps in my armpits that come and go.

Healthcare visit (other): Ultrasound of armpits to look at lymph nodes

Release 10 — days 1–6 daily, dose 3

2021-11-04

Systemic reaction (other): Swollen lymph node in left armpit, which was the arm of the injection

2021-11-05

Systemic reaction (other): Pain in armpit from swollen lymph nodes. Difficult to lift arm above head and apply deodorant.

2021-11-08

Systemic reaction (other): Armpit pain on same side as injection from swollen lymph nodes.

Release 10 — day 7, dose 3

2021-11-09

Systemic reaction (other): Mild armpit pain on same side as injection from swollen lymph nodes.

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	Unevaluable event	·	·	✓
SD	Axillary mass	·	·	✓
SD	Lymphadenopathy	✓	✓	✓
SD	Oropharyngeal pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Paranasal sinus discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SD	Respiratory tract congestion	✓	✓	✓
SD	Sinusitis	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Axillary pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Lymphadenopathy	○	✓	✓
SRO	Mobility decreased	·	·	✓
SRO	Musculoskeletal discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Neuralgia	✓	✓	✓

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