6CQ-28814-88718

1 vaccination 5 coded responses 16 check-ins 5 free-text entries 5 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 46-50
ZIP prefix: 151 / PA
Registered: 2021-03-03

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

2021-03-03
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-03
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-03
Health check-in — day 0, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling · Headache, Joint pains, Rash, not including the immediate area around the injection site

Adult check-in
2021-03-04
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-03-05
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling, Itching · Joint pains, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-03-06
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling, Itching · Joint pains · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation

Adult check-in
2021-03-06
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)
2021-03-07
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling · Headache, Joint pains, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-03-08
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Skin discolouration, Swelling — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Muscle or body aches

Free text: The whole area that is swollen is black/blue/purple

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-09
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Swelling · Headache

Adult check-in
2021-03-10
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Site: Swelling · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-17
Survey response — day 14, dose 1
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Injection site erythema, Peripheral swelling, Self-medication — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: My whole arm is swollen. I have a red 3 inch circle around the vaccine site that turns purple and grows larger the more i move my arm. The pain in the joints of my arm is a steady 6 of of 10 with pain medication.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-17
Report sent to call center — day 14, dose 1
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-24
Survey response — day 21, dose 1
MedDRA: Pain in extremity, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit, Emergency room or emergency department visit

Free text: Severe swelling and pain in arm

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-24
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 1
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-31
Health check-in — day 28, dose 1
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-04-07
Health check-in — day 35, dose 1
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-04-14
Survey response — day 42, dose 1
MedDRA: Joint swelling, Nerve compression, Nodule, Pain — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, 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: The seeking in my arm has gotten to the point it is pinching the nerve in my elbow. I still have increased pain, believed from swelling in my shoulder. A small lump/nodule had formed under my arm between the elbow and shoulder.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-14
Report sent to call center — day 42, dose 1
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-06-02
Survey response — 3 months, dose 1
MedDRA: Office visit, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Emergency room or emergency department visit

Free text: Symptoms: The swelling has now spread further on my arm. · Healthcare visit (other): Office visit- many

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-02
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 1
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-09-01
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 1
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-12-15
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2022-03-03
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 1
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-03	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

5 call center cases

5 unsuccessful

1 wait over 3 months for a first call

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Free text

Release 5 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-03-08

Systemic reaction (other): The whole area that is swollen is black/blue/purple

Release 5 — day 14, dose 1

2021-03-17

Symptoms: My whole arm is swollen. I have a red 3 inch circle around the vaccine site that turns purple and grows larger the more i move my arm. The pain in the joints of my arm is a steady 6 of of 10 with pain medication.

Release 6 — day 21, dose 1

2021-03-24

Symptoms: Severe swelling and pain in arm

Release 7 — day 42, dose 1

2021-04-14

Symptoms: The seeking in my arm has gotten to the point it is pinching the nerve in my elbow. I still have increased pain, believed from swelling in my shoulder. A small lump/nodule had formed under my arm between the elbow and shoulder.

Release 8 — 3 months, dose 1

2021-06-02

Symptoms: The swelling has now spread further on my arm.

Healthcare visit (other): Office visit- many

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	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Injection site erythema	✓	✓	✓
SD	Joint swelling	✓	✓	✓
SD	Nerve compression	✓	✓	✓
SD	Nodule	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓
SD	Peripheral swelling	✓	✓	✓
SD	Self-medication	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Skin discolouration	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Swelling	✓	✓	✓

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