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2021-03-19
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-20
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-20
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Mobility decreased, Pain in extremity, Paraesthesia, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Redness, Swelling · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Hand swelling and numbness. Overall arm pain, tingling, and numbness. Limited range of motion

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-20
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Be unable to do your normal daily activities

1 call case(s)
2021-03-21
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Joint range of motion decreased, Pain in extremity, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Still no feeling in fingers, hand swollen, limited range of motion in hand. Hand still very painful with swollen knuckles. Rom in upper arm has improved

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-21
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Be unable to do your normal daily activities

1 call case(s)
2021-03-22
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Peripheral swelling — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Still numbness and swelling in the hand

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-23
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Paraesthesia, Sensory loss — Feeling: Good

Free text: Loss of sensation/numbness and tingling in hand. Improving but still there

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-26
Survey response — day 7, dose 1
MedDRA: Hypoaesthesia, Paraesthesia — Feeling: Good

Free text: Still no feeling in fingers of hands. Slight numbness and tingling in upper arm

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
2021-04-12
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-19	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-04-12	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

2 call center cases

2 priority 2/3 (triaged and no follow up)

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Release 6 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-03-20

Systemic reaction (other): Hand swelling and numbness. Overall arm pain, tingling, and numbness. Limited range of motion

2021-03-21

Systemic reaction (other): Still no feeling in fingers, hand swollen, limited range of motion in hand. Hand still very painful with swollen knuckles. Rom in upper arm has improved

2021-03-22

Systemic reaction (other): Still numbness and swelling in the hand

2021-03-23

Systemic reaction (other): Loss of sensation/numbness and tingling in hand. Improving but still there

Release 6 — day 7, dose 1

2021-03-26

Systemic reaction (other): Still no feeling in fingers of hands. Slight numbness and tingling in upper arm

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
SRO	Hypoaesthesia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Joint range of motion decreased	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Mobility decreased	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Paraesthesia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Peripheral swelling	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Sensory loss	✓	✓	✓

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