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2 vaccinations 13 coded responses 25 check-ins 13 free-text entries 1 call case

Sex: Male
Age at first dose: 61-65
ZIP prefix: 200 / DC
Registered: 2021-03-05

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

2021-03-05
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-05
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-05
Survey response — day 0, dose 1
MedDRA: Pain in extremity — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain

Free text: Sore arm where I got the shot.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-06
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Injection site pain, Pain in extremity — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain, Swelling · Muscle or body aches

Free text: My arm still hurts where I got the shot

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-07
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-03-08
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Poor · Chills, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-03-09
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-03-10
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Joint pains, Fatigue or tiredness, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-03-11
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Diarrhoea, Pain, Self-medication — Feeling: Fair · Chills, Joint pains, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I had to take Imodium to help with diarrhea. I am taking ibuprofen to help with body aches and joint pains.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-12
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness, Abdominal pain · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-03-19
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-25
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-25
Health check-in — day 0, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-26
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Lymphadenopathy, Oropharyngeal pain — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Sore throat and swollen lymph nodes on my neck chin and tongue

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-27
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Ear swelling, Lymphadenopathy, Swollen tongue — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain, Swelling, Itching · Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: Swollen lymph nodes on the side of my tongue and on the side of my neck and my ear canal is swollen up somewhat.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-28
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Ear swelling, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain

Free text: Still have slightly swollen lymph nodes in the side of my tongue, the side of my neck and a swollen ear canal.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-29
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Ear swelling, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: My ear is still swollen and my lymph nodes are still swollen in my tongue and neck.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-30
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Ear swelling, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Abdominal pain

Free text: Slightly swollen lymph nodes on the back of my tongue and side of my neck slightly swollen ear canal

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-31
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Ear swelling, Lymphadenopathy — Feeling: Fair · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Abdominal pain · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Mild swelling of lymph nodes in the neck tongue. Mild swelling of the ear canal.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-01
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Ear swelling, Lymphadenopathy, Swollen tongue — Feeling: Fair · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: Swollen lymph nodes on my neck and tongue slightly swollen ear canal

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-08
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-15
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-22
Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-29
Survey response — day 35, dose 2
MedDRA: Abdominal discomfort, Diarrhoea — Feeling: Good

Free text: Stomach upset and diarrhea

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-06
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-06-24
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-09-23
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Atrial fibrillation, Condition aggravated, Decreased insulin requirement, Mobility decreased, Office visit, Palpitations, Pre-existing disease — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: My insulin dose drastically decreased. I went into afib once. And I'm having more frequent and often heart palpitations. I have seen a cardiologist. My hip joint has flared up dramatically. It is affecting my Mobility more than usual.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-03-25
Survey response — 12 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Diarrhoea, Irritable bowel syndrome, Office visit, Self-medication — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: Lots of irritable bowels mainly diarrhea having to take Imodium all the time. Test showed no disease. This has been going on ever since I got my vaccination last spring. · Healthcare visit (other): Doctor visit and lab tests

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-03-25
Report sent to call center — 12 months, dose 2
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2022-03-28
Call 1 — Left Voicemail

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-05	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-03-25	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

Reported	Outcome	VAERS-related outcome
2022-03-25	Unsuccessful

Free text

Release 5 — day 0, dose 1

2021-03-05

Systemic reaction (other): Sore arm where I got the shot.

Release 5 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-03-06

Systemic reaction (other): My arm still hurts where I got the shot

2021-03-11

Systemic reaction (other): I had to take Imodium to help with diarrhea. I am taking ibuprofen to help with body aches and joint pains.

Release 6 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-03-26

Systemic reaction (other): Sore throat and swollen lymph nodes on my neck chin and tongue

2021-03-27

Systemic reaction (other): Swollen lymph nodes on the side of my tongue and on the side of my neck and my ear canal is swollen up somewhat.

2021-03-28

Systemic reaction (other): Still have slightly swollen lymph nodes in the side of my tongue, the side of my neck and a swollen ear canal.

2021-03-29

Systemic reaction (other): My ear is still swollen and my lymph nodes are still swollen in my tongue and neck.

2021-03-30

Systemic reaction (other): Slightly swollen lymph nodes on the back of my tongue and side of my neck slightly swollen ear canal

2021-03-31

Systemic reaction (other): Mild swelling of lymph nodes in the neck tongue. Mild swelling of the ear canal.

Release 6 — day 7, dose 2

2021-04-01

Systemic reaction (other): Swollen lymph nodes on my neck and tongue slightly swollen ear canal

Release 8 — day 35, dose 2

2021-04-29

Symptoms: Stomach upset and diarrhea

Release 9 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-09-23

Symptoms: My insulin dose drastically decreased. I went into afib once. And I'm having more frequent and often heart palpitations. I have seen a cardiologist. My hip joint has flared up dramatically. It is affecting my Mobility more than usual.

Release 11 — 12 months, dose 2

2022-03-25

Symptoms: Lots of irritable bowels mainly diarrhea having to take Imodium all the time. Test showed no disease. This has been going on ever since I got my vaccination last spring.

Healthcare visit (other): Doctor visit and lab tests

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	Abdominal discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SD	Atrial fibrillation	·	·	✓
SD	Condition aggravated	·	·	✓
SD	Decreased insulin requirement	·	·	✓
SD	Diarrhoea	✓	✓	✓
SD	Irritable bowel syndrome	·	·	✓
SD	Mobility decreased	·	·	✓
SD	Office visit	·	·	✓
SD	Palpitations	·	·	✓
SD	Pre-existing disease	·	·	✓
SD	Self-medication	·	·	✓
SRO	Arthralgia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Diarrhoea	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Ear swelling	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Injection site pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Lymphadenopathy	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Oropharyngeal pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Self-medication	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Swollen tongue	✓	✓	✓

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