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3 vaccinations 8 coded responses 15 check-ins 8 free-text entries 4 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 51-55
ZIP prefix: 503 / IA
Registered: 2021-03-29

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

2021-03-06
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-27
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-29
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-29
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Swelling face — Feeling: Fair · Site: Swelling · 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: Swelling on left side of face (cheek area), no fillers

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-29
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)
2021-03-30
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Face oedema, Swelling face — Feeling: Fair · 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: Still have swelling/edema on left side of face (cheek area)

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-30
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-31
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Swelling, Swelling face — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Still have swelling in left cheek, slowly decreasing with antihistamines and prednisone

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-01
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Oedema, Swelling face — Feeling: Good

Free text: Decreased swelling on left side of face (cheek) today, only a small amount of edema in jowl.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-02
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Swelling face — Feeling: Good

Free text: Minimal swelling/edema remains on left side of face/cheek in jowl (jowl is almost gone now).

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-03
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Face oedema — Feeling: Good

Free text: Minimal edema still remain in left lower cheek/jowl, not much change from yesterday.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-10
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-17
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-24
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Face oedema — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Have swelling/edema in left cheek again. Saw dermatologist, cause unknown. Taking antihistamines, swelling decreasing. Following up with ENT &/or internal medicine next week.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-24
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-05-02
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-06-26
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Swelling face — Feeling: Good · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Had only slight facial/L cheek swelling again 10 weeks after 2nd shot (initial swelling 2 days & 3 weeks after 2nd shot), no additional medication taken/required. Cause still unknown, normal blood and allergy tests. Following up with ENT.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-26
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-06-29
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-07-13
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2021-09-25
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-11-04
Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2022-03-27
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

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

Adult check-in
2022-11-05
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-06	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-03-27	Pfizer-BioNTech
3	2021-11-04	Pfizer-BioNTech	No

Call center

Reported	Outcome	VAERS-related outcome
2021-03-29	Successful	Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2021-03-30	Successful	Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2021-04-24	Successful	Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2021-06-26	Successful 2021-07-13	Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online

Free text

Release 6 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-03-29

Systemic reaction (other): Swelling on left side of face (cheek area), no fillers

2021-03-30

Systemic reaction (other): Still have swelling/edema on left side of face (cheek area)

2021-03-31

Systemic reaction (other): Still have swelling in left cheek, slowly decreasing with antihistamines and prednisone

2021-04-01

Systemic reaction (other): Decreased swelling on left side of face (cheek) today, only a small amount of edema in jowl.

2021-04-02

Systemic reaction (other): Minimal swelling/edema remains on left side of face/cheek in jowl (jowl is almost gone now).

Release 6 — day 7, dose 2

2021-04-03

Systemic reaction (other): Minimal edema still remain in left lower cheek/jowl, not much change from yesterday.

Release 7 — day 28, dose 2

2021-04-24

Symptoms: Have swelling/edema in left cheek again. Saw dermatologist, cause unknown. Taking antihistamines, swelling decreasing. Following up with ENT &/or internal medicine next week.

Release 9 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-06-26

Symptoms: Had only slight facial/L cheek swelling again 10 weeks after 2nd shot (initial swelling 2 days & 3 weeks after 2nd shot), no additional medication taken/required. Cause still unknown, normal blood and allergy tests. Following up with ENT.

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	Face oedema	✓	✓	✓
SD	Swelling face	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Face oedema	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Oedema	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Swelling	✓	✓	○
SRO	Swelling face	✓	✓	✓

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