ZWK-22364-20055

1 vaccination 8 coded responses 9 check-ins 8 free-text entries 6 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 41-45
ZIP prefix: 328 / FL
Registered: 2021-01-18

Relationship: Self
Race: Asian
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

Registration Vaccinations Survey responses Call reports Cases without a report Call attempts Call successful Pregnancy survey

2021-01-15
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-01-18
Registered in v-safe
2021-01-18
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Dysphagia, Emergency care, Feeding disorder, Muscle twitching, Muscular weakness, Pain in extremity — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Chills, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Emergency room or emergency department visit

Free text: Severe soreness of both thighs then severe twitching of thigh muscle and arms then weakness of both legs. It feels like legs are going to give out. Also, having difficulty swallowing due to constant feeling as feel something is stuck in my throat. I have been unable to eat for 3 days due to this. I had to go to ER because of these side effects which still occur.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-18
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, 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)
2021-01-21
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Dysphagia, Muscular weakness — Feeling: Poor · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Emergency room or emergency department visit

Free text: Dysphagia unable to eat solids, muscle weakness

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-21
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, 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)
2021-01-22
Survey response — day 7, dose 1
MedDRA: Dysphagia — Feeling: Poor · Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Dysphagia

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-29
Survey response — day 14, dose 1
MedDRA: Asthenia, Dysphagia, Feeding disorder, Sensation of foreign body, Throat tightness — 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

Free text: Dysphagia and throat tighteness/feells like something stuck in throat and still unable to eat solids. Weakness.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-01-29
Report sent to call center — day 14, 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)
2021-02-07
Survey response — day 21, dose 1
MedDRA: Feeding disorder, Throat tightness — 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

Free text: Still unable to eat solids due to throat tightening

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-07
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)
2021-02-12
Survey response — day 28, dose 1
MedDRA: Asthenia, Decreased appetite — 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

Free text: Still unable to eat solids, weakness of legs

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-12
Report sent to call center — day 28, 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)
2021-02-19
Survey response — day 35, dose 1
MedDRA: Dysphagia, Feeding disorder, Throat tightness — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work

Free text: Still have unable to eat solids. Throat tightness and dysphagia.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-26
Survey response — day 42, dose 1
MedDRA: Dysphagia, Feeding disorder, Throat tightness — 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

Free text: Still unable to eat solids, dysphagia, throat tightness and food stuck

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-26
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)
2021-03-22
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2021-04-16
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 1
Feeling: Poor

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-01-15	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

6 call center cases

6 successful

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Free text

Release 2 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-01-18

Systemic reaction (other): Severe soreness of both thighs then severe twitching of thigh muscle and arms then weakness of both legs. It feels like legs are going to give out. Also, having difficulty swallowing due to constant feeling as feel something is stuck in my throat. I have been unable to eat for 3 days due to this. I had to go to ER because of these side effects which still occur.

2021-01-21

Systemic reaction (other): Dysphagia unable to eat solids, muscle weakness

Release 2 — day 7, dose 1

2021-01-22

Systemic reaction (other): Dysphagia

Release 3 — day 14, dose 1

2021-01-29

Symptoms: Dysphagia and throat tighteness/feells like something stuck in throat and still unable to eat solids. Weakness.

Release 3 — day 21, dose 1

2021-02-07

Symptoms: Still unable to eat solids due to throat tightening

Release 4 — day 28, dose 1

2021-02-12

Symptoms: Still unable to eat solids, weakness of legs

Release 4 — day 35, dose 1

2021-02-19

Symptoms: Still have unable to eat solids. Throat tightness and dysphagia.

Release 4 — day 42, dose 1

2021-02-26

Symptoms: Still unable to eat solids, dysphagia, throat tightness and food stuck

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	Asthenia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Decreased appetite	✓	✓	✓
SD	Dysphagia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Feeding disorder	✓	✓	✓
SD	Sensation of foreign body	·	·	✓
SD	Throat tightness	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Dysphagia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Emergency care	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Feeding disorder	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Muscle twitching	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Muscular weakness	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pain in extremity	✓	✓	✓

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