ZYR-14785-31837

2 vaccinations 10 coded responses 12 check-ins 10 free-text entries 4 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 51-55
ZIP prefix: 085 / NJ
Registered: 2021-02-18

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

Possible VAERS report

VAERS ID	Confidence	Score	Runner-up	Shared symptoms	Dose	State	VAERS vaccinated / onset / received	Call case
1628687 (opens in a new window)	high	10 / 11	1	2 of 6 VAERS symptoms	same dose (2)	NJ matches	2021-02-16 / 2021-02-16 / 2021-08-24 received 168 days after the last call	case 309756

From the VAERS matching of call center cases (loader/vaers_match_*). Only the best match is shown, and only if it scores 8 or more out of 11. The score adds up timing (VAERS received soon after the call center contact), dose and shared symptoms; state only breaks ties. Confidence is high when the score is 8+ and at least 3 points ahead of the runner-up, medium when 5+ and 2 ahead, otherwise low. A match is a likely link, not a confirmed one.

Timeline

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

2021-01-26
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-02-16
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-02-18
Registered in v-safe
2021-02-18
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Pre-existing disease, Tongue discolouration — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain

Free text: Post 2nd vaccine tongue has been orangish in color. Does come and go. I didn't notice any major change in joint pain which I experience regularly. Felt possible swelling in my hands.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-19
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Arthralgia, Dysgeusia, Pre-existing disease, Tongue discolouration, Tonsillar cyst — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain

Free text: One week post 1st vaccine delevoped a tonsil cyst. Took cylidmycin for 7 days during then developed metal taste. Post 2nd vaccine developed a orange/ yellow tongue. Still have after 4days, does decrease and the increases. Joint pain typical normal pain for me.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-20
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Cyst, Tongue discolouration — Feeling: Fair · Joint pains

Free text: Orange tongue. Cyst in throat.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-21
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Tongue discolouration, Tongue disorder — Feeling: Good · Joint pains

Free text: Slight discolored tongue/side of tongue has noches

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-22
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Tongue discolouration — Feeling: Good

Free text: Still yellow tongue still notches on tongue.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-23
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Scalloped tongue, Tongue discolouration, Tonsillar cyst — Feeling: Good

Free text: Still having orange/yellow discoloration of tongue and notches on sides of tongue. No change with tonsil cyst.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-03
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-03-09
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Office visit, Oropharyngeal pain, Tongue discolouration, Tonsillar cyst, Tonsillar hypertrophy — Feeling: Poor · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Symptoms: Sore throat, Swollen tonsil, tonsil cyst , tongue still orange. · Healthcare visit (other): At doctor's offices

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-09
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-16
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Cyst, Office visit, Tongue discolouration — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: Develop tonsil cyst...still having orange yellow tongue. Put on clindamycin 2nd time. · Healthcare visit (other): Doctor's office

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-16
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-23
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-18
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Office visit, Oral discomfort, Paraesthesia oral — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Outpatient clinic or urgent care clinic visit

Free text: Symptoms: Tingling tongue and in my mouth throat it feels like a gaseous feeling/burning. Not burping but feels like when you clean with a stong chemical and you breathe it in. · Healthcare visit (other): Drs office

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-18
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 2
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-08-19
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Breast cancer, Mastectomy — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Hospitalization

Free text: Diagnosed with breast cancer had a right mastectomy starting tsxol and herceptin on 8-23-21

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-08-19
Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 2
Be unable to work or attend school · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare pr

1 call case(s)
2021-08-20
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-08-24
Call successful
Completed over the phone

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-01-26	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-02-16	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

4 call center cases

4 successful

VAERS report filed, before or during a call: 4

See the call center timeline

Free text

Release 4 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-02-18

Systemic reaction (other): Post 2nd vaccine tongue has been orangish in color. Does come and go. I didn't notice any major change in joint pain which I experience regularly. Felt possible swelling in my hands.

2021-02-19

Systemic reaction (other): One week post 1st vaccine delevoped a tonsil cyst. Took cylidmycin for 7 days during then developed metal taste. Post 2nd vaccine developed a orange/ yellow tongue. Still have after 4days, does decrease and the increases. Joint pain typical normal pain for me.

2021-02-20

Systemic reaction (other): Orange tongue. Cyst in throat.

2021-02-21

Systemic reaction (other): Slight discolored tongue/side of tongue has noches

2021-02-22

Systemic reaction (other): Still yellow tongue still notches on tongue.

Release 4 — day 7, dose 2

2021-02-23

Systemic reaction (other): Still having orange/yellow discoloration of tongue and notches on sides of tongue. No change with tonsil cyst.

Release 5 — day 21, dose 2

2021-03-09

Symptoms: Sore throat, Swollen tonsil, tonsil cyst , tongue still orange.

Healthcare visit (other): At doctor's offices

Release 5 — day 28, dose 2

2021-03-16

Symptoms: Develop tonsil cyst...still having orange yellow tongue. Put on clindamycin 2nd time.

Healthcare visit (other): Doctor's office

Release 8 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-05-18

Symptoms: Tingling tongue and in my mouth throat it feels like a gaseous feeling/burning. Not burping but feels like when you clean with a stong chemical and you breathe it in.

Healthcare visit (other): Drs office

Release 9 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-08-19

Symptoms: Diagnosed with breast cancer had a right mastectomy starting tsxol and herceptin on 8-23-21

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	Breast cancer	✓	·	✓
SD	Cyst	✓	✓	✓
SD	Mastectomy	✓	·	✓
SD	Oral discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SD	Oropharyngeal pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Paraesthesia oral	✓	✓	✓
SD	Tongue discolouration	✓	✓	✓
SD	Tonsillar cyst	✓	✓	✓
SD	Tonsillar hypertrophy	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Arthralgia	○	✓	○
SRO	Cyst	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Dysgeusia	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Pre-existing disease	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Scalloped tongue	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Tongue discolouration	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Tongue disorder	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Tonsillar cyst	✓	✓	✓

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