What v-safe registrants wrote to the CDC after their Pfizer or Moderna shots, in their own words. Each card is one person, with all of their free text. This page shows only the longer stories: the 116,000 people who wrote at least 400 characters in all. The text is as the CDC released it, except that email addresses and phone numbers are hidden. You get a random set of these people on every visit.
I have had a headache all day that won't go away, even after taking Tylenol. I am off work this weekend and if it goes away when I go home, then I will consider it a tension headache.
dry mouth and throat.
Ever since I received the 2nd COVID shot I have had a lingering cough off/on throughout the day. No fever and no other symptoms. A few of my co-workers have asked me if I'm sick. nope just an annoying cough.
I was sick to my stomach on the 1st one but just got my 2nd because the 1st wasnt kept at the right temp. My legs were numb and tingly, then they ached and I was tire. From my shoulder to my elbow my arm is swollen and red and my skin feel scaly.
I feel like I have the flu and a constant headache
I am still having periods of extreme weakness and swelling in my extremities. The swelling is not severe but I get it all over. Saw my primary care. Now he is sending me to specialists.
Intense pain in my opposite shoulder to injection site, similar to a separated shoulder. Tingling in fingers weakness in grip, general weakness in arm
Lethargy headache and chills
Stomach issues inability to concentrate
Lethargy constant and draining of mental acuity
Extreme lethargy inability to focus, "Scatterbrained"
I am having a very difficult time focusing such as on tasks at hand i.e. reading and writing. Cannot stay focused.
A little dizziness
Vomiting x1
On thyroid US last week between doses #1 & 2 enlarged submental lymph node reported-not seen by US before A CT of my head and neck and a possible Bx has been recommended
Enlarged lymph node in neck on thyroid US after vaccine, not detectable on neck CT this week, so didnt need to proceed with lymph node biopsy. See aboveneck CT
Related to fall, not vaccine. Assessment by PT
Had COVID-19 the end of November. Was diagnosed with it the day I was suppose to get my booster. Received monoclonal antibody treatment.
The headache progressed to a migraine, hence the vomiting.
Swelling and tenderness in lower armpit, same side as injection
Residual swelling in the lower armpit on the injected side.
Post nasal drip, itchy throat
Pain/ tenderness in armpit of injection site arm
Still slight soreness in armpit but much less painful than before.
The headache has been on and off prior to receiving the vaccine so I'm not sure if it's related.
Loss of taste the first 3 days of 2nd vaccine, severe fatigue, headaches for the first 3 days
Diarrhea, sharp quick head ache, dizziness, bloating
Randomly feeling HOT, feverish , headache, then fine. At other times feeling very tired during the day . Which is NOT normal for me.
Low pulse rate , 34, 36, 43. And low blood pressure. Headaches. Weakness. Also have SIRVA, she gave me the shot too high in my shoulder - im in pain daily since march 12th 2021. I hoped it would go away , but it has not
My throat has constant mucus. I put if off as allergies but allergy season is over and its so bad that I cannot lean back when eating or food does not go down properly. Additionally I coughed up mucus and blood twice about a week apart after vacci
Layer of mucus in my throat. Happened after my 2nd shot for about 8 months, making it hard to eat-I choke on my food. I thought this time I was fine but 2 weeks after my booster it has come back. Not as bad as the 1st time though. At least not yet.
Swollen lymph nodes above clavicle
Swollen arm at injection site started 1 week after shot and lasted for 4-5 days. I also have had a lot of fatigue.
Lightheadedness & vertigo
Swollen lymph nodes at the Clavicle area, same side as shot
Swollen lymph nodes near clavicle on same side as shot
Swollen lymph nodes at clavicle are on same side as shot
Slightly swollen lymph nodes at clavicle area on same side as shot
Swollen lymph nodes at clavicle on same side as shot
Slightly Swollen lymph nodes on the same side as shot
No
Just achy muscles in upper arms and shoulder joints. Cramps in my calves.
Just very tired today
My chronic cough is worse. Im hoping its just allergies.
Very tired
Nauseous off and on.
Fever was last night with body aches. Gone now
Have had a cough past two weeks Waiting for appt next week
Very nauseous, dizzy. No fever
Cough and diarrhea and congestion. Tested negative for Covid though.
I got Covid 8/31/22. Had all vax and boosters. Was pretty sick for two weeks. Fatigue and cough continue
Mild headache and runny nose
This morning I woke up with a rash around the injection site. This was not there before. It extends about 2 inches out from the injection site and is red and blotchy. It is slightly warm to the touch. It does not itch or hurt.
Rash from yesterday around injection site is almost completely gone as of this morning. Although still faintly visible.
Dry, scratchy throat, mild congestion and sore throat
My health conditions present with several of above as usual. So none increased.
I am usually fatigued because of Sjogrens Syndrome. Yesterday was more. Usual today.
Always fatigued. Just have to carry on
Joint aches not pain; increased sweating legs at night
Diagnosed with osteoporosis in spine. Rheumatologist reviewed DEXA scan. Will beginFosomax. See second response above.
Recent DEXA scan, osteoporosis diagnosis To start alendronate in 2 months after oral dental surgery
Osteoporosis diagnosis April 27,2021
Sore throat; occasions of increased fatigue; occasional runny nose; episodes of non productive coughing. NO fever.
Sniffles; slight occasional cough (a cold)
A fib with rapid ventricular response. And today maybe I ate something stomach doesn't like
Continues with afib with ventricular response; CHF
Felt a bit feverish but it was only for a few minutes and it went away.
Felt a bit feverish but dissipated quickly.
Fatigue for a couple days.
Coughing, runny nose, sore throat.
Lightheaded
Neck pain which I have had prior to the booster. It got worse last week.
Headaches and neck pains. I am doing therapy and had a massage which helped a bit. Just got results of my Grandaughter's PCR test and she tested positive. I took a Covid test on 11/28 and the PCR is negative.
Had a runny nose, slight cough for a few days. Very mild headache at times.
Neck pains so doing therapy at this time.
Spotting between my period- daily since having my period 3 weeks ago - someone told me it may be the moderna vaccine side effect.
Spotting three weeks and now a heavy menstrual cycle
Heavy menstrual cycle
Probably unrelated but pinkeye- yesterday. Related, possibly- still spotting between periods from last month to this month and now have extremely long and heavy flow... hoping it wont stay like this - been about two months now of spotting since v
Had a flu virus that wasn't COVID - got tested a couple times and was negative
Chest pain
Sinus surgery on Thursday the 26th left me with a difficult recovery and lots of pain, but not complications (and nothing from the vaccine 3 weeks ago) Surgery in outpatient hospital
Stuffiness, ear pain Doctors visit
Allergies (seasonal)
Sinus infection Regalar doc (ENT)
Irregular period (mine is usually pretty regular) with 3 weeks of bleeding and then no period at all. Back to normal now. Also worsened congestion and allergies. Regular doctors visit
Sinus infection, sore neck
Very fatigued.
For 2 days in July- 6th and 6th an elevated temp. 100.2 and 99.? I had few symptoms, a Chinese, sinus stuffiness and pressure, which were gone after taking 1 Sutafed. I was tested for COVID 19 (molecular test) which came back negative.
Because of 2nd booster. Booster at 7:00 pm on a Monday, Tuesday, 102 temperature all following day, went to bed same. Next day it was gone.
Strep infection URI
Horrible cough, congestion that makes it hard to breath. Unable to take a deep breath without coughing up a lung. Im embarrassed to go by anyone for fear that they will think I have COVID.
Horrible dry cough with chest congestion
I feel like shit! Dry cough, chills, chest congestion, hard to breath when walking. Im unable to exercise or do much of anything. My quality of life has been drastically reduced
Severe chest congestion CoughCan barely breath when walking
Shortness of breath, I literally choke and gag when I exert myself just a little bit. Cough has gotten better though.
My hair is falling out and my period has stopped
Fever and body aches for three days after my second vaccination. Days 4 thru 6, I had a slight fever occasionally, fatigue and a consistent headache. Days 7 and 8 no fever and a slight headache.
I received the Moderna booster on 11/1/21. I experienced mild symptoms of a low-grade fever for 12 hours. On 1/27/22 I begin to have some congestion and fever I tested positive on a home test for Covid on 1/28. Today the symptoms have somewhat improv
Pain and swollen lymph notes in my armpit on side where I got the shot
My eyeballs feel cold, like I've been outside in the wind
Eyes felt cold again, I want to shut my eyes to warm them up
Eyes still feel cold but it's getting better
Coughing up Green mucus, sinus congestion, sinus stuffiness, sore throat off/on
Headache, coughing up green mucus, sore throat off/on
Had stomach bloating and abdominal pain. Some sore throat and headache. None of these were consistent
Stomach upset, diarrhea, headache, nausea
Cough, sore throat, headache, mucus, sinus drainage, exhausted, cold
I had the flu- body aches, headache, fatigue, congestion & sore throat
I actually want to correct yesterday's report. I had lower back surgery a few yrs ago and started to have the same back pain I had before my surgery. It started about 12 hrs after my 2. Shot. Suddenly I had lower back pain again, as if a knife was stabbed into my left buttox with pain down my left leg, just like I felt before the fusion of L5/S1 about 4 yrs ago. I am taking Ibuprofen since then and it's slowly getting better. I have no fever, no chills, no other issues. Only pain at injection site and quite some pain in my lower back. As if that was my weak spot in my body and this virus/microorganism manifested itself there. I can function and do my daily activies but it is painful. Lets hope this will cease within the next few days. I can hardly sleep at night. Thank you for the follow up.
Today my back started to feel a little better. Now more like a burn down my left leg and the feeling of a sore buttox muscle. Still taking Ibuprofen but back pain is slowly getting better. Other than that I am well. Thank you.
Little lower back pain. It seems to cease...
Occational joint pain in hips, wrist and fingers. Seems like it started after my booster shot. But my menopausal stage could also be the reason.
Feeling sore stomach and bad taste in mouth and being a type 1 diabetic having high sugar
Felt upset stomach for few days and had cleaned out today
Last night i had muscle spasm in neck area my thighs unable to relax with high blood pressure lasted for 30 min and all night i felt my body was on fire jittery unable to sleep. Can u tell me what to do ?
Sore stomach and dizziness
Joint pain. 2 episodes of feeling confused shaky muscle spasm with restless night
Had bodyache headache early this month for frw days
Slight, pinpoint bruising around injection site. Hard lump around injection site.
Hard lump at injection site is still present; feels like scar tissue but is tender to touch.
Hard lump still present at injection site.
I don't have a history of seasonal allergies but I've had off and on respiratory issues similar to allergies or a head cold, when I don't usually have that type of illness during this time of year. I also had a UTI for the first time.
Tested positve for covid with migraine, body aches, muscle fatigue, post nasal drip, sore throat, coughing up mucus, sneezing, and mild fever and hot flashes.
Sinus ache
The tiredness came and went a number of times
Early AM fine. Mid AM began to feel tired and slight nausea. Intermittent sinus discomfort.
Fatigue resulted in needing to nap twice today.
I exercise approximately every second or third day. Since the immunization exercising has been significantly more tiring than before.
Fatigue, needing more naps than prior to immunization. Daily exercises almost exhausting for two hours after.
The day AFTER the shot I had symptoms of a very bad flu. These were totally gone the following day. All fine since.
This afternoon energy level went low, not my normal.
Minor odd symptoms on a random basis. None of these interfered with my normal activities but were not my normal. Because they were not effecting my activities, I did not note symptoms.
Took 2 naps today, not my normal
Slept 9 hrs last night and 4 more before 1:00 PM today.
The tiredness is minimal but I will need a nap today.
Every other day I find I need to nap in the afternoon.
A reacting but intermittent fatigue.
Tired
Sinus pain, intermittent. Intermittent jaw and tooth pain. Primary care physician and Periodantist
Fatigue resulting in multiple daily naps
Recently diagnosed with cancer in jaw and some surrounding tissue. Surgery 9/23, released from hospital 10/11. Surgery. Radiation and chemo to come.
Flushing/redness in face, neck, chest
Woke up at 230am itching all over. No rash, just itching. Took benadryl and went back to sleep. Mild itching in morning.
Yesterday muscle pains in back of both legs and arms and continues today. Fluctuates between mild to moderate.
Weakness and dizziness
Have developed canker sore inside mouth, bottom lip
Still have some dizziness when getting up.
Little tired still have sore in mouth
Itching in arm pit; still have sore in mouth
More fatigue.
Muscle pain
Tingling on right side of body
May want to talk by phone. Very strange. Had TKR beginning of Oct. Good revovery except for never ending compression from above my knee to below my ankle. (Not pain just uncomfortableness for 5 months with no explanation) Several tests, medication, PT and chiropractor have been no help. Woke up at 4am and compression was cut in half. Nothing different but the vaccine. Hope it improves more after the next shot.
On day 8, I developed hives on the arm that received the shot. They lasted about 3 days. Now the skin there is very lightly peeling, but it all feels fine.
I have very bad nausea, diarrhea, and blood in stool. However, I am 99% certain it is food poisoning. It just began about 18 hours ago.
Minor cold-type symptoms. Most likely contrscted from my daughter who had a bad cold earlier this week. We did have her tested for Covid via PCR and she was negative, so I have no reason to suspect anything worse for me.
Developed trigeminal neuralgia
Itching, rash and face break-outs
Random itching in various parts of body
Blemishes appearing on face and scalp
Breaking out on face but not like normal pimples
I keep breaking out in different parts of my body - face, back, arms, ankle, and head. Started occurring after first dose, progressively gotten worse since 2nd dose. They arent pimples, strange skin eruptions I have never encountered before.
Increased fatigue and headaches
Issues with the SMA and Celiac arteries. Test for abdominal aneurysm
Sneezing, cough
Increased fatigue
Increased joint pain, nausea, fatigue, intestinal issues
Ongoing cough, fatigue, forgetfulness
Light headed
Arm soreness
Itched all over and had to put Deep Blue on all muscles at 845 a.m. thwn was better.etter
OA, so relative to joints.
OA for joint pain
OA, and other pre-existing back issues True for all days since injection, may not have answered correctly on prior days...to clarify, joint pain and muscle aches from OA and preexisting conditions. Injection site was sore on day 2. Itching reported was likely from shot, but i do not suspect that joint and muscle pain after day 2 was from shot. Also, misreported my activities. Due to preexisting, have not been sble to do regukar activities, but that is unrelated to shot. Also did not report On day 3, I got acupuncture.
Pre existing conditions
Sinus headaches
Extreme irritability during sleep
This us for yesterday. Tiday i am fine wirh some joint pain due to weather changes. Point is, i missed yesterday's checkin because it was a delayed 3rd day onset of extreme fatigue and more moderate pain.
OA, footdrop
Congestion, headache, fatigue. Not sinus infection. Was maybe a virus.
Related to existing conditions Specialist
Left knee swelling and pain.
I have swelling and pai in my left knee. This also occurred days after my first shor.
Right ankle swelling and pain similar to the knee swelling I had after the first dose.
Fever, sore throat, runny nose, dry cough, myalgias, neuropathic-type skin pain, diarrhea, fatigue.
Fever, cough, body aches. Diagnosed as having COVID19 in August 2 2022. The symptoms lasted for about a week.
I had some asthma type issues a few hours after receiving the shot. Considered using my in haler, but went to bed instead. It woke me up a couple of times, but by morning issue went away.
Been taking lots of supplements, but experiencing some congestion and staving off a cough
Have gotten sick. Cough, congestion, headache. Awaiting Covid test results.
I tested positive for Covid yesterday
Taste messed up because of Covid
Loss of smell due to Covid, in addition to other things previously reported
I feel fine, just last night i felt hot and didnt sleep well. Today i felt hot for about 30 min., other than that im good!
Im not sure if it was shot related ... i soaked in some mineral springs on Thursday and i had diarreah until 1:40am but the next day i was fine.
Sinusitis, took antibiotics and im fine now
Back of my head pain & body ache one day last week but the next day i was fine
At times i feel hot inside my body
Feel hot at times
Asthma flare
