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.
Benign breast neoplasm, Increased upper airway secretion and Secretion discharge
Redness around injection site, about 3 diameter, noticed 8 days after receiving first vaccination.
Aches in opposite arm and arthritic hand on opposite side
Radial scar tissue found in breast. Surgeon visit
Scratchy throat, drippy nose, cough
Scratchy throat, cough, mucous from nose and throat, slight headache beginning October 18, 2022
Tested negative for COVID, but had a bit of a headache, then scratchy throat, followed by drainage from nose and mucous coughed up from throat.
Ovulation delayed, Menstruation delayed and Heavy menstrual bleeding
I have very regular cycles that I monitor (trying to conceive). The first dose delayed by ovulation and period by exactly 7 days.
Abdominal pain not related to the vaccine
Not related to vaccine
I think the vaccines have impacted the menstrual cycle. The first dose delayed my periods by a week, which is otherwise very regular. The 2nd dose has made my periods longer and heavier
I had a cold starting two days back and slowly recovering now.
Hepatitis B, Aortic arteriosclerosis and Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
I'm nauseous and my appetite is poor.
Rash
Discovered I had Hep B in my past. My MS symptoms have worsened.
Increased fatigue and a weird odor in my nose. Med office visit.
DX w/Hep B. Labs and doctor. And HepAB vax.
PAD Imaging
New dx of left leg artery w/plaque and in my heart.
Rundown
I'm exhausted today!
Stomach hurts, still itching, muscle aches
Heavy bleeding w/clots. I don't know where from. It started suddenly and I bled for about 20 min. faster than I could clean the floor! I'm exhausted today.
Bleeding w/clots from my rectum or vagina! Sinus infection. Labs, urine test, appt
Bleeding excessively from either my bladder or rectum. Ultrasound
Rectal bleeding, COVID and the aftermath of it!
Long COVID
Urinary tract infection, Axillary pain and Arthralgia
When I woke up, my arm hurt at the inside of my elbow, as if I had given blood.
Persistent UTI
I had a Pfizer booster shot on October 6, 2021 and experienced pain in my armpit and the inside of my elbow on the same arm as the injection. This lasted for about five days, but has now resolved.
Sore throat, slightly runny nose, headache
Probably not related at all, but I've been having pain in my wrists and elbows - and this week sharp pains in one ankle. I'm thinking it's osteoarthritis, but these are new symptoms.
Runny nose, cough, headache
Presyncope, Oxygen saturation decreased and Loss of consciousness
Received vac. @ 10 a.m. on 2/26/21. @10:05 tingling in whole arm & toes began. @10:07-11 mild nausea @ 10:15 passed out. Came to with difficulty breathing, very low oxygen, low bp, more nausea, extremely severe headache. Later mild ear ringing. ER
Ongoing tinnitus since first covid shot.Not sure the point of these checkins: I passed out, had a severe headache/nausea/numbness from first shot. Filled out this checkin report and never received a phone call or contact from CDC.
Meningism, Staphylococcal infection and Back disorder
Muscle aches and nausea were bad all nite. I got very little sleep.
Area around shoot hot and 2" circles very h hard ard.
Neck still tight, painful. After booster not as bad as after #2vaccine but still tight and sore.
Began aspirin every 4hr. Really helps. Talked w acupuncture doctor about ongoing muscle pain. Shot area no longer red and swollen. Neck improved.
Dr says Dural system irritated
Painful back problems. Dural system? On and off since vaccines. Is this related to booster? Not sure.PT thinks it is.
Muscle aches and neck pain again
My doctor wonders if the increased arthritis pain came from the 2nd vaccine? Chiropractor
Bad diarrhea, golden like Staph aureus. I do not think this is related to vaccines or boosters.
Gastric disorder, Abdominal distension and Limb discomfort
Lymph node in neck is swollen
Lymph nodes still swollen
Bloating
Liters just received vaccine minutes ago
Charlie horse in my legs at night
Charlie horses in legs when sleeping
Stomach issues, diarrhea, & itchiness, scalp and arm or legs, it varies but no rash I can see
Body fatigue/aches. Legs are heavy & stiff. I cant tell if its b/c Ive been working long hrs on a deadline or its something related to the shot. I dont typically feel like this. I walk a lot & thought Id loosen up when walking but h
Fatigue & body aches I have not previously had. Overall down
Immunization, Eye swelling and Ocular hyperemia
Enlarged lymph nodes in breast, underarm and neck, behind the ea, after first dose and more discomfort from 2nd.rom first dose Visited my dr on 2/17 re neck node. Didn't make connection to the first Moderna dose. Has been very annoying.
Red swelling beside and below right eye. This occured on day 11 after my 2nd Moderna dose on my right arm. I took antihistamines for 8 day and then quit. The rash then appeared on day 11 and I began antihistamines again for 7 days per my primary Dr.
Odynophagia, Loss of personal independence in daily activities and Swelling
Day 2 started the left side lymph node pain. Left armpit. Injection on left. Deltoid muscle is improving. Moderate is slightly limiting activity. Sleeping on side uncomfortable. Arm movements irritate muscle. Better than day two. Left lymp node as sore as deltoid muscle.
Using body aches for lymph node pain. Today both injection site and under arm are much better.
Injection site and same armpit good today. Last night rather suddenly my opposite side neck gland is very sore. Outside of throat but hurts right side of jugular to swallow. No difficulty, just right side pain doing so. Also notice in voice with visible swelling. I suspect lymph nodes so just dealing with it.
Days of fatigue with headache. Several instances of rapid onset of vomiting for no reason. Usually in am. Usually good right away afterwards. Sounds odd even reporting this. We often think it's our body fighting off covid exposures.
Infection, Nasopharyngitis and Pyrexia
Have infection. On amoxacillion 835 MG. Sore throat, fever both subciding. Took Covid 19 test. Was negative. Headcold. On doctors orders. Visit with Doctor in parking lot. Took swabs. k
Got sick with a cold. Still have sore throat but 100% better than last week. Had Covid test. Was negative. Had throat swab fot strep also neg. Am on horse pills antibiotic Amoxicillin 835 mg. One more day No Covid problems, at least my Doc couldn'
Injection site pruritus, Injection site erythema and Rash
The redness around the injection site is from the site to the elbow; I am somewhat concerned; itchy but it was not this wide with the first injection vax. Wish someone could call me and say not to worry. No temp, very very mild nausea but the extensive rash trouble me me Called the hospital where I rcvd 1&2 vax shots..bit referred me to my private physician who said it was normal I was qualified bc I teach, am 79 and have a stent in my heart. Thanx..these daily questions help
Why is the rash still visible since Friday 2/5
Hypotension, Dry eye and Eye pain
My eyes hurt. They feel dry. I think I had this with the first shot too but it's not very bad
Pain is mild to moderate but very tolerable and very localized. Pain in my han the same side as a shot. Pain in one side of my neck opposite side of the shot. Pain in the right lower quadrant of my abdomen on the side and in the back.
Low BP but may be due to weight loss
Stomach issues, pain in upper right quadrant of abdomen.
Blood homocysteine increased, Anemia vitamin B12 deficiency and Adrenal insufficiency
Kind of feel out of it. Hard time sleeping.
Blood levels off. Dr working on.
Off blood work. Showing B12 deficient and B12 anemic. Also high homocysteine. Dont think its anything to do with vaccine. Have small blood clot in left leg that watching but is in the vein. Doctors are monitoring me close. Regular Doctor office visit on 6/19/2021
Adrenal glands are fatigued according to recent lab work. Also other labs off. Regular 2 month Doctor appt. may be referred to Endocrinologist. Many of these health issues going on before vaccine. Adrenal glands are recent though.
GI and Heart issues but nothing to do with the shot.
Lacrimation increased, Dysgeusia and Sneezing
On the day on injection, I did have a bad taste in my mouth. That symptom only lasted for a few hours, on the day of injection. Just an fyi.
Day of injection, headache and mild arm pain at injection site. Next day after injection, body aches, chills, low grade fever, and very painful arm at injection site. If not already off from work, would have called out. 2 nd day after injection still moderate arm pain
Sneezing and watery eyes, hopefully seasonal allergies
Alopecia, Taste disorder and Parosmia
Loss of appetite, hair loss, diarrhea, and altered sense of smell and taste.
Profuse sweating and shortness of breath
Profuse sweating
Loss of appetite and sweating
Chest pains and shortness of breath
Significant hair shedding/loss, loss of appetite, dizziness, ear pain, fever
Itchy rash all over my body, headache, stomach cramps, nasal congestion, and sore throat
Itching rash on my body, headaches, fatigue, dizziness,
Nausea, headache, fatigue, dizziness, ear pain, congestion, and cough
Uterine leiomyoma, Pelvic pain and Dysmenorrhea
Both times I felt bad side effects, it was at night. Last night had bad headache and went to bed at 8:30pm. Slept 12 hours. Not sure if its related to vaccine shot or something else. But I dont usually get headaches.
I have a 8.5 cm fibroid on the left side of my body, and I believe that it did not like my 1st vaccine shot, which I received in my left arm. The night of shot my left hip and knee had terrible joint pain. Persisted pain over the next couple of weeks
I am getting my period so hard to distinguish pain from period or shot.
Ive noticed my symptoms get worse when I go to sleep. Feverish, aches, joint pain, etc.
Got the sweats while sleeping. Didnt take my temperature but definitely felt feverish with chills and sweat.
Joint pain in left hip/pelvic area and left knee.
Missed period I'm Sept and then period with a lot of blood in Oct.
5q minus syndrome, Myelodysplastic syndrome and Cardiac failure
Fatigue may be due to stress from other things
Fatigue is much better today.
The abdominal pain came four days after the booster and is probably not related to it.
I got the second booster shot on a Wednesday. I felt abdominal pains and rumblings on the following Monday. Monday through Saturday I stayed on a soft diet, had soft BMs. And feeling no pain today but I am very constipated.
Still feeling the rumblings and pain in my lower gut. No BM. I am going to call my primary care physician because it has been going on for more than a week.
I have been on a soft diet, had my first BM in 5 days and fewer abdominal pains and rumblings. Better today. I called my doctor yesterday but canceled it today before she could return it.
I started a probiotic two days ago to see if I could normalize my BM. It's almost normal but not quite.
Lower gut pains again. I don't know if it's connected to the booster shot I had or something else.
I have been diagnosed with MDS with 5Q deletion and anemia. I will soon start taking Lenalidomide.
Dry mouth, Body temperature increased and Productive cough
Dry mouth - mild
Last 12 hours: Some fatigue. Slightly elevated temp. Minor sore throat. Congestion. My kids and wife had the same thing earlier in the week. Both kids tested negative for COVID (swab Weds; results yesterday).
Had a cold for about 2-3 days.
Serious sinus congestion. Productive coughing. Nasal drip. Most symptoms cleared in under a week. The crud in my chest/throat is slowly fading away.
Severe cold symptoms a couple of times
Cold-like things a couple of times and a week or so of severe seasonal allergies
Injection site reaction, Tinnitus and Lymph node pain
Baseball sized swollen and painful gland under left armpit. Vaccice was administered in left arm.
Swollen lymph node under left arm is slightly better but still tender and sore.
Very swollen lymph node under the arm that I had the shot in.
Swollen lymph node under the arm I got the vaccine in.
Ringing in my Ears
Ringing in ears
Swollen lymph node in armpit. Ringing in ears.
Swollen lymph node under my arm
Ringing in my ears.
Ringing in both ears
Joint pain...especially hips and back. Iverson never had this before.
Joint pain that I have never had before getting the booster.
Breast pain, Dysphonia and Disturbance in attention
My head feels a little cloudy at times
Heaviness in my leggs, hoarsed voice from the night before till early this morning.
Sniffles
Heaviness in leggs n some throbing
Fuzzy headed at times
Soreness in my left breast
Fuzzy head, coughing, heavy leggs
Coughing
Left leg swollen
Lightheaded, both leggs feel heavy/achy and left leg is slightly swollen
Trouble focusing at times, slight cough
Experience pulling sensation/stabbing pains in both breasts and mild headaches, also my autoimmune disorder has worsen since then.
Thoracic vertebral fracture, Bloody discharge and Increased viscosity of upper respiratory secretion
Continued back and lower right side abdominal pain. ER visit, CT scan showed fractured T-12 vertebrae. Nothing related to vaccination.
Sinus pressure, nasal congestion, blowing my nose all the time. Bloody yellow-green gunk. I'm coughing and wheezing bringing up a thick yellow-green phlegm. Headache, ribs, chest, lungs, back hurt especially when coughing. I'm on 3L O². Need Dr ASAP
Retaining lots of water from my knees to my toes. I have constant pressure and pain in my chest when I stoop over, walk faster than usual or carry even a couple of lbs.
Headaches, abdominal pain and occasional vomiting.
More difficulty breathing and chest discomfort when walking my dog a moderate distance and also bending over doing yard work and tending to my flowers.
Poor quality sleep, Upper-airway cough syndrome and Sinus congestion
No more tired or achy then pre-vaccination
Just bad sleep, tiredness and aches that I have experienced for a long time
Bad head cold, post nasal drip, mild sore throat; no fever
Yesterday (the day after I received my booster) my injection site hurt and in the pm I had chills and a headache.
Runny nose, headache, mild periodic sore throat
Sore throat that comes and goes
Sinus discomfort, dizziness, mild sore throat
Road traffic accident, Seasonal allergy and Vertigo
Seasonal allergies
Strange physical sensation when I awoke this morning - I had been sleep on my right side and rolled to my back. Cognitively I knew I was on my back, but physically I still felt like I was on my side. The sensation only lasted for a few seconds.
Cough. Loss off appetite. Rapid COVID-19 Test
Headache, nausea, vertigo, fatigue. And (unrelated) contusions to knee, shoulder and chest caused by MVA.
Injection site discomfort, Injection site pruritus and Asthenia
Not painful, but sore at injection site
Still a little sore at injection site but not painful
Severe chills, aching joints, massive headache, muscle soreness . This was a response from the 2nd. booster Moderna vaccine. Lasted 2 days. It was reported to VAERS. I was given incident number 824543. No adverse reaction from previous 3 injections
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What gets me is that the injection site is itchy periodically and not continuously. It is a mild annoyance.
Nose dripping clear fluid started today but no congestion so far
No other symptoms. I had a lot of symptoms from this Bivalent booster
Just the lack of energy, (fatigue)
Limb discomfort, Hypoesthesia and Paresthesia
When I was driving home from getting vaccinated my right foot started to tingle by the time I got home my right leg felt heavy and numb up to my knee. My left foot also was tingling a little. I had taken the shot in my right arm. I called my doctor and he said to take some Benadryl and if it didn't get better to go to the ER. The Benadryl worked and I did not have to go to the ER.
Just some muscle aches in my right leg from time to time. I dont know if its the shot but I didnt have aches like this before the shot. Sometimes it feels like my right arm aches a little also. I received the shot in my right arm
Numbness in my right leg. This also happened with my first vaccine.
Hypersomnia, Tremor and Asthma
Temp normal, but feel extremely chilled. To point of shaking at times.
I have HTN well controlled with lisinopril hctz and metoprolol. BP was 190/92 yesterday evening. 104/72 now.
Fatigue accompanied by diaphoresis if i do simple chores.
Have had fatugue since positive covid 19 in dec 2020. No different
Have had a migraine/vertigo for a few hrs today. Have + history of this - not new
Flare in asthma symptoms but not unusual for spring pollens, wind and dust this time of year for me. Would say im using rescue inhaler more often than usual, and getting less relief this year.
Migraine increase over last month or so. Usually only 1 or 2 per year. First week of 6/21 had short duration (30 minute) migraines 4 out of 7 days, and 3 more (including today) since.
Severe fatigue yesterday. Slept all day.
Body aches usual I think due to arthritis
Daily headaches - possibly sinus/allergy symptoms, but unusual for me.
Fatigue back. Recurring since having positive covid in december 2020. Can easily sleep 12 hrs a day.
Grandson has cold. (Neg covid test yesterday) I usually dont get colds. However, am having increased nasal congestion and scratchy irritated throat tonite. Afebrile. Will monitor.
New diagnosis cluster migraines. Also household currently having sore throat, cough and nasal congestion. Neg covid test.
Hepatic pain, Fluid retention and Cystitis
Body odor, extremely uncommon bladder infection, gas, water retention, liver ache. Excretory issues no doubt related to the adjuvants. Treating successfully with celery juice, cranberry juice & healing herbs
Bladder infection 75% better, Edema, controlling arrythmias all week with magnesium, but thats only a small uptick from normal
Still recovering from bladder infection
If anyone cares: I tried several methods for dealing with the UTI, but what worked in 2 doses was medicinal mushroom powder drank as a tea with raw honey & coconut milk. Going to be proactive with the detox when i get the second shot as i am a slow acetylator
Heart arrhythmia, water retention, low blood pressure, which is abnormal, heartburn which is abnormalWe bought a blood pressure monitor.I am taking magnesium, avoiding caffeine, alcohol & sugarAvoiding shot2 until back to baseline
Sinus pain
Vitamin D decreased, Skin burning sensation and Heart rate irregular
Feeling hot and sweaty
Inside my skin it feels like it's burning
Both hands hurts the same now and my both hand is burning inside my skin
Hurts from my left hand to all the way to my neck
Pain on my left arm where I got the shots. Cant move a lot or have my hand up for too long
Irregular heartbeat.
Heart rates going faster making me dizzy
My left hand still hurts I cant do much with that hand. Sometimes I can bearly move it still hurts bad
Left hand still hurts and now having on and off fever
My left hand still hurts can't move it a lot.
Left hand still hurts
All my blood work results went below range my vitamin D is below range 15 where it supposed to be 30-100 range
Hair loss
Autoimmune disorder, Tonsillar hypertrophy and Vision blurred
Itchy on my upper body all day
Itchy
Body is still itchy
Whole body is still itchy
Sinus infection n swelling n migraine headaches
Having a lot of joint pain n tested positive for an autoimmune disease so going to see a rheumatoidologist dr n I was tested twice before further decision waited for a few months before being tested again n still came bk positive.
Dealing with left eye blurriness n sinus infection since my booster shot n tonsil swollen n ears hurt taking predisone now n inflammation in my body seeing a rheumatologist cause I tested positive for autoimmune disease after my shots -
Hunger, Feeling cold and Feeling hot
Felt a little feverish
Felt sweaty then cold over night. Guess that is feverish then chills. Stomach uneasiness overnight. Felt like I had the flu a little.
Somewhat feverish then some chills but not like the last 2 days. Still tired a good bit. e previous 2 days.
Still slightly sweaty or feverish several times. Still tired more than normal.
Still very tired at times. Went back to work yesterday, still more tired than normal.
Can not tell if it is nausea or hunger. Stomach still does not feel 100% even after I have eaten???
Feeling much better still a little tired.
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