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Report #2827472

Received Feb 21, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
75 yrs
State
KS
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
Feb 11, 2025
Onset
Feb 12, 2025
Days to onset
1
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (3)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
PNC20PNEUMO (PREVNAR20)PFIZER\WYETH1LJ5280IM / RA
RSVRSV (ABRYSVO)PFIZER\WYETH1HM9866IM / LA
TDAPTDAP (BOOSTRIX)GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS2L5229IM / LA

Symptoms (6)

ChillsHeadacheInjection site erythemaInjection site pruritusInjection site swellingMalaise

Symptom narrative

Patient received above vaccines on 02/11/2025. Patient called to report event 02/14. Reported that she had swollen, red and itchy right upper arm below injection site. She did report also the whole next day she had headache, chills and just generally not feeling well. Upon looking further in her records she did have a similar reaction to the PPSV23 01/15/2019. There was a VAERS filed at that time. She did however have a PCV13 02/23/2017 and did not report a reaction. She did not remember having the PPSV23 reaction in 2019.

Current illness

None

Medical history

Reports none

Other medications

None

Allergies

Had a mild reaction to a previous PPSV23 vaccine on 01/15/19 but also received flu vaccine in that arm as well. VAERS was filed at that time.

Lab data

None. Symptoms have resolved without intervention by 02/21/2025 when I spoke with patient. She did relay information at her husband appt and no intervention was done.

Prior vaccinations

PPSV 23 on 01/15/2019 Merck vaccine lot# R016638. Similar reaction with redness and swelling to below injection site as well as