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Report #2827994

Received Feb 25, 2025

ER / ED visitOffice visit
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
12 yrs
State
FL
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Feb 19, 2025
Onset
Feb 19, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
HPV9HPV (GARDASIL 9)MERCK & CO. INC.2—LA

Symptoms (5)

DysphagiaFacial paralysisHypoaesthesiaMastication disorderParaesthesia

Symptom narrative

The evening after the vaccine, pt. began to feel tingling sensation in left cheek and jaw, the following day at school his friends noted his "uneven facies, left side drooping", mom then noted significant facial differences when she saw him after school that day and took him straight to ER. There they performed a physical exam and labs. His vital signs and labs were normal, face was still numb on left side, weak with inability to smile and fully close left eye, mild difficulty chewing and swallowing. Per mother's report the providers at the ER did not feel that imaging was necessary. He was sent home on a oral steroid wean. When seen in PCP office on 2/22/25, weakness and numbness per

Lab data

Done per ER on 2/20/25