Report #2831370

Received Mar 13, 2025

Office visit

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Overview

Sex: Male
Age: 47 yrs
State: CO
Recovered: Not recovered
Vaccinated: Feb 6, 2025
Onset: Feb 10, 2025
Days to onset: 4
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
TDAP	TDAP (BOOSTRIX)	GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS	UNK	XN575	IM / LA

Symptoms (2)

Injected limb mobility decreasedMuscular weakness

Symptom narrative

pt presents in march, the 13th, complaining of weakness in his left shoulder. he cant raise his arm above his head. he is not ill, does not have redness, swelling, or pain in the shoulder. about 2-3-5 days after the injection the shoulder started to become weak and is still weak 1 month later. on physical exam, he has paralysis/weakness of supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles. trapezius, deltoid, and subscapularis muscles all seem to be working fine. he does not remember any "pain" that proceeded this issue. he did not suffer any injury or accident. he is not playing any sports or using any ladders, nothing he can think of, other than the vaccine, that could have caused this.

Current illness

none

Medical history

alcohol use, abnormal liver function, anxiety, polycythemia

Other medications

none

Allergies

amoxicillin

Lab data

none yet. we will be getting an EMG and are referring him to physiatry/PMR