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Report #2841985

Received May 21, 2025

Hospitalized
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
68 yrs
State
NC
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
May 7, 2025
Onset
May 7, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
5

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
RSVRSV (ABRYSVO)PFIZER\WYETHN/ALL8398IM / LA

Symptoms (7)

Antinuclear antibody negativeAntinuclear antibody positiveArthralgiaImmunoassayMuscular weaknessParvovirus B19 test negativeSpinal pain

Symptom narrative

Within 2 hours of receiving RSV vaccine began having R shoulder and cervical spine sharp/arthritic pain that worsened in severity over the day. Awoke next morning with R arm weakness, finally to the ER 5/9/25 where he was admitted for "possible vaccine related acute arthritis". Given IV steroids, transitioned to oral steroids prior to discharge when symptoms drastically improved, walking independently in hall.

Current illness

Pulmonary Embolisms late April 2025

Medical history

PE, CKD3, COPD ongoing smoker, gerd, chronic pain

Other medications

Albuterol inhaler every 4hr as needed, amlodipine daily; BUPRENORPHINE 450MCG BUCCAL FILM PLACE 1 FILM BETWEEN CHEEK BID, BUPROPION 100 MG DAILY, VITAMIN D 1000 UNITS DAILY, EMPAGLIFLOZIN 12.5 MG DAILY, ENALAPRIL 20 MG BID, LANOLIN TOPICAL

Allergies

SULFAs/rash, FISH/rash,NUTS/anaphylax, GABAPENT/drowsiness,HA

Lab data

Collection time: May 10, 2025@13:00 Test Name Result Units Range --------- ------ ----- ----- ANA IFA SCREEN(249) Positive Ref: Negative ANA TITER(249) 1:160 Ref: Negative ANA PATTERN(249) SEE NOTE . Collection time: May 10, 2025@13:00 SM ANTIBODY(4272) <1.0 SM/RNP ANTIBODY(4272) <1.0. Collection time: May 10, 2025@13:00 SJGNSSA <1.0 SJGNSSB <1.0. Collection time: May 10, 2025@13:00 PARVOVIRUS IgG(8946) 0.1 Ref: SEE BELOW PARVOVIRUS IgM(8946) 0.1 Ref: SEE BELOW. Collection Time: May 10, 2025@0600 WESTERGREN 120 H mm/hr. 0 - 15