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Report #2842777

Received May 27, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
64 yrs
State
IL
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Apr 1, 2021
Onset
May 1, 2025
Days to onset
1491
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECH1ER8733SC / LA

Symptoms (17)

ArthralgiaHemiparesisInflammationInjection site painInjection site paraesthesiaInjection site swellingJoint swellingMagnetic resonance imaging abnormalOsteoarthritisPainPain in extremityParaesthesiaPeripheral swellingRheumatoid arthritisRheumatoid factor positiveUltrasound DopplerX-ray abnormal

Symptom narrative

First injection: 04/03/2021 led to pain and soreness in upper left arm. Two days later, swelling and tingling in the area. Second injection: 04/25/2025 led to pain in my left hip three weeks later, in May 2025. In June and July 2025, I developed pain and weakness down the left side of my body. In August 2025, I developed pain and tingling in my left foot. By mid-September 2025, I developed heavy swelling and pain in my left knee, all the way down to my heavily swollen left foot. I finally went to the doctor on 10/07/2025. Bloodwork showed I had become serum positive for RA. I then developed swelling and pain in my right knee as well. My body has been messed up ever since I elected to get the covid vaccinations. I wish I had never done so. I also developed osteoarthritis as well. I was in robust health and very active before the injections

Current illness

None

Medical history

None before covid vaccinations. Was athletic and extremely active. However, I developed Rheumatoid Arthritis in the weeks/months following the first and second covid vaccinations. Rheumatologists began to see a large number of new onset RA cases following covid vaccinations. I was one of them. No other cases of RA in my family. No history of RA in our genetic makeup.

Other medications

None

Allergies

Allergic/Sensitive to most antibiotics and corticosteroid.

Lab data

Doppler imaging, X-rays confirmed inflammation, MRI of left leg confirmed RA, Lots of bloodwork confirmed serum positive rheumatoid arthritis and systemic inflammation.