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Report #2843344

Received May 30, 2025

Office visit
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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
25 yrs
State
CO
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
May 30, 2025
Onset
May 30, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (2)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
HEPHEP B (HEPLISAV-B)DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION2946060IM / RA
VARCELVARICELLA (VARIVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.2Y017062SC / LA

Symptoms (3)

Injection site haemorrhageParaesthesiaPeripheral swelling

Symptom narrative

Heplisav-B dose 2 of 2 and Varicella 2 of 2 given in clinic. 10 minutes post vaccination patient stated she began feeling a tingling sensation in her left arm where the varicella vaccine was given. She reports that it radiated from her shoulder down into her fingers. She reported to nurse that she felt her left hand was beginning to swell. Nurse observed petechiae around injection site 10 minutes post vaccination. Petechiae did not spread further then around injection site. Clinic provider ordered 25mg PO Benadryl STAT to be given, and ice pack applied to site. Patient rested in chair and was observed in clinic for 3 hours. Symptoms began improving 20 minutes after Benadryl was given. At the end of 3-hour observation period petechiae around injection site was minimal, patient reported itching sensation went from severe to mild, and patient reported the swelling sensation in her left hand decreased. No symptoms occurred in arm that Heplisav-B was given.

Current illness

None

Medical history

None

Other medications

None

Allergies

None

Lab data

None