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Report #2843839

Received Jun 4, 2025

Office visit
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
72 yrs
State
MA
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Jun 2, 2025
Onset
Jun 3, 2025
Days to onset
1
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
PNC20PNEUMO (PREVNAR20)PFIZER\WYETHN/ALX4484IM / LA

Symptoms (5)

Injection site erythemaInjection site warmthPain in extremityPeripheral swellingSwelling face

Symptom narrative

Pt presented to office the day after his injection and was experiencing significant pain with mild swelling in his L hand (pt has arthritis in same location of hand), mild swelling to R cheek and mild redness/warmth at injection site. Seen by MD who dx with allergic rxn to vaccine (Pneumo vaccine entered as new allergy in medical record) and was prescribed 10 days of Prednisone 40mg daily. Pt had received 2 previous pneumococcal vaccines w/o issue: PPV 23 in October 2019 and PCV 13 in July 2021

Current illness

Arthritis

Medical history

Arthritis

Other medications

Co-Q 10 100mg Daily, Glucosamine-Chondroitin w/Vit C 500-400mg Daily, Terbinafine 250mg Daily

Allergies

No known allergies prior to this occurrence

Lab data

N/A