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Report #2857738

Received Sep 9, 2025

HospitalizedOffice visit
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
72 yrs
State
CA
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Nov 1, 2024
Onset
Dec 1, 2024
Days to onset
30
Hospital days
2

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECHUNK—SC / RA

Symptoms (4)

C-reactive protein increasedPericarditisRed blood cell sedimentation rate increasedTroponin increased

Symptom narrative

Pericarditis developed 1 month after the Covid booster (# 5 in total). The patient has been treated with colchicine 0.6 mg BID and Ibuprofen 60 mg TID. The Ibuprofen was discontinued after two weeks. The patient has had two recurrences during the course, one while still on colchicine, and one while off of colchicine X 6 weeks. He is now back on the colchicine for three more months.

Current illness

None

Medical history

hypertension, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Other medications

ASA 81 mg daily, Lisinopril 10 mg daily, Atorvastatin 10 mg daily

Allergies

None

Lab data

Elevated CRP, troponin, ESR which ultimately came down with medication.