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Report #2857873

Received Sep 10, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
43 yrs
State
ME
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
May 8, 2021
Onset
May 8, 2021
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (MODERNA))MODERNA1003c21aIM / RA

Symptoms (5)

Dry eyeImmediate post-injection reactionPhotophobiaRheumatoid arthritisSicca syndrome

Symptom narrative

Felt like I was becoming extremely sensitive to light immediately after injection but brushed it off but over the course of a week could not even be outside with the light felt like I was going blind, also felt like the lubrication was being sucked out of my body. Now diagnosed sicca syndrome ans Keratosis sicca plus Rheumatoid Arthritis but suspect the Rheumatoid is related to almost dying from Pertussis vaccine when I was little.

Current illness

Only structural, ACL, SLAP tear, carpel tunnel minor spine unalignment and PTSD after son died. Feel like now after covid shot my whole body dealing with inflammation response throughout body but no diagnosis on that.

Medical history

Sicca, Keratosis Sicca, Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Other medications

Lithium

Allergies

Allergic to Pertussis vaccine. I was born healthy. I almost died from it in 1979, had to be put in chill box such high fever and was so sick after from about till I was about 4 years years old that they said they may have to put me in a bubble as my immune but after 5 never sick as think my body started having over active immune system and was diagnosed with Rhematoid Arthritis about a week after 1st Covid 19 shot in 2021. I felt like I was going blind from the initial Covid shot and lubrication being sucked out of my body. Told my PCP Dr about my reaction to vaccine but she would not report it. Now have sicca syndrome and kerotosis sicca diagnosis.

Lab data

My doctor would not report it.