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Report #2859034

Received Sep 16, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
87 yrs
State
NH
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
Sep 6, 2025
Onset
—
Days to onset
—
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
UNKVACCINE NOT SPECIFIED (NO BRAND NAME)UNKNOWN MANUFACTURERUNK—IM

Symptoms (6)

Balance disorderChest painCoughDisorientationPainPainful respiration

Symptom narrative

It was pain to what seemed to be skeletal structure, and it was severe pain/was in very, very severe pain; have no sense of balance; whole thing disoriented; it hurt to cough; it hurt to cough and to take a deep breath; This spontaneous case was reported by a consumer and describes the occurrence of BONE PAIN (It was pain to what seemed to be skeletal structure, and it was severe pain/was in very, very severe pain), BALANCE DISORDER (have no sense of balance), DISORIENTATION (whole thing disoriented), COUGH (it hurt to cough) and HYPERVENTILATION (it hurt to cough and to take a deep breath) in an 87-year-old male patient who received mRNA-1273.251 (Spikevax LP.8.1 PFS) for COVID-19 prophylaxis. Concurrent medical conditions included Diabetes (taking insulin, product name unspecified). Concomitant products included Insulin porcine (Insulin) for Diabetes. On 06-Sep-2025 at 12:15 PM, the patient received dose of mRNA-1273.251 (Spikevax LP.8.1 PFS) (Intramuscular use) 1 dosage form. On an unknown date, the patient experienced BONE PAIN (It was pain to what seemed to be skeletal structure, and it was severe pain/was in very, very severe pain), BALANCE DISORDER (have no sense of balance), DISORIENTATION (whole thing disoriented), COUGH (it hurt to cough) and HYPERVENTILATION (it hurt to cough and to take a deep breath). The patient was treated with Ibuprofen (Advil) for Skeletal pain, at a dose of popped 3 Advil; Ibuprofen (Advil) for Skeletal pain, at a dose of popped a couple of Advil; Ibuprofen (Advil) for Skeletal pain, at a dose of popped more Advil and Ibuprofen (Advil) for Skeletal pain, at a dose of popped more Advil. At the time of the report, BONE PAIN (It was pain to what seemed to be skeletal structure, and it was severe pain/was in very, very severe pain), BALANCE DISORDER (have no sense of balance), DISORIENTATION (whole thing disoriented), COUGH (it hurt to cough) and HYPERVENTILATION (it hurt to cough and to take a deep breath) had resolved. The action taken with mRNA-1273.251 (Spikevax LP.8.1 PFS) (Intramuscular use) was unknown. It was reported that, the patient did not know the product name. Patient had an incredible thing, never felt this bad in all his life. Patient got the vaccination and when got to his home, he was in very severe pain and the pain was such the whole thing that disoriented him, and he was not a disoriented kind of person. He was old but was very organized. Patient was very self-sufficient and was incredibly screwed up. He had no sense of balance, and he put himself to sleep. Starting at about 4 o'clock and got fit for sleep and again, his normal reaction would have been, with pain, to pop some Advil and he didn't do that for hours later, that he popped 3 Advil and that alleviated the pain, didn't made it disappear, but it certainly alleviated it and he got tip toe sleep all night. Unfortunately, he went to local professional football game, which he had been doing for 35 years, and it was very weird what he was left with. Patient popped up a couple of Advil probably 6 doses of Advil total and still had pain. This pain was at the level of like his clavicle and it hurt him to cough and to take a deep breath and he was so screwed up that, that night, He was a diabetic and didn't take any insulin and didn't take any medications. He took no medication which was so unusual for him. Patient was anal when it came to this stuff and still had this when he came home from a football game at night. He didn't eat, but had some tailgating at the game, nothing stupendous, just some stuff nothing heavy, and he consciously ate something because he didn't want to take insulin on an empty stomach. He went into a coma. So, he consciously ate something and gave himself a normal shot of insulin and popped more Advil. And then in the morning of 08-Sep-2025, he didn't feel anything, popped more Advil and was normal on everything, didn't feel any pain. Patient's whole mental processes was affected because not taking insulin was like he had been a diabetic for 9 million years and his A1C was very controlled. It was stated that he was fine now. He had had so many of these shots before. Previous administration dates were unknown. He was under the care of a cardiologist.

Current illness

Diabetes (taking insulin, product name unspecified)

Other medications

Insulin