Report #2860034

Received Sep 19, 2025

HospitalizedER / ED visitOffice visit

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Overview

Sex: Female
Age: 62 yrs
State: MA
Recovered: Recovered
Vaccinated: Sep 4, 2025
Onset: Sep 6, 2025
Days to onset: 2
Hospital days: 3

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
FLU3	INFLUENZA (SEASONAL) (FLUARIX)	GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS	N/A	2NG23	IM / RA

Symptoms (4)

Cerebral haemorrhagePlatelet count decreasedPruritusThrombocytopenia

Symptom narrative

Patient got flu shot on 9/4 and then 2 days later on 9/6 she started to experience some itchiness the whole body. The patient went to urgent care on 9/6 and was prescribed prednisone. The patient states that it helped. The patient saw her regular PCP on 9/16 where she was found to have a lowered platelet count to 20. She was brought to the emergency room where she was diagnosed with thrombocytopenia and hemorrhage of the brain. the patient got treated for her condition and got discharged on 9/19/25. The patient came in 9/19 to inform the pharmacist of the event after being discharged.

Medical history

Peripheral vascular disease

Other medications

Xarelto (Rivaroxaban)

Allergies

Morphine