Report #2863709

Received Oct 7, 2025

ER / ED visit

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Overview

Sex: Female
Age: 86 yrs
State: CA
Recovered: Recovered
Vaccinated: Sep 17, 2025
Onset: Sep 18, 2025
Days to onset: 1
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
FLU4	INFLUENZA (SEASONAL) (FLUZONE HIGH-DOSE QUADRIVALENT)	SANOFI PASTEUR	1	48859	IM / LA

Symptoms (6)

ChillsInjection site bruisingInjection site pruritusPyrexiaRashUrticaria

Symptom narrative

Site: Bruising at Injection Site-Medium, Site: Itching at Injection Site-Medium, Systemic: Allergic: Rash Generalized-Medium, Systemic: Chills-Mild, Systemic: Fever-Mild, Additional Details: Daughter came in Saturday 9/20/25 to pick up benadryl for patient stating she received her high dose flu shot on Wednesday, by thursday she noticed a bruise on her arm plus hives beginning to appear. She also had chills and a fever. By friday, the hives had spread all over her body. She was taken to ER and give dexamethasone plus advised to take cetirizine + benadryl. Patient is recovering. Unsure if it was the flu shot that caused this, but believed so by ER doctor

Allergies

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