Report #2864986

Received Oct 10, 2025

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Overview

Sex: Female
Age: 73 yrs
State: IL
Recovered: Unknown
Vaccinated: Oct 8, 2025
Onset: Oct 8, 2025
Days to onset: 0
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
FLU3	INFLUENZA (SEASONAL) (FLUZONE HIGH-DOSE)	SANOFI PASTEUR	1	U8862BA	IM / LA

Symptoms (5)

Injection site erythemaInjection site pruritusInjection site rashInjection site swellingInjection site warmth

Symptom narrative

The afternoon of the vaccine the patient's vaccine upper arm (L) became red, itchy, swollen, and hot to the touch. 3"x6" in diameter on the front part of the arm. The patient showed us the vaccine injection site to be in the normal area of deltoid muscle but rash was to the front. Patient was taking benadryl and using hydrocortisone cream, we also recommended she start claritin once daily and pepcid once or twice daily along with tylenol as needed. No systemic symptoms of fever or malaise.

Current illness

n/a

Medical history

fibromyalgia, Type II DM

Other medications

Metformin, Mounjaro, Synthroid, Xanax, Flexeril, folic acid, topamax, protonix

Allergies

Penicillin

Lab data

N/a