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Report #2866446

Received Oct 16, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
79 yrs
State
CA
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Oct 10, 2025
Onset
Oct 10, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (MODERNA MNEXSPIKE))MODERNA7+3052550IM

Symptoms (1)

Vaccination site pain

Symptom narrative

starting to get a little, a little pain (the injection site); This spontaneous case was reported by a consumer and describes the occurrence of VACCINATION SITE PAIN (starting to get a little, a little pain (the injection site)) in a 79-year-old male patient who received mRNA-1273.251 (Spikevax LP.8.1 PFS) (batch no. 3052550) for COVID-19 prophylaxis. Previously administered products included for Product used for unknown indication: Flu vaccine (received in arm) on 07-Oct-2025. Past adverse reactions to the above products included Pain with Flu vaccine. On 10-Oct-2025, the patient received eleventh dose of mRNA-1273.251 (Spikevax LP.8.1 PFS) (Intramuscular use) 1 dosage form. On 10-Oct-2025, after starting mRNA-1273.251 (Spikevax LP.8.1 PFS), the patient experienced VACCINATION SITE PAIN (starting to get a little, a little pain (the injection site)). At the time of the report, VACCINATION SITE PAIN (starting to get a little, a little pain (the injection site)) outcome was unknown. Concomitant medication use information was not provided by reporter. The patient received a pneumonia vaccine on 07-Oct-2025, one in each arm. On 10-Oct-2025, around noon, the patient received the Spikevax vaccine. The patient received millions of shots and had a reaction to Moderna before. After each vaccine, the body changed each time. It was reported that for millions of people, if the arm hurts, it means the vaccine had worked. The patient had pain from past vaccines, but right now, it was early, it did not feel like the arm hurts yet. It had only been about an hour or so. The patient had 10 shots of Moderna and felt pain at the injection site every time. Before (referencing previous shots), it hurt, and they said that it was because of the immune response at the shot site. This time, it was not quite hurting yet. Based on research, sometimes it hurts, sometimes it did not, depending on the shot and the person. The patient had his 11th shot on 10-Oct-2025, and it was kind of starting to get a little pain at the injection site. It was reported that in terms of human death, in the history of the world, over the last 6000-7000 years, the largest number of people were killed by COVID-19. Treatment medication use information was not provided by reporter. This case was linked to MOD-2025-790156 (Patient Link).