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Report #2867380

Received Oct 21, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
70 yrs
State
PA
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
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Onset
—
Days to onset
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Hospital days
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Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (MODERNA))MODERNAUNK——

Symptoms (6)

Blood testFatigueFeeling abnormalMalaiseMuscle tightnessVaccination site pain

Symptom narrative

she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she gets lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness; she felt sick at night towards the evening; Felt so crappy; she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she gets lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness; it was like a double whammy and she was so tired and felt so crappy; This spontaneous case was reported by a consumer and describes the occurrence of MUSCLE TIGHTNESS (she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she gets lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness), MALAISE (she felt sick at night towards the evening), FEELING ABNORMAL (Felt so crappy), VACCINATION SITE PAIN (she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she gets lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness) and FATIGUE (it was like a double whammy and she was so tired and felt so crappy) in an 8-decade-old female patient who received SPIKEVAX NOS (SPIKEVAX NOS) for COVID-19 prophylaxis. The patient's past medical history included Carpal tunnel syndrome (More painful. in left hand; had surgery for it (the hand is very weak as a result of it), but it came back within a year or two. since she is ambidextrous, she switched over to the right hand but now she has carpel tunnel in that hand. She also has numbness in her fingers in her left hand and a little bit in the right hand now.) in 1998 and Ulnar tunnel syndrome (she had major surgery on the left elbow a year or 2 ago because of the ulnar tunnel. This surgery has been since vaccination but the ulnar tunnel is pre-existing.). Previously administered products included for Drug use for unknown indication: ampecillin in 1990, ampecillin in 1990 and Sulfa drugs in 1990; for Product used for unknown indication: Flu (welts on upper torso) in 1996 and RSV. Past adverse reactions to the above products included Difficulty breathing with Sulfa drugs; Felt ill with ampecillin; Nauseous with ampecillin; and No adverse effect with Flu and RSV. Concurrent medical conditions included Type 2 diabetes mellitus since 2004, Scoliosis (she has 3 of them, one in the neck, one in the thoracic region and one in the lumbar region. This takes the heart and shifts it to the left. don't know if that affects the heart at all.), Bundle branch block (Left) since 2006, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis (Severe), High cholesterol (controlled with medications), Blood pressure high (hypertension, controlled with medications) since 2003, Allergy to animal (Patient stated she had numerous allergy shots many years ago in the same arm due to cat allergy), Vascular disorder NOS (grape seed extract for vascular issues,), Vein disorder (clogged lower veins), Asthma, Hypersensitivity reaction, Hives, Hay fever, Hyperlipidemia since 2003, Neuropathy since 2004, Osteoarthritis since 2006, Allergy to antibiotic (ampecillin - felt ill, nauseous.) since 1990, Allergy to nuts (swelling of tongue, mild to moderate) since 1999, Drug allergy (no antibiotic reaction, caused nausea.) since 1990, Fragrance sensitivity (caused some allergic asthma, issue has mostly gone/resolved itself over time) since 2000, Sulfonamide allergy (Sulfa drugs - difficulty breathing) since 1990 and Pain. Concomitant products included Losartan potassium and Labetalol hydrochloride (Labetalol HCL) for Blood pressure, Simvastatin for Cholesterol, Linum usitatissimum seed oil, Ubiquinol (Ubiquinol) for Energy increased, Gabapentin for Pain, Iron for Supplementation therapy, Metformin hydrochloride (Metformin hcl er) for Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Citrus x aurantium fruit, Vitis vinifera seed (Grape seed extract) for Vascular disorder NOS, Horse chestnut extract for Vein disorder. On an unknown date, the patient received dose of SPIKEVAX NOS (SPIKEVAX NOS) (unknown route) 1 dosage form. On an unknown date, the patient experienced MUSCLE TIGHTNESS (she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she gets lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness), MALAISE (she felt sick at night towards the evening), FEELING ABNORMAL (Felt so crappy), VACCINATION SITE PAIN (she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she gets lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness) and FATIGUE (it was like a double whammy and she was so tired and felt so crappy). At the time of the report, MUSCLE TIGHTNESS (she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she gets lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness) and VACCINATION SITE PAIN (she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she gets lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness) had resolved and MALAISE (she felt sick at night towards the evening), FEELING ABNORMAL (Felt so crappy) and FATIGUE (it was like a double whammy and she was so tired and felt so crappy) outcome was unknown. DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS (normal ranges are provided in parenthesis if available): On an unknown date, Blood test: she is immune. The action taken with SPIKEVAX NOS (SPIKEVAX NOS) (Unknown) was unknown. Patient was on facial oil that has anchovies oil, key lime flavor and sardine oil. It was stated she got the mNEXSPIKE (08-Oct-2025 at around 11:15 am) and has been getting the shots during the pandemic and after that as well. She has been getting them whenever they were available, once a year or once every 6 months, or one was 3 months apart, something like that. " It was stated that she has always had a reaction to the injection site where she got lots of pain, and constricting muscle tightness. It was stated that this time, she got the mNEXSPIKE and she felt nothing, it was like she never got the shot. She was wondering if Moderna has fixed or resolved the issue so that she would not feel these symptoms anymore. did not knew if the shot was done properly, because she never had no reaction within several hours. It was stated it was done by a nurse in a doctor's office. It was stated that this time, she did not know what's going to happen because she normally felt pain and she did not felt anything in that spot no tenderness, no pain, no muscle restriction. It was not like want the pain or those restrictive muscle pains or the tightness. It was questioning if the shot didn't take or if the HCP didn't do it right or if it was a bad batch because she did not get any symptoms. This was not typical for her. She had two severe reactions and then a bunch of serious pain in that location with very serious muscle restriction for a long time. One of them took almost 2 months for it to go away. Patient had another reaction but couldn't remember what it was at that time because it was too far back. Too many things have happened since then for her to remember, that normally with the other vaccines, it was a great deal of pain and very strong muscle restriction in the injection site. It lasted anywhere between a couple of weeks to a couple of months. No treatment medication was reported. This case was linked to MOD-2021-235384 (Patient Link).

Current illness

Allergy to animal (Patient stated she had numerous allergy shots many years ago in the same arm due to cat allergy); Allergy to antibiotic (ampecillin - felt ill, nauseous.); Allergy to nuts (swelling of tongue, mild to moderate); Arthritis (Severe); Asthma; Blood pressure high (hypertension, controlled with medications); Bundle branch block (Left); Drug allergy (no antibiotic reaction, caused nausea.); Fibromyalgia; Fragrance sensitivity (caused some allergic asthma, issue has mostly gone/resolved itself over time); Hay fever; High cholesterol (controlled with medications); Hives; Hyperlipidemia; Hypersensitivity reaction; Neuropathy; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Scoliosis (she has 3 of them, one in the neck, one in the thoracic region and one in the lumbar region. This takes the heart and shifts it to the left. don't know if that affects the heart at all.); Sulfonamide allergy (Sulfa drugs - difficulty breathing); Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Vascular disorder NOS (grape seed extract for vascular issues,); Vein disorder (clogged lower veins)

Medical history

Medical History/Concurrent Conditions: Carpal tunnel syndrome (More painful. in left hand; had surgery for it (the hand is very weak as a result of it), but it came back within a year or two. since she is ambidextrous, she switched over to the right hand but now she has carpel tunnel in that hand. She also has numbness in her fingers in her left hand and a little bit in the right hand now.); Ulnar tunnel syndrome (she had major surgery on the left elbow a year or 2 ago because of the ulnar tunnel. This surgery has been since vaccination but the ulnar tunnel is pre-existing.)

Other medications

Gabapentin; Losartan potassium; Metformin hcl er; Simvastatin; Labetalol HCL; Grape seed extract; Iron; Ubiquinol; Horse chestnut extract

Lab data

Test Name: blood work; Result Unstructured Data: she is immune

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