Report #2868259

Received Oct 24, 2025

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Overview

Sex: Female
Age: 64 yrs
State: —
Recovered: Recovered
Vaccinated: Oct 20, 2025
Onset: Oct 21, 2025
Days to onset: 1
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (2)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
FLU3	INFLUENZA (SEASONAL) (FLUZONE)	SANOFI PASTEUR	1	ut8770ka	IM / RA
PNC21	PNEUMO (CAPVAXIVE)	MERCK & CO. INC.	1	Z009681	IM / RA

Symptoms (5)

Injection site erythemaInjection site inflammationInjection site swellingProduct administered at inappropriate siteSomnolence

Symptom narrative

Patient reported event via phone, I was unable to visually confirm any of this. Reaction was a large, red bump (~5-6 inch diameter) believed to be centered on injection site. According to the patient, her nurse says the shot was improperly administered "too low" (potentially below the deltoid?) resulting in this reaction. Was given steroids by her doctor to help with inflammation and the bump has begun to shrink since then. She also reported additional sleepiness in the following days.