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Report #2880984

Received Jan 7, 2026

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
69 yrs
State
—
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Dec 12, 2025
Onset
Dec 13, 2025
Days to onset
1
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
PNC21PNEUMO (CAPVAXIVE)MERCK & CO. INC.UNK—OT

Symptoms (5)

FatiguePeripheral swellingRashSkin warmTinnitus

Symptom narrative

arm swelling; a rash that "kind of looks like sunburning that is a band around"; "ringing" in one ear; fever; severe fatigue; rash being warm to the touch; This Spontaneous report was received from Consumer or other non health professional and referred to a 69-year-old Female patient. The patient's medical history was not reported. The patient's past medications were not reported. The patient's concomitant medication included Single use ez flu shot (Influenza vaccine). On 12-Dec-2025, the patient was vaccinated with Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine (CAPVAXIVE) solution for injection at a dose of 0.5 mL administered intramuscularly (IM) for pneumonia prophylaxis (lot# and expiration date were not reported). Patient reported that the next day (13-DEC-2025), she began experiencing symptoms including: her arm swelling, a rash that "kind of looked like sunburning that was a band around", the rash being warm to the touch, a fever, severe fatigue, and "ringing" in one ear, which is the ear on the same side in which she received the vaccine. No other symptoms or side effects were reported. Patient reported that these symptoms have been ongoing since 13-DEC-2025. The patient reported that she also received a flu shot on the same day, but in her other arm (dose, route of administration, lot# and expiration date were not reported). Patient did not provide any further information on the specific flu shot she received. Patient reported that she has felt "a little better" the past day, but still did not feel great. She reported she has never experienced symptoms like these following a vaccination. No further information was provided by the patient. The outcome of the events was reported as not recovered. The causality between the events and Pneumococcal 21-valent Conjugate Vaccine (CAPVAXIVE) was not provided. Additional information is not expected.

Other medications

flu shot

Lab data

Test Date: 20251213; Test Name: body temperature; Result Unstructured Data: fever