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Report #2899362

Received Jun 8, 2026

Life-threateningHospitalizedER / ED visitOffice visit
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
38 yrs
State
MI
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Apr 23, 2026
Onset
May 1, 2026
Days to onset
8
Hospital days
9

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
TDAPTDAP (ADACEL)SANOFI PASTEURUNKU8724AA

Symptoms (10)

Back painDysarthriaDysphagiaGuillain-Barre syndromeHypoaesthesiaMagnetic resonance imaging spinal abnormalMuscular weaknessNeurological symptomParaesthesiaScan with contrast abnormal

Symptom narrative

Suspect Guillain-Barre, symptom onset 5/12 numbness in hands, followed by stroke like symptoms, bilateral arm weakness, difficulty swallowing, slurred speech, back pain. Hospitalized 5/23/2026 at [withheld] for Truncal weakness with bilateral upper and lower extremity paresthesia.

Current illness

Wound to leg obtained from a fall the day of vaccination

Medical history

None

Other medications

None

Allergies

Bactrim

Lab data

5/24/2026 MRI spine w/ and w/o contrast "There is suggestion of smooth enhancement of the cauda equina nerve roots. This is nonspecific. This could be seen with an inflammatory process such as Guillain-Barre syndrome".