Adverse Event Reporting
| VAERS ID | 966895 |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 41 |
| StateCode | NY |
| Pharmaceutical Company | PFIZER\BIONTECH |
| Lot Number | |
| Number of vaccinations | 1 |
| Vaccinated | 2021-01-06 |
| Onset | 2021-01-06 |
| Condition | Permanent Disability |
Symptoms
- Pain in extremity
- Injection site pain
- Immediate post-injection reaction
- Injected limb mobility decreased
- Injection site reaction
- SARS-CoV-2 antibody test negative
- Injection site extravasation
- Imaging procedure
- Bursitis
- Tendonitis
Current Illness
no
Preexisting Conditions
no
Other Medications
no
Previous Vaccinations
Allergies
no
Laboratory Data
Write-up
Employee developed severe left upper extremity pain immediately after she received the COVID Pfizer vaccinedose #2 on left arm on 1/6/2021 at 11:15 am.
The pain persisted and increased in intensity despite the use of topical and oral anti inflammatory medications.
She was evaluated by an orthopedist on 1/18/2021 who performed various imaging studies and diagnosed the acute condition as left subacromial bursitis and tendinitis secondary to vaccine infiltration in the left shoulder bursa.
The employee informed employee health director on 1/20/2021 and evaluated on same day.
On physical exam, she had marked tenderness on the left arm at site of injection and moderate decrease range of motion of the left shoulder.
She has been prescribed physical therapy sessions of left shoulder for eight weeks and is continued on daily analgesics.
SARSCov-2 Ab IgG test done on 1/20/2021 is negative She will follow up with her orthopedist for further diagnostic tests and treatment.