Age: 55.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Injection site nodule, Injection site pain, Injection site swelling, Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Malaise
Clinical narrative: Immediately within an hour, my arm had a very large red circle probably 6 inches in diameter around injection site and it swelled and then the next few hours it got very hard. Throughout the next couple of days I developed a knot on inside of arm as well and it was warm but wasn't red. The redness on the outside of my arm stayed for over a week and to this day I can pinpoint exactly where the shot was. Within the first 24 hours I spiked a fever of over 103 and I continued to run a fever for nearly 2 weeks and it ranged between 100.5-103 during that period. I experienced extreme body aches throughout my entire body and tremors that were different from my normal tremors. Just kind of a constant shivering. I was nauseated for several days into the next week and I threw up multiple times over the course of a week and a half. I had diarrhea and an extremely hard time eating because I was so nauseated. I really couldn't eat anything except maybe some jello. I slept a lot and I had an absolute horrible headache and it was my whole head not just a one sided migraine and it lasted about five days. I was dizzy and I had to use my walker or my cane because I was so unsteady on my feet. I was very weak, and the bed covers hurt because my body was very sensitive. I called my Doctor regarding symptoms and they called me 3 days in a row just to monitor me and to determine whether they wanted me to go to ER or not and by the 12th day my fever finally broke. My Doctor said that the extended fever was very atypical but they didn't feel like I had anything else going on other than just a pretty bad reaction to the shot. I had a virtual visit with my Doctor twice and 2 phone calls for 4 days in a row. I was not prescribed any medication, but they instructed me to take Tylenol or ibuprofen for my fever. They also told me to take Vitamin D as well. I had general malaise almost like a very bad flu. Especially with the nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and the body aches were extreme. I couldn't stand up and in bed I couldn't ever get comfortable. I had a massive headache. I remember I was very thirsty, but I figured I was on the dehydrated side so that is one thing I kept was Gatorade and water going throughout the day. If I drank too much, I threw it up. I do remember I drank small amounts of hot broth just trying to get some nourishment into my body, but it took me a very long time to get my appetite back, at least month. I lost about eight pounds during all of this. I did sleep a lot during this time. My Right arm has hurt ever since, and we are investigating to see what is wrong with it and my next step is going to neurology. I had pain from elbow to shoulder in my arm for at least 10 days after vaccine and it never really quite subsided all the way. It's actually worse now than when I was sick. It might be neurologically related if I have pinched nerves. With the arm the pain is in top right shoulder but its also in same area as where my shot was in the fleshy part of my elbow and I can't lift it and I can't reach back or do my hair, I can't pick anything up.