Age: 79.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Chills, Epicondylitis, Fatigue, Malaise, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: experiencing some tingling in fingers on the right hand/tingling is not constant/feel tingling going on in her fingers; Tennis elbow; tendonitis in elbow/feel tendonitis in right shoulder as well now/tendonitis in her shoulder joint as well/wonders if the vaccine triggered an autoimmune response; pain as a 6 on a 1-10 scale/Pain is not debilitating or incapacitates her/touching and pressing gets the pain going; did not feel great for the first few days after receiving her booster dose; experienced some tiredness that day/felt little tired; had some chills the following day/had the chills a little bit; This spontaneous case was reported by a consumer and describes the occurrence of EPICONDYLITIS (Tennis elbow), TENDONITIS (tendonitis in elbow/feel tendonitis in right shoulder as well now/tendonitis in her shoulder joint as well/wonders if the vaccine triggered an autoimmune response), TENDON PAIN (pain as a 6 on a 1-10 scale/Pain is not debilitating or incapacitates her/touching and pressing gets the pain going), MALAISE (did not feel great for the first few days after receiving her booster dose) and PARAESTHESIA (experiencing some tingling in fingers on the right hand/tingling is not constant/feel tingling going on in her fingers) in an 80-year-old female patient who received mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (batch nos. 046Z21A, 019F21A, 012M20A and 039K20A) for COVID-19 vaccination. The occurrence of additional non-serious events is detailed below.     Concurrent medical conditions included Drug allergy (Demerol) and Latex allergy (Latex sensitivity). Concomitant products included COLECALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D [COLECALCIFEROL]) for an unknown indication.  On 05-Jan-2021, the patient received first dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (Intramuscular) .5 milliliter. On 02-Feb-2021, received second dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (unknown route) dosage was changed to .5 milliliter. On 27-Oct-2021, received third dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (unknown route) dosage was changed to .25 milliliter. On 05-Apr-2022, received fourth dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (unknown route) dosage was changed to .25 milliliter. On 05-Apr-2022, the patient experienced MALAISE (did not feel great for the first few days after receiving her booster dose), FATIGUE (experienced some tiredness that day/felt little tired) and CHILLS (had some chills the following day/had the chills a little bit). On 06-Apr-2022, the patient experienced EPICONDYLITIS (Tennis elbow), TENDONITIS (tendonitis in elbow/feel tendonitis in right shoulder as well now/tendonitis in her shoulder joint as well/wonders if the vaccine triggered an autoimmune response) and TENDON PAIN (pain as a 6 on a 1-10 scale/Pain is not debilitating or incapacitates her/touching and pressing gets the pain going). On 12-Apr-2022, the patient experienced PARAESTHESIA (experiencing some tingling in fingers on the right hand/tingling is not constant/feel tingling going on in her fingers). The patient was treated with PARACETAMOL (TYLENOL [PARACETAMOL]) for Chills and Tiredness, at an unspecified dose and frequency and IBUPROFEN (ADVIL [IBUPROFEN]) for Tendonitis, at an unspecified dose and frequency. At the time of the report, EPICONDYLITIS (Tennis elbow), TENDONITIS (tendonitis in elbow/feel tendonitis in right shoulder as well now/tendonitis in her shoulder joint as well/wonders if the vaccine triggered an autoimmune response), TENDON PAIN (pain as a 6 on a 1-10 scale/Pain is not debilitating or incapacitates her/touching and pressing gets the pain going) and PARAESTHESIA (experiencing some tingling in fingers on the right hand/tingling is not constant/feel tingling going on in her fingers) had not resolved and MALAISE (did not feel great for the first few days after receiving her booster dose), FATIGUE (experienced some tiredness that day/felt little tired) and CHILLS (had some chills the following day/had the chills a little bit) had resolved.            It was reported that patient has never been diagnosed/tested positive for COVID-19. No other vaccines given within 1 month prior to moderna covid-19 vaccines.  Patient experienced some tiredness on the day of vaccination, so she rested for some time. Patient also had some chills the following day. Patient stated that none of these symptoms was bothersome. 24-36 hours after receiving her 2nd booster, patient started experiencing tennis elbow. Patient does not play tennis, golf, or has done any vigorous activities to hurt herself. Patient states that she can touch and press in that joint to get the pain going and also feels it a lot more when she was transferring laundry from washer to dryer, or when she grips something tight. Patient wondered if the vaccine triggered an autoimmune response.  Patient experienced some tingling in her fingers on the right hand. The tingling was not constant, and comes and goes and it was reported as worsened for the patient. Patient stated that as she was speaking, she could feel tingling going on in her fingers at the time of report. Patient reported that tendonitis worsened as it seems to be in the elbow as well as the shoulder for the patient.   This case was linked to MOD-2022-539506 (Patient Link).