Age: 27.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dyspnoea, Injection site erythema, Injection site induration, Injection site mass, Injection site pain
Clinical narrative: Day 1 Slight pinkish hue under the injection area on left arm with pain. 1 1/2  hours after injection. Feeling of tightness accompanied by sharp pains in same area. 2 hours after injection. Feeling of tightness/lack of circulation (as if the arm was falling asleep). Left arm. 3 hours after injection. Experiencing pain/ area has become warm. Pinkish hue has turned to reddish hue. 4 hours after injection. Arm has become heavy. 6 hours after injection.  Day 2 Advised to rest. Take a Tylenol. Relax arm. Did just so. No flu-like symptoms.  Day 3 Slight inability to breathe: Experienced weird inability to breathe that lasted for only 20 minutes.  Took a Benadryl. Stepped outside for some fresh air. Breathed in and out slowly. Sharp pains below injection area. Pinkish hue below injection area. Arm is warm. Experienced no flu-like symptoms though.  Day 4 Reddish hue still there below the injection area. Arm is slightly warm. Experiencing No Flu-like symptoms.  Day 5 Reddish bump has grown 3 more inches around arm in length. Feeling tightness. Experiencing slight swelling. Slight Itchiness. No Sharp Pain.  Day 6  Reddish hue still under injection spot. Area Has become extremely itchy.  No Sharp Pains. Contacted Rx. Advised to apply anti-itch cream and to ice the arm.  Day 7 Applied anti-itch cream. Not working. Trying best to not scratch the arm. Bump feels hard and HOT. Icing arm: Area all around bump is Cold. Bump itself feels HOT.  May have a fever.  Days 8-12 No flu-like symptoms. Bump feels hard and HOTTTTT. Concerned about arm. Applying anti-itch cream and periodically taking Benadryl. Feeling drowsy. Staying active. Icing arm: Area all around bump is Cold. Bump itself still feels HOTTTTT. Itchiness has not left. Reddish bump has changed to a dark pink color. Seeing it slightly brownish too. Around the bump there is a ring that has formed. Light pink in color it has permeated day by day. Still icing arm. Avoiding the sun so as not to irritate arm.  Day 13 AM Bump still there. Pinkish hue. Slight irritation..not as intense. Concerned about the ring around the arm that keeps permeating. Resolved to show up at the Rx so they could see for themselves what I have.  Day 13 PM Arrived at Rx. Attempted to show my left arm area to pharmacist that gave injection but it nearly cleared by the afternoon and by the time I got there?  Pinkish hue was there along with the ring but it was almost clear! I showed pictures as proof of my concern. Was given assurance that I am okay. (Concerned because every person I spoke with that got the vaccine never experienced what I did with Moderna), Was given Cortizone (with Aloe) to purchase to help with itchiness that remains. Was instructed  for my 2nd Dose to stay longer for them to check for any allergic reactions.  Day 14-19 Experienced Periodic itchiness. Applying anti-itch cream was enough. Iced only on Day 14 just in case any fever remained on arm that I could not feel. Arm immediately felt cold from icing. Concluded icing was no longer necessary. No bump on arm. Large Brownish spot has remained where the pinkish bump used to be. Resembles a slight bruise. Darker than  arm color. Hopefully original look of arm will return.