Age: 76.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Arthropathy, Back disorder, Bedridden, Chest scan
Clinical narrative: pain in right elbow and both knees; pain in right elbow and both knees; fell down; he has had chronic pain in his knees prior to receiving the vaccine, however, it has gotten worse; had a problem in his left back, and then went to his left shoulder; had a problem in his left back, and then went to his left shoulder; bedridden; knees have gotten weaker; more scared; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp (patient) via medical in-formation team. Pfizer sponsored program. A 76-years-old male patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection, Lot Number: EW0176) via an unspecified route of administration and administered in right arm on 01Jun2021 10:00 (at 76 years old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization in pharmacy. The patient medical history included ongoing high blood pressure diagnosed maybe over 10 years ago. The patient concomitant medication include allium sativum (KYOLIC) taken for high blood pressure 2 tablets, formula 100, 600 mg (It was a cardiovascular formula. He substituted this because he did not like what he was taking before); vita-min c [ascorbic acid] (VITAMIN C [ASCORBIC ACID]) taken for something i guess for cold (been taking all his life) 500 mg; fish oil (OMEGA 3 [FISH OIL]) taken for something that builds you up (started taking years ago) at 100 mg once daily. The patient did not had any AE(s) following prior vaccinations, no other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine, no family medical history relevant and no relevant tests. There was no history of all previous immuniza-tion with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect. On 02Jun2021 (in the morning when he tried to get out of the bed) patient experienced pain in right elbow and pain in both knees after 1st dose and last-ed days, then weeks, and continues to on and off. Tried getting out of bed and he fell down and went to the hospital. Patient stated that he has had chronic pain in his knees prior to receiving the vaccine, however, it has gotten worse since the vaccine. Reported that on an unknown date in 2021 he had a problem in his left back, and then went to his left shoulder and that he was "practically bedridden for days, and then weeks after the first dose, things have been different since the Pfizer shot and my knees have gotten weaker". Patient provided information that he does take a ginger supplement in the mornings. Next morning patient did not use a full breakfast, he wanted to know if he had done some-thing to make his body feel different. Patient stated that he was more scared now than he was before the shot because he does not know if he was protected. The reporter said that he expects that pain and aches could be symptoms of the Pfizer shot but he did not know if this experience was normal. Patient was supposed to get the second COVID vaccine on 22Jun2021, but he had pain 3 days after the received the first shot. He stated the pain was in his right elbow and both of his knees. He mentioned that he missed his second dose because he went to the hospital to get checked out. Patient wanted to know why he had been experiencing this pain for 3 weeks now and would like to know if it was ok or if he was in danger. Patient confirmed that he went to the hospital because of everything that was hap-pening to him. He stated one night, a Thursday, before he went to the hospital, which was the follow-ing week, all of the sudden woke up and had to go to the bathroom. He tried to get out of bed and he fell. He could not get up off of the floor, because his knees were not strong enough to push himself up. He told the hospital everything that happened to him. Patient stated the problem started after the first shot. They proceeded to give him a scan for his brain and his back. After, they wanted to scan his knees. He told them he came from an (withheld) where he played soccer and rode bikes. He has had problems with his knees bothering him, but not both knees at the same time. He said they wanted to scan his knees. He told them he had problems before and he uses hot water and salt, and his knees were fine. He does not think his knees are the problem, he has a different problem. They said fine, you do not want it, fine. Then they said they would do a chest scan. He has not had any problem for three weeks. No problem with breathing or anything. He wanted to find out what happened after he got the shot. Patient stated he was never in immediate pain. He had pain with movement. For three weeks he was only going to the toilet. He almost fell on the toilet and could not get up because his knees were so weak. He had to take like 10-15 minutes trying to get off of the toilet. Patient stated now he was sitting, his knees have no pain. But when he gets up he knows his knees will hurt. Pain on his right elbow, clarified that the pain in his elbow started on 2Jun2021. Patient was using his elbow to push himself up from lying down, and said very very rarely he has any problem in his elbow. His elbow was okay after a couple of days. If he was in bed he usually uses his elbows to roll over. Stated that he has recovered about 95%. He stated he was 76 years old, he was not young anymore. Patient con-firmed his elbow and knees began to hurt after receiving the first COVID-19 vaccination. He stated it was debilitating when he was trying to get out of bed or sit or stand up. It was immediate, but not the day that he got the vaccine. It was all around him trying to get out of bed and do certain thing that he needed to do and he found that he could not get out of bed; unable to clarify further. Patient unable to provide start date. knee pain: He said it is not causing any irritational pain when he is sitting down. When he tries to get up he can feel the stiffness in his knees. At that point he knows there is a problem in his knees. Patient stated when he went to the hospital they told him they were going to take some blood. He turned away from what they were doing and they gave him some kind of intravenous. He was in the hospital for over an hour. After he questioned them about the first test, and there was no problem. When they said they were going to do his knees and his chest, which was a complete set of tests that they were doing, it has nothing to do with what he was experiencing. He thought he was ex-periencing something from Covid and he was wanting to know if he was going to die. They did not seem to care about what his problem was. He thought COVID had a system where people would be tested for reactions and things like that. Has had problems with his knees off and on maybe once or twice a year but has never gone to the hospital for them. Sometimes his brain does what it wants to do. There was no additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect. Patient visited the emergency room. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included chest scan, scan brain on an unknown date with unknown results. The outcome of event pain in right elbow was recovering and pain in both knees and fell down was recovering, outcome of event pain in right elbow and both knees was not recovered, outcome of events had a problem in his left back, and then went to his left shoulder, gotten worse, bedridden, knees have gotten weaker and more scared was unknown.   Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.