Age: 53.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Oesophageal spasm, Pain, Pneumonitis, Pulmonary pain, Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: Difficulty breathing; Lungs inflammed; pain in her lungs; become painful; spasms are extremely painful; Headache; Fever; her Nut Cracker Esophagus kicked in to, after the shot; her Nut Cracker Esophagus kicked in to, after the shot; This is a spontaneous report from two contactable consumers via a Pfizer- sponsored program. A 53-years-old female patient received the first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), via an unspecified route of administration on 06May2021 (Batch/Lot number was not reported) as single dose for covid-19 immunisation. She reports she has a history of a condition called NutCracker Esophagus, it is a rare condition. She reports they did not know about it much in the 90's. She was on a number different medications to treat it but, they did not know that they were causing the issues, the medications were. It made it difficult to breath, speak or eat while coming off of the medications. The medications were causing the NutCracker Esophagus spasms then. Caller reports when she takes a drug, this will happen. She may have to wait 2 or 3 days for it to come out her system and for the esophagus to relax and the pain to go away. This also triggers some breathing issues with it. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported.  Caller reports the 1st night after the shot, she had mild ones, the typically symptoms coming in the hours after the shot. She got the headache, a fever for the next day or so and difficulty going into the weekend with breathing. Caller reports she has been getting over having COVID. She had COVID 3-4 weeks before the shot, her lungs were still getting better from having covid and that her doctor did not know how long it would take for her lungs to get better. She had difficulty breathing this week, her lungs were in-flamed and still her Nut Cracker Esophagus kicked in to, after the shot. Caller reports when this had happened with other drugs before she would wait and it would come out of system but, she is worried because it was devastating on her body this week and wants to know how long would this reaction last for? Is it a matter the components coming out her system or the vaccine itself? Caller reports she got COVID. On 29Mar2021 she started to develop the symptoms and on 12Apr2021 she got a positive test. She was seen in the hospital and her symptoms were severe. Then the symptoms went down but, she was not sure if she should get the shot due still having difficulty breathing. The nurses and doctors recommended she should get the shot. She was encouraged to get the shot because they did not know when the lungs would improve. Caller reports she should have seen her doctor before getting the shot because her breathing problems are difficult and that continued into the weekend. She reports she had more inflammation in the lungs but is not sure if it is a result of the vaccine or the COVID but, it did become painful. Then, she noticed the NutCracker spasming, so she was not sure with headache that came on and with other things coming that became more extreme what was going on with the breathing. This week she has had difficulty breathing and pain in her lungs. The callers Pulmonologist office ordered a Chest X-ray for her to compare to the one done on 12Apr2021 and it was clear. She saw her regular doctor yesterday about all this. Caller reports what was not part of the COVID was the NutCracker Esophagus and it has become more problematic. She has been calling around to her doctor's office to see when this going to change, and they are not sure. Caller states if it was a regular drug it would come out in a few days but, since it is this, how long can she reasonably expect this to last? Caller reports the spasms are extremely painful and she is frustrated because of it. Would it be part of the regular vaccine or part of components that are doing this? Outcome of events headache and fever was recovered on 08May2021. Outcome of other events was unknown.   Information on the lot/batch number has been requested.