Age: 65.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blindness transient
Clinical narrative: momentarily vision loss; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable female consumer. A 65-year-old female patient  received the first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot Number: ER8728) via an unspecified route of administration, in left arm on 31Mar2021 11:00 (at the age of 65-years-old) as single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Vaccine was not administered at Facility. Facility type was Department of Health. Medical history included bone loss diagnosed more than 3 years ago from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. Concomitant medication(s) included vitamins nos (Multivitaminum) taken for routine health maintenance from an unspecified start date and ongoing; calcium taken for bone loss from an unspecified start date and ongoing; vitamin d [vitamin d nos] taken for routine health maintenance from an unspecified start date and ongoing taking it for years. Also patient stated she started on her own because reading and recommendation vitamin D was so critical. This is vitamin D3 and she does not know if sun can provide. She has been taking it only about a year. Patient asked about a question on her vaccination questionnaire. She said it asked about every getting vaccines on a base, why was that question there. Caller stated this happened early in the afternoon and she was in the kitchen and was standing near island she was working up right. She was not bent over. All of sudden she looked up and maybe for a minute or two lost her vision. It was not too long, but long enough it certainly caught her attention. Caller stated when she was looking down at whatever she was doing on the counter she looked up and her line of sight was in the great room but she could not see anything and thought oh my gosh what happened. Patient reported that she and her husband both received their first doses of the PFIZER-BIONTECH mRNA COVID-19 vaccine on 31Mar2021. She reported that they've both experienced visual disturbances since then, with no prior history of vision impairment. She stated her husband was nearby and he was like what do you mean and she could not even see a foot in front of her. Reported that by the time she went through a conversation her vision had come back and she has not experienced it since. Her episode occurred on Friday (02Apr2021), during the day while at her kitchen island. She was unable to see, but it resolved quickly. Her husband's episode occurred last night 05Apr2021. She reported that her husband (67 y/o, male) woke up from being asleep, asked if the TV was on (which was because he could hear it, but could not see it). His symptoms have also resolved. Patient explained her husband and she both, on different days experienced vision disruption. Momentarily, but they experienced it different day. They both had the general feeling that something was a little different but nothing severe and worrisome until the vision thing. Event blindness transient was considered serious (medically significant) based list. No treatment for the events was given. Outcome of the event was recovered on 02Apr2021 for female patient. Follow up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.