Age: 64.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Dizziness, Fall, Head injury, Hypoacusis
Clinical narrative: fainted; fell and hit his head; fell and hit his head; felt lightheaded/Dizziness; blood clots in his lungs; he has a spot on his lung that they are monitoring; hypoacusis and has a new hearing aid; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient's wife). A 64-years-old male patient received the first dose bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE; ), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 02Apr2021 (at the age of 64 years old) (Batch/Lot Number: ER8733) as 1st SINGLE DOSE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included severe sleep apnea from 18Mar2021 (received a machine not long after),  gout (diagnosed about four years ago) , ex-tobacco user from an unknown date to an unknown date (two pack a day smoker over thirty years). Concomitant medication included colchicine (COLCHICINE) 0.6 mg, 1x/day taken for gout, start date was not reported to Apr2021. The patient experienced blood clots in his lungs (hospitalization, medically significant) on 02Apr2021 (also reported as 02May2021). , fainted, fell and hit his head, felt lightheaded/dizziness  on 02Apr2021, The patient was hospitalized from  2Apr2021 to 4Apr202.  It was reported the patient experienced hypoacusis and has a new hearing aid on an unspecified date. Caller says her husband has new hearing aids, which is why he is not doing the report himself.  Patient has a spot on his lung that they are monitoring  on an unspecified date.  The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included blood test: results unavailable on an unspecified date , 'they did a couple tests' (details not provided)  results unavailable on 02Apr2021, urine analysis: results unavailable on an unspecified date. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of blood clots in his lungs included Thrombectomy on 02Apr2021. The clinical course was reported as follows on April 2nd her husband received his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Approximately  an hour later they went to the market and he felt lightheaded, so instead of getting out of the car they sat there 20 minutes. He started to get out again then halfway out the door he fainted and fell down on the ground. She says he was out for, 5-10 minutes, clarified to not even a minute. Since he hit his head she called an ambulance, and they took him to PRIVACY in PRIVACY. They  did a couple tests and said since it was so soon after getting the vaccine that they did not think the vaccine had to do with his blood clots. Caller also stated he fainted because that was one of the side effects of the vaccine, but they were glad he got there since he had several blood clots in his lungs. On the same day (02Apr2021) he had a thrombectomy to remove the blood clots and put him on a blood thinner. Patient was admitted to the hospital April 2nd and was discharged April 4th. He  is doing better, he is on a blood thinner now. She says there were a few doctors that had to weigh in on whether he should get the second dose, they decided it wouldn't affect it since the vaccine goes into his muscle.  No  other vaccinations on the same days as his Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations or during the four weeks prior.  Once they placed him on a blood thinner, they took him off Colchicine 0.6mg.  He stopped taking Colchicine because they said the blood thinner doesn't work with that particular medication.  It was also reported The patient is to schedule an appointment with a  rheumatologist and a hematologist, they did blood work and a urine test and said he has a spot on his lung that they are monitoring. The clinical outcome of the event blood clots in his lungs was Recovered/Resolved with Sequel while the remaining events was unknown. The  second dose bnt162b2 was administered on April 29th. LOT: ER8751, caller hopes that is a 5, the writing is very bad on there. The patient had no side effects from his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.