Age: 57.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Ageusia, Anosmia, Oropharyngeal pain, Pain in extremity, SARS-CoV-2 test
Clinical narrative: no sense of taste and smell; no sense of taste and smell; sore throat; some sore arm after the vaccine.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 57-year-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot Number: EP7533; Expiration Date: 31Jul2021), via an unspecified route of administration in left arm on 07Apr2021 at 15:40 (at the age of 57 years old) as 0.3 mL single for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included ongoing hypertension diagnosed about a year and a half ago to two years ago, ongoing chronic active epstein-barr virus infection, she reports she has the mark for to two years ago. Diagnosed over 10 years ago. The doctor think she may have had Mono when she was a kid. She has an 80 years old mother who had triple bypass heart surgery. Concomitant medications included amlodipine besylate (AMLODIPINE BESYLATE) started taking about a year and a half ago to two years ago, 5mg once a day, by mouth at night; acetylsalicylic acid (ASPIRINE) started about a year ago for preventative measures 81 mg once a day by mouth; rosuvastatin calcium started about a year ago. She does not have high cholesterol, but cardiologist prescribed this because she was genetically predisposed, taken for Preventitive measures 10 mg once a day by mouth; vitamin d3 (VITAMIN D3) during annual exam her doctor puts her on a therapeutic dose of vitamin D3 taken as supplement, 1000 IU once a day by mouth. She has been taking the same medication, and there have been no changes. She has been on a blood pressure medication for a year and a half to 2 years. The patient did not receive have history of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect. The patient did not administered vaccines. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks. She received the Pfizer covid vaccine and asks if losing the sense of taste and smell are side effects of the covid vaccine? Received the vaccine 07Apr2021 and around 3:30 and this morning she woke up and could not smell or taste anything on 12Apr2021. She had little sore throat at 11:30, but after a cup of tea it went away. The only thing she could smell was ground coffee. Sore throat on 11Apr2021 and that lasted about an hour. This morning she woke up at 8 and she could not smell or taste anything. Then she tried smelling coffee, which she smelled a little bit of it. Throughout the day certain things are starting to return. She stated just had some sore arm after the vaccine on Apr2021. last night she had sore throat and this morning when she got up she has no sense of taste and smell. She had a covid rapid test and lab test done. Her rapid test was negative and she said her sense of smell was coming back a little. The rapid test was negative, but still waiting for the lab test result. She wanted to know if that has been reported. She mentions that her voice was a little hoarse, she has been on a 2 hour training class. She mentions again that her sense of smell was starting to comeback a little bit, she can smell incense and a little peppermint but certain things she still cannot smell. She did not see doctor, but she went to a facility to get the covid test. No family medical history relevant to adverse events was provided and no relevant tests were performed. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included sars-cov-2 test: negative on 07Apr2021 and 12Apr2021. She has done nothing to treat her symptoms/event. The outcome of some sore arm after the vaccine was unknown, sore throat was recovered on 11Apr2021, no sense of taste and smell (anosmia) was recovering, no sense of taste and smell (ageusia) was not recovered.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.