Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Body temperature, Chills, Decreased appetite, Headache
Clinical narrative: fever; chills; terrible headache; joint pain/severe joint pain; general malaise; not interested in food and is just sick; not interested in food and is just sick; redness reaction; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team.  An 81-year-old male patient received BNT162b2, BNT162b2 omi ba.4-5 (BNT162B2, BNT162B2 OMI BA.4-5), on 07Nov2022 as dose number unknown (booster), single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: Covid-19 vaccine (Primary Immunization series complete; unknown manufacturer), for COVID-19 immunization. The following information was reported: CHILLS (non-serious) with onset 08Nov2022, outcome "not recovered"; PYREXIA (non-serious) with onset 08Nov2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "fever"; MALAISE (non-serious) with onset Nov2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "general malaise"; ARTHRALGIA (non-serious) with onset Nov2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "joint pain/severe joint pain"; DECREASED APPETITE (non-serious), ILLNESS (non-serious) all with onset Nov2022, outcome "unknown" and all described as "not interested in food and is just sick"; VACCINATION SITE ERYTHEMA (non-serious) with onset Nov2022, outcome "unknown", described as "redness reaction"; HEADACHE (non-serious) with onset Nov2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "terrible headache". The events "fever", "chills", "terrible headache", "joint pain/severe joint pain", "general malaise", "not interested in food and is just sick" and "redness reaction" required emergency room visit. Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section.  Additional information: Caller is calling about the Pfizer COVID-19 Bivalent vaccine. She reported that her husband had the vaccine on a week ago, last Monday. By the next day, he developed fever, chills. Also having "terrible headache", joint pain, gets fever at night and general malaise. She said that her husband is "not getting any better." She wants to know if there is anything that mitigates this, if this is an auto-immune reaction instead of just having to wait. Mentioned that the 10 days seem long because such in redness reaction which may last 1-2 days, but no further information found in regard to causes and how long side effects experienced by patient last. By Thursday, her husband's temperature was 101.8, by Friday it was not better. They called # and went to the ER and the tests did not show anything concerning. Her husband is a healthy 81-year-old. Now they are on day 10 and have talked their general doctor and he just told them to call back if he is not better by Monday. Her husband still has a terrible headache and severe sore joint pain. Her husband is not really having a fever anymore, but will still run a fever at night to 99.1 and has general malaise. He was not interested in food and is just sick.  The information on the batch/lot number for BNT162b2, BNT162b2 omi ba.4-5 has been requested and will be submitted if and when received.