Age: 38.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Burning sensation, Decreased appetite, Dizziness, Feeling hot, Headache
Clinical narrative: didn't have any energy /doing nothing/could not work; didn't have appetite; did not feel well; soreness in left shoulder from injection site; Dizzy; Fever/temperature was 100.8; severe muscle aches; pain all over his body/Feels like a sunburn all over back; pain all over his body/Feels like a sunburn all over back; lost his balance twice; severe headache/Headache came back worse and couldn't open eyes; burning in his back and skin; burning in his back and skin; felt like his body was getting warm and had heat over his eye; felt like his body was getting warm and had heat over his eye; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 38-year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), via an unspecified route of administration at site of left deltoid (anatomical location: reported as left shoulder) at 10:30 on 06Jan2021 at single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included COVID symptoms from 12Mar2020 and COVID tested positive by swab from 24Mar2020. There were no concomitant medications. Clinical course: patient was fine on the 06Jan2021, when he got the vaccine. He did not feel well on 07Jan2021, He had soreness in left shoulder from injection site. In the morning, when he woke up, he felt dizzy and had severe muscle aches and pain all over his body, felt like a sunburn all over his back. His skin and arm were very sore. He took a shower and lost his balance twice in the shower because he was dizzy. He was able to make it to work. At work, he started having a headache. It started to get worse. The burning in his back and skin got worse. He took some paracetamol (TYLENOL) in the morning and the headache started to go down. It came back again worse, so he took paracetamol again. He took two tablets of 500mg paracetamol and he tried to go rest on his break. He took a nap on his break for 15 minutes. When he got up from his nap, he found his achiness was much better. The burning was still there. It was getting less but still there. The headache was less when he woke up from the nap. Headache came back worse and he couldn't open eyes. He took paracetamol. He took two 500mg tablets again. He didn't have any energy sitting at his desk doing nothing. He was not able to look at his computer because of the headache. He could not work on 08Jan2021. He left work and got home and was having headache on the ride home. When he got home, he didn't have appetite. He ate a banana and an orange. He felt like his body was getting warm and had heat over his eye. His temp was 100.8. last night on 07Jan2021. Headache started on 07Jan2021 and he continued to have headache. Fever was coming down, but he was still warm today. He didn't feel that like a sunburn all over his back today. Severe muscle aches and pain all over his body were still there, but less than 07Jan2021. He took ibuprofen (ADVIL) last night on 07Jan2021 and another dose of paracetamol this morning on 08Jan2021. He saw the medical team at the nursing home where he works which were nurses and doctors. They suggested he go home and rest. It was mentioned that patient developed COVID symptoms on 12Mar2020 and tested positive for COVID by swab on 24Mar2020. Could he take the second dose? He didn't know if it is an allergic reaction. He thought that burning over the skin is an allergic reaction. He knew they didn't know a lot about the vaccine. He didn't think he should take the second dose because it would make him miss more work and he already missed work today. Is the second dose recommended if it is an allergic reaction such as burning over the skin? Will Pfizer reimburse him for missing work? Vaccination Facility Type in nursing Home. No history of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect. No additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect. No adverse events required a visit to Emergency Room or Physician Office. No prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. No adverse events following prior vaccinations. The outcome of event did not feel well, soreness in left shoulder from injection site, Dizzy, lost his balance twice, didn't have any energy /doing nothing/could not work, didn't have appetite and felt like his body was getting warm and had heat over his eye was unknown; of event headache was not recovered; while of other events was recovering.  Information on the Lot/Batch number has been requested.