Age: 62.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Muscular weakness, Nausea, Pain, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: Little chill; tired; felt like I have no energy/ My body feels so weak; slight pain on left arm/ my hand started to pain a lot; I couldn't even touch my own self it was so sensitive; may be I'm inflamed; nausea; severe pain/ my waist my back is so painful; My body feels so weak; my fingers and hand; It triggered the shingles pain in my back; It triggered the shingles pain in my back; had no appetite, I didn't eat; She just checked her pressure and its was 130/80, and now, because of the pain, it went up a little bit; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 62-year-old female patient received her first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EL8982, expiration date: May2021), via an unspecified route of administration on 22Jan2021 at single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included shingles which she contracted in 2019, about one and a half years ago, it was a shingles on her back and lower back which she stated were the worst place for shingles has attacked, it left her with severe pain in both legs; diabetes; and high blood pressure. Concomitant medications included losartan, atenolol (a beta-blocker), and metformin for diabetes. The patient took the vaccine on 22Jan2021 and after about 2-4 days (Jan2021), she had a little chill and got very tired. She had to take care of herself. She was very tired not realizing it was the shot she took. She also felt like she has no energy. The patient was working from home but a lot of times, she was lying on the couch. Over the weekend (Jan2021), she had a slight pain on left arm. About a week or 8-10 days later (2021), she got very tired and couldn't even sit up. Her body was not itself. She started to feel like a bus rolling over her, like somebody took a baseball bat and beat her really bad. The patient uses her arm a lot and her hand started to feel a lot of pain. She couldn't even touch herself; it was so sensitive. She took paracetamol (TYLENOL) but it didn't work. She had celecoxib (CELEBREX) an anti-inflammatory, she thought she was maybe inflamed, but it didn't work. She had some diclofenac cream, she rubbed it, but it didn't work. The patient had shingles about a year and a half ago which was very bad. She just felt weak and didn't feel like herself anymore. She had a little bit of nausea and her whole body was really terrible. When she had the shingles, it left her with severe pain in both legs. She saw a neurologist and told her that she would have to take pregabalin (LYRICA) and it would go away. So, when she had severe pain last week, she took pregabalin but it didn't help. The patient took half of acetaminophen, oxycodone (PERCOCET) as she was not the person who takes pills, but it didn't work. Her body was so severe on Friday, it was not going away, the pain was there 24 hours. The patient has been experiencing this for 8-10 days now. She took one PERCOCET on Friday and had a slight relief and didn't took anything again. She kept rubbing the diclofenac cream, but it was not much of a relief. This morning, she has to work, she was sitting so she took PERCOCET. She is getting her second shot on Friday, 12Feb2021. She asked how she will feel after the second dose if she felt that way after the first dose, if the first shot was adequate, and if she should take the second dose. She stated that she didn't want to take the second dose. Her body felt so weak including her fingers and hand. It triggered the shingles pain in her back and felt like she was beaten up by someone. She has to lie down for the pain in her back. She also mentioned that she couldn't sit for so long as her waist and back were so painful. She was lying on a heating pad and ice and nothing was working. She even has a hard time getting up. She thought what happened was it triggered the shingles pain in her back and also left her with a problem under her feet. The shingles left her with some kind of damage when she took the shot. It was really bad. Her son was a physician and was concerned because last week, it got so bad, she didn't come out, she was in bed and bedridden from Friday to Sunday. She had no appetite, she didn't eat. The only thing that the patient had was diabetes and high blood pressure, but it was under control. She just checked her pressure and its was 130/80, and now, because of the pain, it went up a little bit, but before my pressure was like 120 something, over 68 or 72 it was always around the 60s and 70s. Since she was having this, it was a little high. The outcome of the events was unknown.