Age: 73.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Balance disorder, Body temperature, Body temperature increased, Dysarthria, Dysphagia
Clinical narrative: ordinary flu like symptoms; nose is stuffy; ears hurt; throat is sore; running a little temperature of 99.6F; hurts everywhere; allergic response; small rash; 2 hives developed; slurred speech; no balance; tongue thickening; trouble swallowing; breathing was slowing down; hard to keep her eyes open; reaction time was slowing down; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. This 73-year-old female consumer (patient) reported that she received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 03Apr2021 09:25 AM (Lot Number: ER8732) as SINGLE DOSE for covid-19 immunisation.  Medical history included ongoing arthritis right hand (she has to be managed with pain medications since 2005); ongoing severe chronic debilitating arthritis in her whole body particularly in her spine; ongoing allergic to some antibiotics and Tylenol (She had a major anaphylactic reaction to Tylenol about 20 years ago); a torn rotator cuff and will have surgery to repair that when she's feeling better; allergies gotten better over the years (She can react to anything, dust, pollen, chemicals, food, medicine). Concomitant medication(s) included thyroid (ARMOUR THYROID) since she was 32 years old. Historical vaccine included flu vaccine for immunization in Jan2021 that gave her flu like symptoms, she was in bed for a week.  Patient received her first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine on 03Apr2021. She had an allergic response within a few hours after receiving the Covid 19 vaccine on 03Apr2021. Within an hour of receiving the Covid 19 vaccine she had a small rash, the rash got considerably worse in that next hour. She developed 2 hives. She thought it was a mild response. She does have allergies and has had reactions to things before. She then developed slurred speech, had no balance, tongue was thickening and she had trouble swallowing. She received her Covid 19 vaccine at 9:25AM and after she started having the reaction she took her first line of defense medication, Alka Seltzer Gold and it didn't work. She took one Benadryl at 11:55AM and a second Benadryl at 12:20PM, about 25 minutes in between the 2 Benadryl doses. Alka Seltzer Gold expired Jun2020 btak4x4 is the only number she sees on the package. She wants to add that her breathing was slowing down, it was hard to keep her eyes open and her reaction time was slowing down. Her breathing slowing down was really frightening to her and she thought she might have to go to the Urgent Care. She does have an epi pen. She's asked her doctor for another epi pen but her doctor's medical assistant keeps putting getting her an epi pen off. Her epi pen is out of date, the epi pen expired in 2019. She was going to use the epi pen if she needed too but she didn't have to use it. She reports that her initial reaction (above) all resolved within 11 hours on 03Apr2021 from the time she received the Covid 19 vaccine. Now she has ordinary flu like symptoms. Her nose is stuffy. Her ears hurt and her throat is sore. She is running a little temperature of 99.6F and she hurts everywhere. The flu like symptoms started around 36 hours after she received the Covid 19 vaccine. Maybe 8:00PM or 9:00PM Sunday evening 04Apr2021. She is still having these symptoms (outcome as not recovered). The urgent care was closed on Saturday, 03Apr2021. On Monday she was feeling better anyway and knew she had a regular check up with her doctor this week. She will see her primary care doctor this Thursday, 08Apr2021. Emergency Room/ Physician Office was not required for events.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.