Age: 55.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Eye colour change, Eye inflammation, Eye pain, Eye swelling, Intraocular pressure increased
Clinical narrative: scleritis; eye inflammation problems/Inflammation in white part/Sclerites was causing inflammation; High pressure behind her eye after the shot; Bright red eye and very painful/going back down and less painful but then it recurred; Bright red eye and very painful/going back down and less painful but then it recurred; Swelling in the white part/It grew up again/it's getting swollen; First swelling; it was very hazy and that night it became black and she was like freaking out because it was totally black, she could not see; Blue eye, that's not good; retinal bleeding; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). This 55-year-old female patient received the 1st dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EN5318) via an unspecified route of administration on 05Feb2021 as single dose for COVID-19 immunization; bevacizumab (AVASTIN) and prednisone, both via an unspecified route of administration from an unspecified date to an unspecified date at an unspecified dose for an unspecified indication. Medical history included Blood pressure high, thyroid (disorder) and histoplasmosis. Concomitant medications included hydrochlorothiazide for blood pressure high, thyroid (ARMOUR THYROID), estradiol for hormones. About her vaccine reactions, it was creating a huge problem with her issue that she already had with her eye, and she can't get her shots, had to have surgery, it's pretty massive, so she would really like them to call back because they told her she needed to call Pfizer as well because, she was going to need some exemptions because she never finished the Pfizer and she will not finish it because she had eye inflammation problems where she could not get her needed shots for her retinal bleeding on 05Feb2021. The patient stated she reported the first one after her first vaccine but obviously she guessed they didn't get it because they kept sending her something on when she was going to get her second one and she kept saying that she was not going to, and finally she left them kind of a 'nasty text' and then they finally decided to call the patient. So she told that the patient needed to call as well and let agents know, but the patient had the second reaction also because she first had high pressure behind her eye, the patient had histoplasmosis which she took shots for and she was worried about getting this vaccine anyway because of that because of what if it created a problem and it was just a feeling that she had. But when she had injected the vaccine and when she did, that very night she had high pressure behind that eye which. She had bleeding in that eye, that's what histoplasmosis was and she get a shot called Avastin which was she guessed the cancer drug which they put in your eyes to stop the bleeding. So she had done that a couple of years then this vaccine caused that high pressure and then a week later she came up with a bright red eye and very painful. So the patient went to her regular eye doctor, and they told the patient it was sclerites and which was inflammation in white part which was the area that they give her shot every 6 weeks and thought great her very good instinct was true, because now it was creating problems with that, they have to get that under control before she can get the shot and she was supposed to take every 6 weeks. So then they put the patient on medication for that and it started going back down and less painful but then it recurred. And within this time the patient also lost her insurance with the one doctor, so she had to go to a new doctor and he said let's go ahead and stretch it up to 12 weeks, you have always been doing 6 and maybe you can go to 12 you were doing okay right now as far as retina 'not hurting', but not okay as far as swelling in the white part which came up after the vaccine. So now she was, they were not able to give the patient the shot (Avastin) because there for a while they went to 12 weeks and then she ended up, and she was okay and she said look let's just wait for a bit and so then it grew up again, she had to go to her regular eye doctor for glasses checkup, they put the patient on prednisone (treatment) again, so then finally she was able to get 1 shot in between all of that because this issue was going on for quite a while back and forth between both doctors and getting back and being checked. And so finally it was not swollen so the patient let her go ahead and give the patient the shot but it was more hazy, it took longer to go away the medicine it was not like it usually was, so then they went another 12 weeks to wait she had 2 vacations she went on, she came back and because she was not about to do anything during this vacation that must start bleeding and she had issue (further clarification unknown). But so then when she got back she was due for shot but when she got back it was really bright red, it was getting bright red again and she said she thought that this scleritis was coming back, this issue kept coming back and she really didn't want to take the shot today she said you probable should check her and actually the nurse came back out and said they usually they check 'picture' behind the eye and usually they 'take pictures behind' the eye and they usually check the eye but expect for the day when she scheduled for the shot. Well that was the day she was schedules for the shot so she just thought he would check the patient since the patient was saying look it's getting swollen she didn't know that we should do it, well he didn't he said oh this will be okay, so she went in get the shot, it felt different, she said 'was I looking right direction' did she do right because I didn't feel and she said yeah you did fine. Then the next day it was very hazy and that night it became black and she was like freaking out because it was totally black, she could not see. So she went in the next day she lost her work for 2 weeks because she went in the day and the doctor said, it wasn't the doctor that gave her the shot, there was the doctor that saw the patient and he was like on "my god do your eyes see what they see". So when she went back in there then and this was inflammation of course which that Pfizer caused inflammation and she had been having that ever since the night she had the shot, it kept coming back and it's called scleritis in the white part of her eye, so it was coming back. But when she went in like she went ahead and he gave her the shot, they didn't even check her eye, he just gave the shot, when she went back in the next day after they sent her home or next day after it blue eye, that's not good they said "let's put you, we don't know 'if its inflammation' or infection right know so let's give you some medication, send you home, see what happens and come back in the morning." When probed if the consumer took the second shot, the patient stated, "I did not take the second one. I will not take the second shot." The patient stated since the Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine she had not been able to take her regular shot, she was supposed to take every 6 week or 12 whichever one they decided, which was called Avastin. She was supposed to take that, she cannot because the swelling going on now since the vaccine. The patient stated, "The only reason why it goes because they put on prednisone drugs to get it to go away but then as soon as I go off the prednisone drug it comes back which then is creating me a problem for getting my shot which makes me lose my eye if I can't get my shot." The patient didn't know who with which was the high pressure behind the eye right after the shot and the first swelling, but no one ever got back with the patient. The patient stated, "I need you to report it because I am not going to be able to take the second one that was due in 19Mar and I work as a 'hygienist' so I need to have as assumption, so I need to report it. I was going to report the surgery which I have never gotten done with you yet. But now only I am not been able to get the shot, so when I went in there I didn't get to finish with you that they had to do the surgery in order to find out what was going on and to help me get back (voice not clear), so he sent me home with medicine and then it didn't work I went back the next day and he goes like get her over to surgery I am in surgery already I will just 'keep her in'. He said I will be doing some tugging and stuff and he was tugging all that crap out of my eye, my eye is back to where it is supposed to be at the moment but I am supposed to stay on steroids due to the fact that he was trying to figure out it was non-infection by the way, he could not decide which one to give antibiotic (voice not clear) and it came back no infection. So it is definitely inflammation we are dealing with which is definitely been since the vaccine and he have as well, when I talked to him, he needs to call you guys as well because he have other people that has have issue since the vaccine with eyes (further not clarified hence split not made)." The patient was about 170 (pounds). The patient stated, the sclerites was causing inflammation which was not let her be able to take her regular shot that she to take for histoplasmosis and when she did get it caused her to have surgery. It was the medication she guess the medication (Avastin) was not distributing like it should and so it's causing (voice not clear) black and so they have to do surgery. So that was her last experience and she didn't know what's going to happen from here because if they can't give her the shot she can go blind but she didn't know what's going to happen but right now he was just watching me (voice not clear). About treatment (Prednisone for swelling), the patient stated, "Yes. Not as of yet, the one eye doctor that makes my glasses mentioned possibly taking one if it keeps recurring but now I have got in hand of the regular doctor and then I had to have the surgery, and so with all this mess going on he is just trying to right now get the swelling down, so we are not in that direction yet." About other medical condition, the patient stated, "As far as I know I am pretty healthy except for that I have bleeding in retina." Outcome of the events was unknown.   Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.