Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypermetropia, Impaired driving ability, Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Optic nerve disorder, Visual impairment
Clinical narrative: cant see close up, can't read, can't drive car, can't put tooth paste on toothbrush; can't drive car; either inflammation or same condition I had in my left eye due to lack of blood flow to optic nerve; Five days after first shot, had a problem of vision in right eye, couldn't see, didn't loose complete vision; getting better but now I cant see details, cant see close up; This spontaneous case was reported by a consumer (subsequently medically confirmed) and describes the occurrence of OPTIC NERVE DISORDER (either inflammation or same condition I had in my left eye due to lack of blood flow to optic nerve), VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (Five days after first shot, had a problem of vision in right eye, couldn't see, didn't loose complete vision), HYPERMETROPIA (getting better but now I cant see details, cant see close up), IMPAIRED DRIVING ABILITY (can't drive car) and LOSS OF PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY ACTIVITIES (cant see close up, can't read, can't drive car, can't put tooth paste on toothbrush) in a 73-year-old male patient who received mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (batch no. 023M20A) for COVID-19 vaccination.     The patient's past medical history included Vision loss (Had complete vision loss in left eye "due to a condition of lack of blood flow to the optic nerve") in 2010 and Pneumonia ("had infection in one of my lungs and my heart went numb, I almost died") in September 2020.   Concurrent medical conditions included Ischemic optic neuropathy, Atrial fibrillation (controlled on medications), Hypertension arterial, Polymyalgia rheumatica, Cholesterol and Bone density decreased.  Concomitant products included ALENDRONATE SODIUM (FOSAMAX) for Bone density decreased, FUROSEMIDE (LASIX [FUROSEMIDE]) for Hypertension arterial, HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE for Polymyalgia rheumatica.   On 20-Feb-2021, the patient received first dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (Intramuscular) 1 dosage form. On 25-Feb-2021, the patient experienced OPTIC NERVE DISORDER (either inflammation or same condition I had in my left eye due to lack of blood flow to optic nerve), VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (Five days after first shot, had a problem of vision in right eye, couldn't see, didn't loose complete vision), HYPERMETROPIA (getting better but now I cant see details, cant see close up), IMPAIRED DRIVING ABILITY (can't drive car) and LOSS OF PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY ACTIVITIES (cant see close up, can't read, can't drive car, can't put tooth paste on toothbrush). At the time of the report, OPTIC NERVE DISORDER (either inflammation or same condition I had in my left eye due to lack of blood flow to optic nerve), HYPERMETROPIA (getting better but now I cant see details, cant see close up), IMPAIRED DRIVING ABILITY (can't drive car) and LOSS OF PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY ACTIVITIES (cant see close up, can't read, can't drive car, can't put tooth paste on toothbrush) had not resolved and VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (Five days after first shot, had a problem of vision in right eye, couldn't see, didn't loose complete vision) was resolving.      DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS (normal ranges are provided in parenthesis if available):  In 2021, SARS-CoV-2 antibody test: negative (Negative) "I had an antibody test and came back negative.".   The action taken with mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (Intramuscular) was unknown.    Patient also reports taking an unspecified blood pressure medication, cholesterol medication, and blood thinner.  Treatment for the events included high dose prednisone in case the event was due to inflammation. Patient reports 12 doses of prednisone 80 mg over three days.   Patient expressed concern over receiving the second planned vaccine to fear of going blind in right eye.; Sender's Comments: Based on the information provided which includes a temporal association between the use of mRNA-1273 vaccine and onset of the reported events, a causal relationship cannot be excluded