Age: 52.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Illness, Investigation, Joint swelling, Myalgia, SARS-CoV-2 test
Clinical narrative: Bruises on my lower legs; little patches about an inch in diameter and redness; Pain in front and rear of my knees; Left ankle pain and swelling; felt sick; the back of his knee, where the tendon is, was very painful and he believes it is muscle pain; Everything was normal except, his cholesterol; Left ankle pain and swelling; Can barely walk.; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient. Other Case identifier(s): US-PFIZER INC-202101647156 (Pfizer).  A 52 year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 09Nov2021 14:30 (Lot number: 330268D) at the age of 52 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Acid reflux" (unspecified if ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: OMEPRAZOLE taken for gastrooesophageal reflux disease, start date: 10Oct2021 (ongoing); OMEGA 3 [FISH OIL]. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Dose Number: 1, Batch/Lot No: FH8027, Location of injection: Arm Left, Vaccine Administration Time: 07:00 PM), administration date: 19Oct2021, when the patient was 52 years old, for COVID-19 immunization, reaction(s): "With the first one, the back of his knee, where the tendon is, was very painful and he believes it is muscle pain". The following information was reported: ARTHRALGIA (non-serious) with onset 12Nov2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Pain in front and rear of my knees"; ARTHRALGIA (non-serious) with onset 12Nov2021, outcome "unknown", JOINT SWELLING (non-serious) with onset Nov2021, outcome "unknown" and all described as "Left ankle pain and swelling"; CONTUSION (non-serious) with onset 22Nov2021, outcome "recovering", described as "Bruises on my lower legs"; GAIT DISTURBANCE (non-serious) with onset Nov2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Can barely walk."; ILLNESS (non-serious) with onset 11Nov2021, outcome "unknown", described as "felt sick"; ERYTHEMA (non-serious) with onset 22Nov2021, outcome "recovering", described as "little patches about an inch in diameter and redness"; MYALGIA (non-serious) with onset Nov2021, outcome "unknown", described as "the back of his knee, where the tendon is, was very painful and he believes it is muscle pain"; BLOOD CHOLESTEROL ABNORMAL (non-serious) with onset Nov2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Everything was normal except, his cholesterol". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of arthralgia, arthralgia, joint swelling, contusion, gait disturbance, illness, erythema, myalgia.  Additional information included: Patient also took Multivitamins, turmeric caps 500mlg, B com as concomitant medications. Patient reported being sick since the last vaccine and felt sick the second day. Patient had started getting bruises on his right leg and little patches about an inch in diameter and redness and it hurt. Patient was taking Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine just to protect himself and to not end up in the hospital. The patient stated that he got the last Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on 9Nov2021 and had been sick since then, that he felt sick the second day. The day after the shot, he got sick. On the third day, he started developing knee and back of the knee pain. Ever since then, he could barely walk. Also, his left ankle was swollen and he had started to get bruises. Patient reported the day after the vaccine on 10Nov2021 and 11Nov2021 he had symptoms of Covid and didn't know that it was because of the vaccine. He got tested for Covid and it was negative for Covid. He stated that the symptoms started the third day, around 12Nov2021. It felt like they were going away and these couple of days, he had started getting bruises on his right leg and little patches about an inch in diameter and redness and it hurt. He clarified this was all in the right leg. On the left leg, in the ankle, the bottom, from the ankle was swollen and also the back of it seemed like it was on the right leg then, it switched to the left leg. Right now, he could barely walk and in the morning, he got up this morning and the back of his knee, where the tendon was, it was very painful and he believed it was muscle pain. It was mostly on the right leg but then, the left one in the knee on the top and it is mostly in the lower legs, from the knee and lower. It had gotten worse. The bruises and patches of redness started yesterday morning and this morning they were a little faded out but it still hurt. He had only taken Aspirin 500mg tablets and the 1000mg doesn't really keep the pain away. He stated that he only took them at night to try and get to sleep. He took 2 tablets for a total of 1000mg which was how it said to take it. With the first dose of the vaccine he did pretty well and didn't get sick or anything. He stated that he heard there are many side effects.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.