Age: 76.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Balance disorder, Gait disturbance, Laboratory test, Lumbar puncture
Clinical narrative: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Still can't walk right; Balance issues; Sometimes can't control bladder; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 76-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 12Feb2021 10:30 (Lot Number: EL3247) at the age of 76-year-old as single dose for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included ongoing thyroid(thyroid removed 42 years ago), ongoing bone density(a little longer than 2 years. Probably about 4 years maybe). Family medical history relevant to events reported as none. The patient's concomitant medications included ongoing levothyroxine started 40 years before some form of it for thyroid, morniflumate(FLOMAX) been on a couple of years for bone density. The patient previously received first dose of bnt162b2(Lot number: EL9262) on 22Jan2021 (in the morning, 10:30 or somewhere around that) at the age of 76-year-old, at left arm for covid-19 immunisation. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks) reported as none. Additional vaccines administered on same date of the pfizer suspect reported as none. The patient wanted to report adverse side effect for vaccine. She got Pfizer Covid Vaccine. First shot she did just fine. With the second shot, her body had reaction to the vaccine and she ended up in the hospital. It happened on a Friday and she couldn't get to her doctor. She went to the ER and was diagnosed with ADEM. Later in the call she clarified that ADEM was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. She went to the doctor on a Monday and ended up in the hospital. There was a week in between. She got her shot on a Friday. She went away to a cabin during the weekend. She felt that something was not right during the week. She called her doctor the following Friday, but could not get in until the following Monday. She thought she was getting better. She said slowly she was but when she looked up Pfizer online, it said all about reporting side effects. When the patient was asked if she knew what ADEM meant, she said it was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. It was 15Feb2021 or 16Feb2021 when the symptoms started. In Feb2021, she still couldn't walk right. She had balance issues. She couldn't control. Sometimes she couldn't control her bladder. She thought she had got to follow up on all of this. She thought it would go away. The ADEM improved somewhat. She thought if she gave it enough time, it would go away. It had been 4 months and she still could not walk right. It started mid February when she was put in the hospital. It had improved somewhat. The patient finally decided that she couldn't take the bladder control issue anymore. She had an appointment with a urologist. The balance issues were part of not being able to walk right. She was admitted to the hospital. She was in the hospital for 4 days. She went 22Feb2021 and came home on 26Feb2021. Treatment for events included steroid infusion IV in the hospital. When she came home from the hospital, they had her on steroids for about a month. She also did physical therapy. While she was in the hospital, she did lab work, a spinal tap and a MRI. She had a whole battery of tests done at the hospital. She did not know the dates or results of the tests. Events required a visit to emergency room and physician office. Events were serious as hospitalization from 22Feb2021 to 26Feb2021. The outcome of the events was not recovered.