Age: 70.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Laboratory test, Platelet count decreased
Clinical narrative: Low platelets; Rash on her body; Bruising; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. A 70-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine; lot number: EL3249), via an unspecified route of administration in the right arm on 19Jan2021 at a single dose for covid-19 immunization. Medical history included ongoing diabetes mellitus since 2011 (reported diagnosed 10 years from this report, ongoing congenital heart defect which patient was born with but did not find out until she was in her 50s; does not bother her too  much; one of the major arteries has a 90 degree angle vs. an S curve, mild multiple sclerosis; no longer has this as she has not had another relapse; she was diagnosed almost 30 years ago; she has never had another attack since she had 2 of them and was on medication that did damage to her liver, breast cancer; patient is a breast cancer survivor and issues with magnesium levels. There were no concomitant medications. On 28Jan2021 the patient had blood work done for her kidney doctor. They withdrew blood from her arm. They had a hard time stopping the bleeding afterwards. They finally got it to stop and put regular cotton balls and a band aid on it. By the time she was walking out she was bleeding out of her arm she felt in her coat. They were able to stop the bleeding again. This was at about 10 AM. Patient went home and afterwards was called back and instructed to go to the ER for critical care. Her platelets were low at 10,000 at that time. They got to the ER and they checked her platelets and they were down to 8,000. They administered some steroids; Prednisone. They decided to admit her after giving the treatment in the ER. After that her platelets came back to 11,000. The next morning on 29Jan2021 her platelet count was 7,000. They started administering the same drug through an IV. He thinks it was still a steroid. They did it in smaller amounts and overnight the next day her platelets were up to 26,000 on 30Jan2021. They continued the treatment during the night again and on Sunday they were 36,000 and they released her that day late on Sunday. They went back and did blood work yesterday on 01Feb2021. The local doctor said her platelets are up to 61,000. The patient was getting blood work every Monday and Thursday for 3 weeks. Th patient had blood work and platelets checked before the vaccine and they were normal. The patient was hospitalized from 28Jan2021 to 31Jan2021 due to the event. The patient also noticed rash on her body and bruising maybe on 21Jan2021 or 22Jan2021. The bruising was really bad on her left hand by her wrist. It was really dark. She was also bruised everywhere they poked her with an IV and bruises where they put the heart monitor on her and pressed down to stick it to her. The bruising is still all over her body. It has stayed about the same. The one on her hand is still severe. The other from where she has been poked are starting to clear up. Overall it was about the same. The outcome of event bruising was not recovered, low platelets was unknown while rash on her body recovered on unspecified date.