Age: 23.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: FLU4
Symptoms: Altered state of consciousness, Dizziness, Fatigue, Feeling cold, Hyperhidrosis
Clinical narrative: I received the flu vaccination on 10/23/2019 during one of the flu clinic's that Occupational Health offered to employees. After speaking with my manager, about the symptoms, sickness, and the way that I have felt since the vaccine, I think I may have had a reaction to this specific flu vaccine. Manager had also filed a report because of the way he has felt since receiving the shot. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: On Monday, October 14, 2019, I went to my Primary Care physician's office and saw Staff. I presented with a very bad cough. Staff prescribed me prednisone 20mg to take orally once per day for 7 days and amoxicillin-clavulanate 875 mg-125mg to take every 12 hours for 10 days. I completed the prednisone medication on October 20, 2019 and seemed to be better with still a little bit of a cough (which I thought it would still taper off since I had the full dose in my system). I completed the amox medication on October 23, 2019. This was the day that I received the Flu Shot. I felt completely normal and the cough had stopped. I received the shot around 2 PM in the room where Occupational Health was giving shots. (Please see attachments section for further details about vaccine). The next day, I felt extremely tired. I was nauseous and felt like I needed to sleep. I had felt like I was sweating but my body was cold. I have had a similar episode to a flu shot (the day after) in the past, so I just thought that maybe the vaccine needed to 'get into my system and I would be fine.' Throughout the next few weeks, leading up to Thursday, November 14, I could barely sleep. This has NEVER been an issue for me. I was waking up from a sweat some nights and felt like I had plenty of energy at 3 AM. I also noticed that my vision was a little more blurry than normal. I was wearing my glasses throughout the day vs. how I generally only wear these at night or when driving. On Thursday, November 14, I made an appointment with Staff at my Primary office because I was not feeling any better. He sent me to the imaging center to have a chest x-ray because the cough was back and worse. He also prescribed me prednisone again. On November, 19, I was at a Site Visit with my co-worker. I started to feel extremely lethargic and dizzy. I had ate my normal breakfast and I always try and drink plenty of water. Co-worker noticed that I started to be very pale. I started not to be able to feel my legs and felt as if I would pass out. Co-worker got a wheelchair to wheel me out of the office. My mother came to pick me up from the clinic to take me home. I reported this to my primary care office and they asked if I needed to come in. I tried to sleep for a little while to see if I felt better, and I did after sleeping and getting more food on my stomach. After telling all of this to Manager, he had mentioned that he experienced very similar things. This prompted me to do this report. I am not sure if it is just a series of unfortunate events of sickness or if it was the vaccine. Dr. and I did not talk about this being a allergic reaction because I think that never really crossed my mind until last week after talking with Manager!