Age: 78.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Diarrhoea, Ear swelling, Illness, Influenza, Neck pain
Clinical narrative: Swelling on her right ear; Symptoms of the flu/side effects like the flu; Diarrhea/bad diarrhea; Urinating like crazy/had to urinate non-stop; Sick; Swelling on her right eyelid; Pain down her neck; Everything was swollen, her one eyelid and the outside of her ear then down her neck on the right side; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 78-year-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot number: EL1283, Expiry date: unknown) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Right Arm on 19Jan2021 (at the age of 78-years-old) at a single dose for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included mastectomy (she had a mastectomy before, so she has no lymph nodes, she doesn't let them touch her left arm. She says this was done 26 years ago when she was 52), arthritis (she has bad arthritis in her back), Blood pressure high (she takes a high blood pressure medication), High cholesterol (she takes a high cholesterol medication) and eye surgeries (she has had all kinds of eye surgeries before this). The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient experienced swelling on her right ear, symptoms of the flu/side effects like the flu, diarrhea/bad diarrhea, urinating like crazy/had to urinate non-stop, sick, swelling on her right eyelid, pain down her neck, everything was swollen, her one eyelid and the outside of her ear then down her neck on the right side on an unspecified date in 2021. The patient stated that she had a lot of side effects and she talked to her doctor who said to go ahead and get the second dose. She says she had no fever, but had all the rest of the side effects, such as swelling of her neck, ear, and eye, which all went away fast. She says she was sick almost 4 days, and her doctor said side effects shouldn't last that long, so she called to get advice about whether to get second shot or not. She says her appointment for her second shot is the 09Feb2021, she would like to know if it is safe for her to get. She says her side effects started in the evening, the swelling of her right ear didn't last, it went away. She says during the night she woke up and had to urinate non-stop that started that night a day later. She says that lasted the next day, then the day after, until Saturday she felt better. She says she had all side effects like the flu, then later bad diarrhea too. She says she finally took something for diarrhea (no further information provided about this) and took Tylenol. she doesn't see the expiration on that bottle, she thinks it is good for 2021. She says that she doesn't see too good. She clarifies that they Tylenol she had took before, with no issues, and her not seeing too good had nothing do with the vaccine, she has had all kinds of eye surgeries before this. She says her right ear was swollen, everything was swollen, her one eyelid and the outside of her ear then down her neck on the right side. She says that the pain started about a day later Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Caller says that she called her doctor today, that was the first time she did that, she was trying to wait and see, and her doctor said normally side effects don't last that long, so he has her worried. She says if she does not take the vaccine she will not be protected, but if she does, she may have worse side effects. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of diarrhea/bad diarrhea. The patient recovered from the event swelling on her right ear on an unspecified date in 2021, outcome of the event Urinating like crazy/had to urinate non-stop was recovering, while outcome of other events was unknown.