Age: 61.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Rhinorrhoea, Sinus disorder, Suspected COVID-19, Throat irritation, Vaccination site discomfort
Clinical narrative: feeling of  "like euugh"; tiredness; she probably had the Covid 19 virus; had very little discomfort with the injection; low grade fever 99F; a little cough; frontal lobe headache; sinus issue; scratchy throat; runny nose; head congestion; sinus pressure; ear pain; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp (patient).   A 61-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2 PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, solution for injection, Batch/Lot number: EN6199), via unspecified route of administration in arm left on 12Mar2021 at 13:30-14:00 (as reported) (at the age of 61-years-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunisation. The medical history of the patient included she reported she was in good health. Her blood pressure was borderline and below. She was a little overweight, they tell her she is overweight. She was the type of person who can get the flu shot, no problems. She never had the shingles shot. She does have seasonal allergies and they do happen this time of year. She is going to get checked for arthritis because it runs in her family. She just lost her mother. Her mother had cancer this past year, she didn't die from the cancer. They were secluded at that time. Then the Covid 19 virus came and her family was even more secluded. As far as other allergies, she has an allergy to pollen, and a form of Penicillin. The form of Penicillin she took and had a reaction to was Cephalexin about 25 years ago and she got a rash and itchy hives. She reports that reaction wasn't like she wasn't able to breathe, it was more like what's wrong. The concomitant medications of the patient included calcium and magnesium and multivitamin. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the covid vaccine. The patient experienced scratchy throat, runny nose, head congestion, sinus pressure, ear pain, low grade fever 99f, a little cough, frontal lobe headache, sinus issue on 12Mar2021 and feeling of like euugh, tiredness, her blood pressure is borderline and below, a little overweight and she probably had the covid 19 virus on an unspecified date. The patient reported that she experienced pretty heavy seasonal allergy-like symptoms. She mentioned that she experienced a scratchy throat 4 hours later, a runny nose, head congestion in the night, sinus pressure, and ear pain due to her head filling with fluid. She also mentioned that she lied down with a general feeling of like euugh and tiredness. She mentioned that this was normal symptoms when she gets seasonal allergies every year but she cannot rule out that this was possibly caused by the vaccine because the timing was just too near her vaccination. As of calling, she was feeling better but still has congestion. She was concerned on getting the 2nd dose because this might happen again to her or maybe worse. She said that people have told her that they did not experience side effects during the 1st dose but had experienced side effects on the 2nd dose. Her symptoms started that night after she received her first Covid 19 vaccine. She went into her normal allergy thing that she gets every year. Clarified she has seasonal allergies that occur every year. She asked some friends and they told her she probably had the Covid 19 virus and she thinks it was more seasonal allergy symptoms. She had head congestion, clear to white mucus, her head was congested. She did have a low grade fever of 99F just one night, the night she received her vaccine. She also had a scratchy throat, the head congestion, a little cough, not the nasty type of mucus. She did not see these symptoms that she was having listed as common side effects. She was asking if these are symptoms we can have. She was getting a little fearful of getting the next Covid 19 vaccine. She does not know what to do. She does not want that anxiety over getting the second Covid 19 vaccine, scheduled to receive it 04Apr2021. she reports she wakes up now and still has a runny nose. She received the Covid 19 vaccine on Friday, 12Mar2021. By Friday night she was totally congested with sinus pressure. She was blowing her nose. It went into her ears, it feels like a whole lot of fluid. It causes ear pain. She still has the symptoms. One night she took Claritin. She's not big on taking medicines. She was still so congested. Every morning she was waking up with it. The scratchy throat started about 3 hours after she received the Covid 19 vaccine. And about 8-10 hours after the vaccine she had a frontal lobe headache, the kind of headache when she gets her seasonal allergies. It's not an allover headache, it's definitely concentrated on her sinuses. Her sinuses feel like they are filling up. It's very much a sinus issue. Feels like the same kind of allergies that she's had for the last 2 years. And it goes into her ears and gives her earache pain. She had very little discomfort with the injection. The patient was not hospitalized. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included blood pressure measurement: borderline (her blood pressure is borderline and below) on an unknown date and body temperature increased: 99 fahrenheit on 12Mar2021. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of AE that included the patient had also taken Tylenol Extra Strength. They were 500mg and she only took one. She took that on 13Mar2021 at 12:00PM. She took maybe a total of 4 Tylenol all together and she felt better so she did not take it anymore. She took them sparingly. Maybe a total of 6 in 2 weeks. The outcome of the events scratchy throat, runny nose, head congestion, sinus pressure, low grade fever 99F, a little cough and frontal lobe headache was reported as resolving and outcome of the events ear pain, feeling of like euugh, tiredness, sinus issue vaccination site discomfort and she probably had the Covid 19 virus was reported as unknown.