Age: 29.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Nasal congestion, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: Hurts to move her arm; Felt like she had the flu; Congestion; Headache; Tiredness; lymph nodes in her underarm area are swollen, really achy; lymph nodes in her underarm area are swollen, really achy; Chest pain; Numbness in her face; Completely lost her vision; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 29-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 12Apr2021 (Batch/Lot Number: ER8729) as single dose for COVID-19 immunization.  There were no medical history or concomitant medications.  The patient experienced completely lost her vision on 12Apr2021 with outcome of recovered on 12Apr2021, congestion on 16Apr2021 with outcome of not recovered, chest pain on 12Apr2021 with outcome of recovered on 12Apr2021, numbness in her face on 12Apr2021 with outcome of recovered on 12Apr2021, felt like she had the flu on 17Apr2021 with outcome of recovering, lymph nodes in her underarm area are swollen, really achy on 13Apr2021 with outcome of not recovered, headache on 15Apr2021 with outcome of not recovered, tiredness on 13Apr2021 with outcome of not recovered, hurts to move her arm on an unspecified date with outcome of not recovered. lymph nodes in her underarm area are swollen, really achy was reported as worsened. Clinical course: the patient was asking for advice because she had the first dose of the Covid Vaccine 1 week ago and had a really bad reaction and had to go to the hospital. It has been a week now and the symptoms are continuously getting worse. It sounds like the side effects were all expected. She felt like she had the flu yesterday. She is really achy, her lymph nodes in her underarm area are really swollen, and it hurts to move her arm. She is familiar that these symptoms are expected, but it has been a week. She wants to know if she should see a physician or if there is something she should do. Event details: The flu like feeling was not until 6 days after she got the first shot. It is not as bad but she does have aches and congestion. Her lymph nodes are really swollen and she has a headache and tiredness. She had symptoms before, that was just the start of the flu like feeling. On the day of the shot she went to the hospital because she completely lost her vision and had chest pain. She got the shot on Monday, 12Apr2021. She had numbness in her face, vision loss, and chest pain. From there she went to the hospital and that subsided. It was just like total exhaustion and body aches for the next couple of days. She lost her vision for 5 minutes total. The numbness to her face was right after the shot and is all gone now. The achiness is pretty bad now. It differs per day but her symptoms have probably gotten a little worse as time has gone on. She had slight pain in her lymph nodes and they weren't really swollen. It got progressively worse to now they are very swollen and it hurts to move her arm. It was the same arm where the shot was given. The headache is off and on. It started around Thursday 15Apr2021. It is sporadic when she gets it. It hasn't gone away. The tiredness has been the same since she got the shot. When she went to the hospital she went to the ER. She was not admitted. She spent 4 to 5 hours there. Treatment: In the ER she just had an IV (intravenous). Other than that they did a bunch of lab work. She had no medicine or anything. Investigations: They did a chest X-ray and lab work in the ER. Emergency Room Visit required for events completely lost her vision, chest pain, numbness in her face, felt like she had the flu.