Age: 73.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Limb discomfort, Malaise, Nasopharyngitis, Nausea, Retching
Clinical narrative: food poisoning; First got really sick; nausea/She got sick to her stomach; head colds/feels like coming down with a cold; Feeling unwell/she wasn't feeling well; Dry heaved for 40 minutes. Saliva in her stomach was coming up, not food. Felt like it lasted forever.; sinus problems.; vomiting; Pain injection site; Slight headache; Chills, feels like coming down with a cold; Tired; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient)  A 73-year-old female patient received the first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE, lot number: RL3249), via an unspecified route of administration at left arm on 26Jan2021 14:00 (also reported as 17Jan2021 - pending clarification) at SINGLE DOSE for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient had no prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. Medical history included diabetes, cancer (prior to receiving COVID-19 shot. Stated she was 14 years cancer free), allergy, shingles shot which hurt at the injection site, shrinks every year (Doesn't know exact number, but a little under 5 feet). The patient had no family medical history. Concomitant medication included mometasone furoate (FLONASE [MOMETASONE FUROATE]). On an unspecified date, the patient experienced she got sick to her stomach, food poisoning, "nausea/She got sick to her stomach," "head colds/feels like coming down with a cold," "feeling unwell/she wasn't feeling well," "dry heaved for 40 minutes. Saliva in her stomach was coming up, not food. Felt like it lasted forever," sinus problems, vomiting, and first got really sick. On 26Jan2021, the patient experienced tired, slight headache, chills feels like coming down with a cold, and pain injection site. The patient reported that she received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and experienced side effects including nausea, head colds, and sinus problems. She was concerned that this may be covid and if it will be safe for her to get the second dose of the vaccine as scheduled. The patient further reported that she first got really sick. Never had the flu and always gets head colds or food poisoning on an unspecified date. After reading material passed out, perhaps she was treating COVID and not a cold or allergy. The patient took first COVID-19 shot on 26Jan2021. Thought everything was fine. The patient was close to bedtime then noticed she wasn't feeling well. Looked at side effects and has like six of them at the same time. Right as she was going to rest, she got sick to her stomach. Never was sick to her stomach except when she was food poisoned. The patient had dry heaved for 40 minutes. Saliva in her stomach was coming up, not food. Felt like it lasted forever on an unspecified date. The patient asked that if she does have COVID, should she take the second shot? Wanted to get tested because Pfizer materials says exactly what her headache and sinus stuff was about. Now she was scared. The patient also reported that she wanted to take the second COVID-19 shot. If she does have COVID, thinks it's not the thing to do right now. It was confirmed she has not had a positive COVID test after receiving the first COVID-19 shot. Should have read material prior to and maybe wouldn't have taken the first COVID-19 shot. Confirmed symptoms she mentioned occurred after the COVID-19 shot. The patient came home from COVID-19 shot feeling fine. Didn't get sick until close to bedtime. Appointment for COVID-19 shot was 2:30PM. Clarified six symptoms previously mentioned: The patient had pain at injection site just two days and was gone. Began shortly after she got home from the COVID-19 shot. Went to lift arm up and it didn't feel good. Began an hour or two after COVID-19 shot. The patient was tired unusually early in the day. Felt like she didn't want to do anything. Couldn't use her left arm. Clarified left arm was injection arm. Tiredness has subsided and only lasted a couple of days. It was further reported that patient never gets headaches. It started after vomiting which didn't last long. It bothered her and then was gone by the time she went to sleep. The patient had chills, feels like coming down with a cold on an unspecified date which subsided right before dinner around 3PM-4PM. The patient had to put on a fluffy robe to keep warm. It was also reported that the patient did not have a fever. It was also reported that shingles shot hurt at injection site where pain lasted a week and a half. Temperature went from 98.6 degrees to 99 degrees. The patient was taking stuff now and monitoring to see if she can see any signs. The patient was feeling unwell on an unspecified date which has subsided except for allergies and she was concerned. The patient also experienced dry heaving: didn't have anything in her stomach on an unspecified date which subsided. Even after she ate yesterday, hasn't had any dry heaving except for night of the COVID-19 shot. The patient underwent lab tests and procedure which included body height: little under 5 feet (doesn't know exact number), temperature: went from 98.6 degrees to 99 degrees, and COVID test: negative (she has not had a positive COVID test after receiving the first COVID-19 shot). Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of sinus disorder which included sinus medication and was squirting Flonase in her nose. On an unspecified date, the patient recovered from slight headache. The patient had not yet recovered from the event nausea and vomiting. The outcome of the events chills, tired, food poisoning, first got really sick, head colds/feels like coming down with a cold, feeling unwell/she wasn't feeling well, dry heaves, sinus problems, and pain injection site were unknown.