Age: 83.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dyspnoea, Electrocardiogram, Fatigue, Headache, Illness
Clinical narrative: Labored breathing; chest pressure; fatigue; chest felt very tight; she is not planning to get her second vaccine; because has vertigo besides this; she can't swallow; Wheezing; got very sick; pains all over; headache; neck pain; arm pain; bone pain; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 83-years-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, formulation: Solution for injection, lot number: GWO196), via an unspecified route of administration in Arm Left on 24Jun2021 at 04:00 (83-year-old at the time of vaccination) as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included bl high cholesterol; reported that her body makes cholesterol, it is not what she eats. It is 350 sometimes, 300 is high. Asthma, swollen, blood pressure, allergy with some soaps, adhesives they have to put one with cloth that does not have the same qualities as adhesive or otherwise she gets a rash, history of stents for heart attack, couple of arteries clogged but not showing any signs of causing problems, cancer. The patient had allergy with some medicines like clindamycin, Percocet, Percodan, penicillins. Concomitant medications included amlodipine (AMLODIPINE, dose: 5 mg, 1x/day) taken for blood pressure; atorvastatin (ATORVASTATIN, dose: 40 mg (she has been taking for years)) taken for blood cholesterol; furosemide (LASIX [FUROSEMIDE, dose: 20 mg (for three years. Not every day)]) taken for when her legs get swollen; salbutamol sulfate (VENTOLIN ACCUHALER) taken for asthma. It was reported that amlodipine was taken 3 or 5 years she has been on, but does not remember off hand, atorvastatin was taken maybe 8 years, it runs in her family everybody has it. She has been taking all her medications 50 years but not her cholesterol medication, for Lasix she is running like a chicken with her head cut off because everything that has happened to her. She takes 20, her daughter takes 40 mg not every day, for Ventolin when foggy outside she gets wheezy and when she is outside walking, she does one spray once and that is it. Years ago, she had bad asthma but not in the last 5 years except with weather. The patient previously took flu vaccine vii every year and experienced her arm hurt a little bit, coughing, chest hurt, did not have breathing thing, she got the flu, fainted. Reported that she was getting the flu vaccine every year, she takes it, and was okay the first time but her arm hurt a little bit and it never hurt. Two years ago, she took it and 2 weeks later felt sick like coughing and her chest hurt and she did not have breathing thing. Coughing and chest hurting led to her going to the emergency because she also fainted, so she called # and they took her to the hospital. She did tests and it was not her heart. They tested her for the flu and she said oh I already got my flu shot and they said well good thing you did. Caller confirms she got the flu after getting the flu shot. Reported that after experiencing labored breathing, chest pain, she called a cardiologist and went to the doctors and was admitted to the hospital for cardiac testing, and complains of labored breathing and fatigue. She wants this documented and has a history of stents in the past but hospital workup was negative. She had a heart attack 3 years ago and has stents in her heart. What happened when she called, she had cancer 5 years ago, when she called the oncologist and told him he said call cardiologist and she told her that she had the vaccine. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital and they did a bunch of tests and electrocardiogram and xrays and put her on monitor. After a few hours, they sent her to the cardiac floor where they gave her an injection, more blood tests, more of everything. The next day, nuclear testing of the heard and all of that stuff and sent her home and said it was not her heart and it was fine. She still had a couple of arteries clogged but not showing any signs of causing problems so they do not have to put a stent in. Caller confirms this was prior to receiving the vaccine because she has arteries clogged but only one with a stent and she still does not need a stent. No history of previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect. No prior Vaccinations within 4 weeks. Reported that after vaccination they left her there for the 15 minutes and she had no reaction and came home and said my God, I should have done this a long time ago, because her arm was perfect and did not hurt and she had no symptoms till 2 o'clock in the morning. Reported that she is not planning to get her second vaccine. The second one she hears has worse and more side effects. She does not know what is going to happen if she only has one. She is supposed to have one 15Jul2021 in a couple days and right now she cannot take it if she is feeling this way because it is impossible and how should she do it if she is sick. Reported that Dr was afraid she was having a heart attack because she felt think someone was squeezing her chest and her breathing wasn't normal, so the hospital did all kinds of cardiac evaluation and they admitted her to the cardiac floor and continued to have all kinds of cardiac testing done, turns out her heart was okay, even though she has a stent in her heart and has 2 arteries that are clogged but they do not need to be fixed because there are not clogged to the point where it would cause her any problems, All the test showed that she did not have a heart attack. She has a lot of fatigue, if she walks from the bedroom to the kitchen, she really tires and feels like her breathing is labored, it's awful, and pains in the neck, even though before used to have a little pain in the neck, because has vertigo besides this but now has to be putting Ice packs constantly on the neck, waits and hour and then again and takes Motrin for the pain. Also the muscles, the doctor says the muscle in the chest, not in her heart and when she touches it hurts. Also having episodes where she can't swallow like she used to and had Asthma but kinda went away and now has started the past 2 days having Asthma, always has a pump with her because when it is foggy out she gets a little wheezing since yesterday, when she wakes up in the morning she hears the wheezing so will take a puff from the inhaler, so she would like this to be registered because she is 84 year old lady and has some issues that she never had other than when she had a heart attack, to which she had to change her medication. On 26Jun2021, the patient experienced labored breathing, chest pressure, fatigue, chest felt very tight, on an unspecified date, the patient experienced she is not planning to get her second vaccine, because has vertigo besides this, on 07Jul2021, the patient experienced wheezing, on 24Jun2021, the patient experienced got very sick, pains all over, headache, neck pain, arm pain, bone pain. It was reported that some term highlighted by the reporter as Labored breathing, chest pressure, fatigue. It was reported that it was not chest pain but it was pressure like somebody was squeezing her heart or had a rock on it and it weighed 100 pounds. It has gotten worse now that she is having wheezing in the morning. She had to use an inhaler for asthma yesterday. It has not gotten worse but it is the same. AE(s) require a visit to emergency Room and physician Office and hospitalized for one day. The patient was hospitalized for labored breathing, chest pressure and fatigue and chest felt very tight from 30Jun2021 to 01Jul2021. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included blood test resulted as unknown results, height resulted as 149.86 cm which she think shrunk and got fat, she used to be 4'11", electrocardiogram resulted as unknown results, nuclear testing of the heard resulted as it was fine, weight resulted as 100 lbs on 26Jun2021 which rock on it and it weighed 100 pounds, x-ray resulted as unknown results. Reported that all tests were negative but they put her in for her heart and no other reason to keep her because she did not need any kind of procedure done. Once they found it, she went home. Patient received treatment for events (labored breathing, chest pressure, fatigue, chest felt very tight, wheezing, pains all over, neck pain. The outcome of events Labored breathing, chest pressure, fatigue, chest felt very tight, Wheezing was not recovered, the outcome of events she is not planning to get her second vaccine, got very sick, pains all over, headache, neck pain, arm pain, bone pain, because has vertigo besides this and she can't swallow was unknown.