Age: 70.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: FLUX
Symptoms: Feeling cold, Incorrect dose administered, Influenza, Nausea, Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: This case was reported by a consumer and described the occurrence of flu in a 71-year-old female patient who received influenza vaccine unspecified. Co-suspect products included influenza vaccine unspecified. Previously administered products included flu vaccination with an associated reaction of influenza (and sore arm). Concurrent medical conditions included seasonal allergy, gastroesophageal reflux disease, osteoarthritis and blood pressure high. Concomitant products included TYLENOL, cortisone, hydrochlorothiazide, spironolactone, ACIPHEX, vitamin D3, CENTRUM, DIVANE and NASONEX. In November 2012, the patient received influenza vaccine unspecified and influenza vaccine unspecified. In November 2012, 10 days after receiving influenza vaccine unspecified and influenza vaccine unspecified, the patient experienced flu, bronchial tubes congestion (serious criteria GSK medically significant), chills, shaking, fever, diarrhea, cough, vomiting, feel cold, lightheaded and overdose. On an unknown date, the outcome of the flu, bronchial tubes congestion, chills, shaking, fever, diarrhea, vomiting, feel cold and lightheaded were recovered/resolved and the outcome of the cough and overdose were unknown. It was unknown if the reporter considered the flu, bronchial tubes congestion, chills, shaking, fever, diarrhea, cough, vomiting, feel cold, lightheaded and overdose to be related to influenza vaccine unspecified and influenza vaccine unspecified. Additional information was provided: The patient lost 55 pounds to get her blood sugar down to normal about four years ago. See case US2014GSK024279 for tolerance to previous vaccinations. The patient was given two doses of a flu vaccine in November 2012. Ten days later she got the flu. In the middle of the night, she got cold and could not get warm. She moved beside her husband hoping that would help get her warm but it did not. She got the chills so bad that she was shaking and shivering to the point she moved from one side of the bed to the other. It was not a seizure she noted. Her husband tuned the temperature up to 96 degrees trying to get the room warm. She was still freezing. Her husband got a bag of lentils out of the freezer and put them in the microwave to heat them. She used the on her stomach try to get her body to warm up. Said she was still so cold and just wrapped herself around the bag of lentils. She did get warm but was very sick for 18 hours. She could not get up out of the bed and if she needed to get up and go to the bathroom which was 8 to 10 steps, she could not think about it. She started having diarrhea and vomiting which she had to use buckets for the vomiting. After about 18 hours gradually the symptoms were not the same intensity. She had diarrhea for about 3 days and the vomiting lasted for about 8 to 24 hours but not all of the time. She continued to feel sick on her stomach. She did run a fever but not for long. She tried to go out the grocery store two or three weeks after getting sick. When she felt as little better and running low on food she went out to the grocery store. She wore a mask so other would not get sick. But as soon as she came back home, she would get sick again. She would have congestion in her bronchial tubes. She could not break the stuff up in the tubes but she knew it was not an infection. Gradually the stuff came up as it got warm but it did not clear up until spring. Coughed up congestion and the color was clear and become lightheaded and sick with a virus but no fever. She never went to the doctor or the hospital because she did not want to get sicker or make anyone else sick. She stayed in the house for several weeks.