Age: 75.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dyspnoea, Ear discomfort, Fatigue, Feeling abnormal, Loss of personal independence in daily activities
Clinical narrative: hurting in her chest, like she has to keep breathing; feeling kind of weird/ feeling bad; feeling kind of weird, off balance; Upset stomach; Chills; She cannot function very good, She is feeling so bad and cannot do nothing; At night time it is hard to try to do something and she cannot do it because she is tired; can hardly breathe at night; it kind of feels like she has an ear ache but she does not have an earache; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer, the patient. A 75-year-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE, Lot number EL1283), via intramuscular route of administration on 14Jan2021 (at the age of 75-years-old) as a single dose in the left arm for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included ongoing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from an unknown date (per patient diagnosed quite a while ago and she goes to a pulmonary doctor). Concomitant medications included unspecified inhaler at two puffs per day if needed and unspecified recue inhaler one puff a day as needed, both ongoing for one year for COPD. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination or any other prior vaccinations or any vaccinations on the same date of the vaccination. The patient experienced chest pain, feeling abnormal, feeling off balance, upset stomach, chills, cannot function very good, tired, can hardly breathe at night and ear discomfort, all in Jan2021. The patient reported she received the vaccination on 14Jan2021 by her primary doctor. She is feeling kind of weird and has an upset stomach. She is asking how long this will last. She is worried about taking the second dose. She is supposed to have the second dose on 04Feb2021. She cannot function very good, states it kind of feels like she has an ear ache but she does not have an earache. Her balance is off and she can hardly breathe at night. All her symptoms started on the third day after getting the shot (Jan2021). She reports the feeling weird and off balance feeling feel like you are drunk. It aggravates her because she cannot function right. She also experienced chills started the third day after the shot and the chills have recovered completely. The patient reported that she was alright the first day. She has hurting in her chest, like she has to keep breathing which also started the third day after getting the shot and has been going on all this time. At night time it is hard to try to do something and she cannot do it because she is tired, states it is the worst part, She is feeling so bad and cannot do nothing. She has a hard time breathing. The events did not require a visit to emergency room or physician office. The patient did not have any relevant tests. The clinical outcomes of the events chest pain, feeling abnormal, feeling off balance, upset stomach were not recovered. The patient recovered from the chills in Jan2021. The outcome of the cannot function very good, she is feeling so bad and cannot do nothing, tired, can hardly breathe at night and ear discomfort was unknown.