Age: 90.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Abdominal pain upper, Computerised tomogram, Depressed level of consciousness, Dizziness, Investigation
Clinical narrative: nausea; dizziness; blurred vision; stomach is starting to hurt; I am unable to function in a normal capacity/could not get out of the bed.; sick; Im not alert long enough; The initial case was missing the following minimum criteria: unspecified product.  Upon receipt of follow-up information on 09Jul2021, this case now contains all required information to be considered valid.  This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) received from a Pfizer colleague. A  90-yerar-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE) on 27Feb2021 (lot number: EN6198) at dose 1, single, then second dose on 20Mar2021 (lot number: EP1534, batch number: EP7534) at dose 2, single; both via an unspecified route of administration at the age of 90-years-old for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included glaucoma and brain tumor. The patient has no previous vaccinations within 4 weeks. Concomitant medications were reported as none. Historical vaccine included flu vaccine back when the patient was a teenager and experienced allergic reaction that broke out with a rash, shaking, and itching. On 27Feb2021, after the vaccination of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, the patient experienced bad reactions daily. The symptoms include nausea, dizziness, and blurred vision. The patient has been unable to work because of it. These events caused the patient to seek medical attention from her primary care provider and vision care provider. The patient has a history of glaucoma, making it very difficult. The patient had to get a CT scan on an unspecified date because her doctor thought that a tumor may have come back to her brain, but the result of the CT scan was clear, and the tumor was not back. As a result, the doctor prescribed medication for dizziness (taken 3 times per day) and nausea (taken as needed). The patient stated that she was unable to function in a normal capacity from an unspecified date in 2021 without the daily treatment medications and still the treatment medications were not always effective in reducing the symptoms. The patient stated that the nausea was getting worse every day. At 5am, it woke her up and she took the pill and lasted a couple of hours but it came back and took another pill. The patient was taking ondansetron 4 mg orodispersible tablet taken under the tongue. On an unspecified date in 2021, the patient's stomach was starting to hurt and takes another pill for this. The patient reported that her ophthalmologist did the examination on an unspecified date in 2021 and stated that this examination had no difference from the previous examination on an unspecified date. The patient stated that her daughter also had the vaccine and had a sore arm for two or three days. The patient also reported that she could not get out of the bed. She had a blurred vision and cannot read without a magnifying glass. It was terrible and the patient had never been this way. The patient takes a medication for the blurred vision and it doesn't last. The patient cannot function, and her doctor already knows this. The patient will see her doctor again on the 26th. On an unspecified date in 2021, the patient was sick all day because of the nausea. The patient had 4 doses of medication and it did not last anytime. On an unspecified date in 2021, the patient was not alert long enough. Yesterday, the patient's nausea woke her up at 5am. She took a pill under the tongue, and before 8am, nausea attacked her again in a couple of hours and all day long. All day yesterday, the patient was nauseated like a morning sickness when pregnant. The nausea quieted down after the patient took a tea but started again after lunch. The patient stayed sitting all day. The patient reported that she experienced the same events after the second dose. The events nausea, dizziness, and blurred vision resulted to physician office visit. Outcome of the events alertness decreased, nausea, dizziness, and blurred vision was not recovered, and for other events was unknown.