Age: 71.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Abdominal pain upper, Erythema, Swelling, Weight decreased
Clinical narrative: stomach aches; swelling; redness; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 71-year-old female patient received second dose of BNT162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number: EM9810), intramuscularly in right arm on 10Feb2021 at 14:20 as a single dose for covid-19 immunization. The patient was previously administered first dose of BNT162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number: EL3249) intramuscularly in upper right arm on 20Jan2021 13:00 for covid-19 immunization. Vaccination Facility Type: University. Vaccine Administered at vaccine Facility: No. She has been having a diarrhea type problem the last couple weeks since a week after receiving her first dose of the covid vaccine experienced diarrhea on 27Jan2021. Medical history included ulcer, severe sepsis, kidney dialysis and flu shot. The patients concomitant medications were not reported.  She had a problem four years ago with an ulcer she did not know she had. She is lucky to be alive. She is not sure if this may have any bearing on what she is experiencing. She was in the ICU for 55 days and another 29 days in another hospital. She had severe sepsis and kidney dialysis. This occurred four years ago. HCP: She has not gone to her nurse practitioner in quite a bit, states she is out for a month. For a week her diarrhea was not the greatest, it was not much during the day, mostly at night. Then it started calming down where and she was ok through the night. She has a little bit in morning and she is ok during the day. States it is a runny kind of diarrhea type of thing. Wednesday (10Feb2021) she did not go at all. Yesterday (11Feb2021) and today (12Feb2021) she had a normal bowel movement. It was solid and a little bit of liquid. After lunch she ended up having to go to the bathroom again and she took Imodium. She has been taking Imodium off and on since she does not want to take too much. She had a stomach-ache this morning twice and she did not have stomach aches prior to this morning. She called the county and reported it to them and they told her they did not think it would be from the vaccine. With the first dose she had a sore arm the first night. With the second dose it was not as sore but there is redness and swelling. Outcome: States it is hard to say she would have to look at it, she noticed it more today. She is not on any medications she takes supplements and vitamins. States with the first dose it was nurses administering the vaccine and the second dose was administered by qualified personnel. She called her hcp and was told take Imodium. She is trying not to take too many Imodium. Patient did not visit to emergency room or physician Office. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks):  none aside from first dose of vaccine. She had a flu shot on 04Oct2020. The patient experienced stomach aches, swelling, redness on an unspecified date. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included weight was lost on an unspecified date. States she is down to a third of stomach. The outcome of the events were unknown.