Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Arthritis, Chills, Feeling of body temperature change, Headache
Clinical narrative: Had a sore sport on her arm/sore arm from second dose; Had flu-like symptoms; Chills; achy joints/significant joint aches; headaches; Low grade fever; Body aches; Very thirsty; She kept going from hot and cold; sickness; had a severe case of total body arthritis in which she was crawling around the house; Muscle aches; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. This 63-year-old female consumer reported for herself reported via medical information team.  A 63-years-old female patient received second dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID -19 VACCINE, solution for injection, Lot Number: EW0170, Expiry date: unknown) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 22Apr2021 11:30 as dose 2, single for COVID-19 immunization. Patient did not administer additional vaccines on same date of the Pfizer Suspect and did not vaccination with in 4 weeks. Medical history included ongoing arthritis (she was diagnosed with arthritis years ago sometime in her 40s), she had COVID at the start of the pandemic and seasonal allergy (She states she has been cleaning out a family home that is dusty but she has been wearing a mask. She states that she has some seasonal allergies from mowing the lawn but she is not allergic to anything she has allergies). The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient previously took first dose of bnt162b2(PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID -19 VACCINE, solution for injection, Lot Number: ER8732 or iR8732, Expiry date: unknown) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 30Mar2021 12:30 as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization and patient experienced sore arm from first dose and fatigue from first dose. On 23Apr2021, the patient experienced a sore sport on her arm/sore arm from second dose, had flu-like symptoms, chills, achy joints/significant joint aches, headaches, low grade fever, Body aches and very thirsty. On an unspecified date on 2021, the patient experienced muscle ache, had a severe case of total body arthritis in which she was crawling around the house, She kept going from hot and cold and sickness. Reporter is a 63 year old female patient who has already received both doses of the Pfizer COVID Vaccine. She mentioned that at the start of the pandemic, she was sick for a month with flu-like symptoms along with her son. She mentioned that she had a lengthy reaction to her 2nd dose of the vaccine. After the 2nd dose, she had a sore sport on her arm the next day and was fine for a few days. From 22Apr2021 to 03May2021 she mentioned that she had flu-like symptoms with chills, muscle aches, achy joints, headaches, low grade fever, and chills. She mentioned that she had arthritis but after the shot she had a severe case of total body arthritis in which she was crawling around the house. She mentioned that she viewed this as normal, because she and her family would often get sick for a day or 2 after their flu shots decades ago. As of calling, she mentioned that she is already feeling fine. She suspects that she had COVID at the start of the pandemic and would like to determine if people who had previously had COVID had a more intense reaction to the vaccine. She also mentioned that she has no pre-existing conditions, no medications, and is healthy. Reporter states that she was diagnosed with arthritis years ago, sometime in her 40s. She states that she can't play piano anymore and that the arthritis is pretty bad in her hands and feet and all her joint really. She states it is pretty common in old people. She says it did feel that more significantly worse after the second vaccine. She states that it was typical vaccination symptoms and more lengthy. She was wondering if there was any correlation between her age or her having COVID in the past which is why she called. She states that in the beginning of the pandemic she got sick and she didn't go to the doctor because her doctor left the practice. She had over a month of sickness, and she regrets not going to the doctor. She stated that the sickness kept going on and on and on. She states that she called in to see if there was any correlation with her having COVID in the past and lengthy side effects from the second dose. She states that she had no prior immune problems, no high blood pressure, no diabetes, she is not over weight, she just has arthritis. She states she had a humdinger of a reaction to the second vaccine. She states that it was easily 7 days and it started 22Apr2021 after the second injection and lasted till this past Monday 03MAY 2021, when she recovered. She states that she was surprised it was more lengthy then everyone else. She called to find out if she had COVID in the past and maybe she didn't know and that is why she reacted this way. She states that she was not afraid and was not grossly ill. She states that she is still such an advocate of the vaccine. She has friends who refuse to get the vaccine and she is trying to get her friends to get the vaccine. She states that her sickness was more lengthy then her friends and she was disappointed that it lasted so long but she is over it. She states that she knows young people who don't want to wear masks, even though most people do. She does states that some are not and some don't seem to recognize how important this is. She has been looking up links she can send to people, links that she is finding. Reporter stated that her first reaction was nominal, and with the second one, her daughter is a doctor, and her son, everyone was surprised that she did have a lengthy sickness. She states she did have the flu prior to the pandemic, but she wears masks religiously. She states it was just her second vaccine symptoms which were lengthy. She was not alarmed, she got through it and everything is fine. She is not even telling people she was sick, it's just personal thing. She states she had a mild flu for about a week, and she is normally very active. She couldn't get out and do what she normally does. She states she is rarely sick. She states that she only felt her arm being sore when she was sleeping on it. She noticed at night that it was sore. She states she did notice it during the day but it wasn't as bad because she was using it. Reporter stated that after the second dose the symptoms came on very quickly and significantly. She could still creep around the house. She states that normally her arthritis bothers her, its old age, everyone has it, but her joints ached so much worse than they normally do. She had chills and a low grade fever. She kept going from hot and cold. She said the low grade fever would come and go and she did take her temperature but she doesn't have it written down. She states that she tried to take her temperature accurately so she didn't bundle up. Her body aches were really surprising. She states the whole time she had chills, but everything seem to dissipate on Monday. She states that she is grateful it is over, and that's why she decided to call be-cause it lasted so long. She states that during the time she was sick she was suppose to get eyes checked but she said no way. She didn't want to go anywhere, do anything or see anyone. She states that she takes care of her neighbour but she had to call her and tell her to get someone else to come and help her because she was sick and didn't want to be around her just in case it was something she could give her. States that by Monday 03May2021 she was feeling better. She had very little arm pain, and she states that she heard people complain about how their arms hurt for a while but it didn't really bother her. She states that she was in a military family and they got the flu vaccine every year and her whole family would be grossly sick, and she points out this was decades ago. She states that her mom and dad realized that they should stagger getting the flu shot so that not everyone was sick at the same time. She states that her being sick after the second vaccine was nothing, she just did a lot of reading and drinking. She wondered if she was catching Covid at the time she got the vaccine. She suspects that she had COVID at the start of the pandemic and would like to determine if people who had previously had COVID had a more intense reaction to the vaccine. She also mentioned that she has no pre-existing conditions, no medications, and is healthy. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures included COVID-19  positive on an unspecified date. The patient received treatment for the events Had a sore sport on her arm/sore arm from second dose, Had flu-like symptoms, Chills, achy joints/significant joint aches, headaches, Low grade fever, Body aches, Very thirsty. On 03May2021, the patient recovered from the events had a sore sport on her arm/sore arm from second dose, had flu-like symptoms, chills, achy joints/significant joint aches, headaches, low grade fever, body aches and very thirsty and other events were unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.