Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Anxiety, Claustrophobia, Vertigo
Clinical narrative: Vertigo; Claustrophobia; Anxiety; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 86 year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administration date Apr2021 (Batch/Lot number: unknown) as dose number unknown, single for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (First Dose, Anatomical Location: Left arm , Route of Administration: Intramuscular), administration date: Mar2021, for COVID-19 immunization; Flu vaccine (Flu vaccine 25 years ago. He does not have a manufacturer, lot or expiration. He did not have the Vertigo, but did have the anxiety attack.), for anxiety attack. The following information was reported: VERTIGO (non-serious), outcome "not recovered", described as "Vertigo"; CLAUSTROPHOBIA (non-serious), outcome "recovering", described as "Claustrophobia"; ANXIETY (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "Anxiety". The events "vertigo", "claustrophobia" and "anxiety" were evaluated at the physician office visit.  Additional information: Received call from consumer regarding the Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine. Patient stated he has a hearing problem and requested call handler to speak slower. He confirmed that he had a hearing problem way before getting the vaccines. He has adverse events to report. There was no prescriber. Age transcribed as provided. Vertigo started a week after second shot. Due to the vertigo, he also developed a serious case of claustrophobia. He has to go for walks in the middle of night to get rid of it. Claustrophobia had the same start date as the Vertigo. He is using exercises recommended by his doctor in therapy. They are helping considerably. 1st dose of Pfizer COVID vaccine given on Unknown date. The same time his wife fell and broke her hip. It was around the second week in Mar 2021 around 10Mar2021 or 12Mar2021, for the first shot and the second shot was 2 weeks later. He then clarified to say his wife fell 08Apr2021, and was in the hospital when he got second shot. So it would have been around 12Apr2021 or 13Apr2021. He does not have the lot or expiration for the first or second shot. He stated his other medications have ben stable for years and did not feel they were relevant for this report. Vaccine supplemental form. Time the vaccination was given: 1st and 2nd both around mid day. Anatomical Location of Administration of Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect Injected intramuscularly in left arm in left shoulder muscle. Vaccination facility type: Hospital Not a military facility History of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect (or patient age at first and subsequent immunizations if dates of birth or immunizations are not available). Additional Vaccines Administered on Same Date of the Pfizer Suspect. None AE Details and time of onset Vertigo unknown Claustrophobia Unknown. Came in the same time as the vertigo and they are interrelated. Anxiety -Vertigo was under control. HE was hand over hand to get to the bathroom at night. The other thing, he has to get out of house to walk to get rid of it. Anxiety has persisted, if not worsened. ER or physician's office required. Yes, he visited his primary care physician,(Physician name). He referred to rehab department which gave him a printed list of things to alleviate vertigo, which helped considerably. He has not given him anything for anxiety yet, which was what he will see him for this Thursdays. No Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks). AE following prior vaccinations Yes. It was a long time ago. Flu vaccine 25 years ago. He does not have a manufacturer, lot or expiration. He did not have the Vertigo, but did have the anxiety attack. He was prescribed Xanax, which helped considerably and cleared up within a few weeks. He stop taking the Xanax after that. He still has the bottle, but is afraid to take it again. He does not know if it was caused directly, but too much of a coincidence that it has happened over the years. But this time he had the Vertigo. Not blaming but just reporting. Only things.  No follow-up attempts are possible; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained. No further information is expected.