Age: 63.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Vaccination site erythema, Vaccination site pain
Clinical narrative: pain; flu-like symptoms/felt like she had a little bit of the flu; she has one area with a "big circle around it and it's hard; she had a little bit of pneumonia; got a fever; felt like she couldn't go to the bathroom, cramps; had trouble breathing; the site was red; swelling/her arm is swelling; it does hurt her, right in that area where the shot was given; arm was sore and achy/her arm started aching; Diarrhea; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) via medical information team. A 63-year-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, lot number EN6208, expiration date unknown), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 22Mar2021 at the age of 63 years old at a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included ongoing pre diabetic, ongoing high blood pressure, ongoing non-alcoholic liver disease, edema, to help her breathe, pneumonia, COVID in 2021, respiratory problems, asthma, little bit of obesity, swelling in her legs, varicose veins. Concomitant medications included benzonatate at 100 mg to help her breathe, azithromycin (six pills of that, 200mg, two one day and one pill a day until gone) for pneumonia. Patient had her second dose scheduled on 12Apr2021. She explained after the shot, her "arm was sore and achy" she said she also had "pain". She added she experienced "flu-like symptoms". She specified these adverse reactions are all gone now but her arm is still "a little sore" and she has one area with a "big circle around it and it's hard". She said it could be "swelling". She asked if her reaction was reported as side effects to the vaccine. She expressed being in a rush and is expecting her daughter soon and asked us to be quick. She said she will also consult with her HCP this afternoon. Patient stated she had the first shot on Monday 22Mar2021 and today and last night the site was red, but today in that area she has gotten a big circle around it and its hard. Patient stated she's had it before with shots and just wanted to make, sometimes she has had to be put on medicine for it, wanted to be sure its healing because it does hurt her, right in that area where the shot was given. She also stated that after she has her second shot on 12Apr2021, she would like to talk to somebody and she would like to be able to have people in her home. She was reporting she had COVID three weeks ago, would she be ok after the 2nd shot to go out? She stated her daughter thinks she needs to wait until the end of April. She verified she did receive the Pfizer BioNtech Covid 19 vaccine. Swelling: Patient stated her arm is swelling. Also stated she always gets that and today there's a circle there and it is red and hard. Also stated occurred after the shot. Patient reported that the shot hurt like heck and she couldn't really tell, she has big arms, she knows it was swollen. Reported she took over the counter medicines, last night she noticed it was a circle and it was hard there. Stated area is not swelling anymore, now just one hard red circle. Red and a hard circle: She also reporting her entire arm ached after the shot, she stated she knows her entire muscle was aching. Stated it was swollen quite a bit but now its just red and a hard circle, and it's ongoing. Arm swelling outcome: Patient reporting yesterday afternoon, she was feeling better, except that one spot. She stated it does hurt when she bends it because she had that one little area that's swollen. Also stated the swelling started later that afternoon after the shot. Reported she went for a walk with her daughter and her arm started aching. It felt like she couldn't go to the bathroom, cramps. It felt like she had a little bit of the flu, and it was from the shot but it only lasted a few days. Stated that part went fast, got a fever, other than that, just the one area on her arm. Stated she doesn't even feel sick from the shot or anything. Stated she had Diarrhea: Stated she had diarrhea in the beginning after the shot then had trouble going to the bathroom. Stated she thinks its because she has IBS and that's how her body is. She doesn't know if that's from the shot or not because that's how her body always is. Pfizer BioNtech Covid 19 Vaccine: Patient stated she doesn't want COVID again. She has respiratory problems anyway, she has asthma and a little bit of obesity. She states she was in fear of herself. She doesn't do well with hospitals and being put under with that medicine. Also stated patient knew COVID causes a lot of people having trouble breathing and she doesn't want to end up on a breathing tube where its breathing for her and she never sees her family again. Caller states it kind of scared her. Patient stated her niece and nephew, whos got it worse. She stated she went to the hospital and haven't been back. She stated she was hospitalized about 2 weeks ago, and that's when she was diagnosed with COVID, before she got the first COVID shot. About the medical history, non-alcoholic liver disease: Stated diagnosed about eight years ago, she would say the same time, about 7 to 8 years ago because she had a virus and when she went in the hospital, the virus had attacked her right kidney and liver. She stated with non-alcoholic liver disease, she is overweight, and that causes her to have issues with her liver. The last few times her liver has been okay. Pre-Diabetic: They have been watching that for a while. Stated she gets edema, swelling in her legs, well, all the time. She has had this the last two years because she is pre-diabetic and a lot of overweight people have that. She also has varicose veins so that doesn't help. Stated that was given those to help break up, because she had pneumonia when she got the COVID and she had a little bit of pneumonia and had trouble breathing. The patient was recovering from arm was sore and achy/her arm started aching, swelling/her arm is swelling and for other events it was recovering.