Age: 67.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Rhinorrhoea, Ulcer
Clinical narrative: he has polycythemia ulcers and notices that they are acting up; he has polycythemia ulcers and notices that they are acting up; he has polycythemia ulcers/ they are acting up/he means that it feels like indigestion and its real bad, it hurts, like a pit in the stomach that hurts; runny nose; The Runny nose was noticed on one side and was initially congested; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer reporting for himself. A 67-year-old male patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; Lot number: EL9261), via an unspecified route of administration (arm left) on 24Jan2021 03:30 at SINGLE DOSE for COVID-19 immunisation, at 67 years old. Medical history included type 2 diabetes mellitus from an unknown date, stent placement from an unknown date, and ongoing polycythaemia ulcer from an unspecified date. Concomitant medications included unspecified normal medicines, diabetic medicine, ulcer medicine, and vitamins. Patient wanted to know if a runny nose after receiving the Covid injection was common and how long does it last. The patient stated that he received the first dose of the vaccine on Sunday and on 27Jan2021 he experienced a runny nose. The patient also asked how long adverse reactions happens and how many days after the vaccine. The patient has polycythemia ulcers and notices that they are acting up. He got the shot on 24Jan2021, 03:30 (Sunday), and the Polycythemia Ulcers are acting up as well as he has a runny nose. The Runny nose was noticed on one side and was initially congested, he then took his normal vitamins and an hour later his nose started to run, this all occurred on reporting time, 27Jan2021. The Ulcers acting up was also on 27Jan2021. The patient was queried when his Polycythemia was diagnosed, he stated that he was actually in the process of it being diagnosed, he has basically had all the tests that confirms, there's one more left, but he has been doing blood draws and it is almost confirmed. He was just asking his question because he noticed that this did not occur the same day as getting the vaccine and it came later. For the runny nose he took a ZYRTEC decongestant and it worked for a while but did not hold it off, however it is not like a faucet like it was earlier, it was better now. He described his Polycythemia Ulcers being located internally on the heart and esophagus, being at the lower part of the stomach. By his ulcers acting up he means that it feels like indigestion and its real bad, it hurts, he has not had food, it feels like when they take a pint of his blood every month, to get him low in iron, it was like a pit in the stomach that hurts. He took famotidine. He does not know if he should have taken it or not, but he saw there was some problem with somebody in (state name) with platelets. He had the Famotidine about half an hour before reporting time. The patient was asked to clarify what he meant about somebody in (state name), he stated that he was looking online and saw something about a doctor died because of the Low platelet count. The patient was aware that famotidine lowers platelets and was just asking. The patient stated that he was not saying the doctor took famotidine, but his blood was not getting clotting. Regarding Covid Vaccine Card, from it he read PF17c12 but does not know what this is for, there was an expiry but he cannot read the writing. Outcome of the events was recovering.  The reporter considered the events as non-serious.