Sex: F
Vaccine: FLUX
Symptoms: Chills, Hyperhidrosis, Influenza like illness, Pyrexia, Rash
Clinical narrative: flu like illness; broke out; chills; shaking; fever; sweats; Initial information regarding an unsolicited valid non-serious case was received from Pfizer (non-licensed partner) (Control No: 2021233809) in the form of courtesy via a consumer or non-healthcare professional and transmitted on 10-Mar-2021.   This case involves female patient (age not reported) who experienced broke out (rash), flu like illness (influenza like illness), chills, shaking (tremor) and fever (pyrexia) and sweats (hyperhidrosis), while she received vaccine INFLUENZA VACCINE.  The patient's medical history, past medical treatment, vaccination, concomitant medication and family history were not provided.  In 2016, the patient received a dose of suspect INFLUENZA VACCINE (produced by unknown manufacturer) lot number not reported via an unknown route at an unknown administration site for prophylactic vaccination (reported as high dose flu shot but trade was not reported).  In 2016, the patient developed a non-serious broke out (rash), flu like illness/ flu type stuff (influenza like illness), chills, shaking (tremor) and fever (pyrexia) and sweats (hyperhidrosis) and I couldn't get warm within 5-hours following the administration of INFLUENZA VACCINE.  This case report's flu like illness after over 65 year flu shot which lasted the entire nigh. Caller reports that patient looked at the ingredients and the only common thing is the sodium and she want to know, could that have something to do with the reaction she had Caller reports, Since then she have taken the regular flu shot without a problem, and her doctor told her don't take the over 65 flu shot. reporter asks for guidance on getting the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID) vaccine. Patient was afraid if she is going to experience an adverse event from the COVID vaccine like she did with the flu vaccine. Reporter says that patient was scheduled to get her COVID vaccine in that afternoon and the reason that she is calling because previous reaction to flu shot. She tried to look up the ingredients of new COVID vaccine versus the ingredients in the flu vaccine and the only thing that the two have in common that she can see is the sodium. She is wondering if that would have anything to do with what she experienced. She is afraid that she is going to experience an adverse event from the COVID vaccine like she did with the flu vaccine. Caller declined to complete a safety report at this time and asked to be transferred for her question to be answered. She says she has to call if she is going to be late to receive her vaccination and she doesn't want to mess it up for her receiving her vaccine. Caller declined to complete a safety report and unable to obtain further information needed for report including lot number, expiry date for previously received flu shot and supplemental form. Investigation assessment: not provided  Laboratory details were not reported.  It was not reported if the patient received a corrective treatment.  The event outcome was unknown for all the events.  There will be no information available on the batch number for this case.