Age: 69.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Swelling, Vaccination site pain, Vaccination site swelling, Vision blurred, Vomiting
Clinical narrative: muscle spasms; wasn't feeling well; she stumbled again, and fell against her car; too tired; cry; patient with rheumatoid arthritis received Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine; patient with rheumatoid arthritis received Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine; headaches/The headache is above her ear and the pain is "past 10"; She recalled experiencing "swelling around her eyes" and "had some swelling" after the 1st dose of the Pfizer-Biontech COVID19 vaccine/left eye swelling; had some swelling; Dizziness/Lightheadedness; Vomiting; Blurry vision; She said the left arm pain started immediately after receiving the COVID-19; Injection site swelling; she is sweating something fierce under her arms; peeing on herself (running to bathroom more); lady asked her to call her when she got home, and she forgot, saying her mind wasn't there; acid reflux taste in mouth/she tasted the COVID-19 Vaccine shot when it was administered; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 69-year-old female patient received her first dose of bnt162b2 (BNT162B2 reported as PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; lot number: EL8982; expiration date: unknown) at the age vaccination of 69-year-old via an unspecified route of administration in the upper left arm on 19Jan2021 08:00 (also reported as 11Dec2020) at a single dose for covid-19 immunization. Medical history included was hit by a truck a GM and the truck busted her legs up, ongoing RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) pain since 1991 and was prescribed with oxycodone/acetaminophen (PERCOCET), rheumatoid arthritis from 1991 to an unknown date, spinal cord implant is in her spine, and goes from her spine to her waist, and from her waist to both legs, and down to her ankles from 1991 to an unknown date and migraine when she was 12 or 13 years old. There were no concomitant medications. She received the vaccine in a hospital. The patient previously had a flu shot for immunization but was allergic to the flu shot. It was reported that a patient with rheumatoid arthritis received Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine on 19Jan2021 08:00. On 19Jan2021, the patient reported that she said she had a slight headache, left eye swelling, dizziness, vomiting, blurry eyes, sweating up under her arms, and peeing on herself (running to bathroom more) after receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine. It was reported that the patient had injection site swelling on 19Jan2021. She said she has never had any side effects like what she is experiencing now after getting the COVID-19 Vaccine. She reported that her mild headache turned severe over the weekend, and she had to wrap a towel around the back of her head, so she could lay down. She said the headache pain was a sharp pain at the bottom of the back of her head and neck. She clarified she had migraines when she was 12 or 13 years old, but the headache pain she had now is nothing like the migraines she had then. She further clarified that her severe headache feels like a knife in the back of her head and neck. She said the pain is more severe on the right side of her head than the left. She said right now she has pressure in the front of her head with a slight headache. She additionally clarified that the swelling in her left eye comes and goes and is persisting. She said her left eye didn't swell close, but her granddaughter told her it looks like something is wrong with her left eye. She added that she had dizziness this morning when she was going to work. She said she stumbled when she was walking this morning but drove to work anyway. She said when she got to work, she wasn't feeling well on an unspecified date, so she decided to go back home. She said when she was walking to her car, she stumbled again, and fell against her car. She reported when she first got the COVID-19 Vaccine (19Jan2021), she was driving in a bad way. She said after she got her COVID-19 Vaccine, she picked up an elderly lady she sits with, and the elderly lady told her she wasn't normal. She said the elderly lady told her she was too relaxed while she was driving, like she was in a daze. She said the elderly lady said she was scared for her and herself when she was driving. She said the elderly lady asked her to call her when she got home, and she forgot, saying her mind wasn't there. She mentioned that she had to wait 15 minutes after receiving her COVID-19 Vaccine (19Jan2021), and when she was driving home, she had to pull over and get out of her car to vomit. She said she had an acid reflux taste in mouth before she threw up. She said she threw up a little bit last night when she had a severe headache. Clarified her eyes are constantly blurry now. She said she has to put her glasses on to see but has to turn her head sideways in order to see anything past her blurriness. She said her burry eyes are worse at night. She stated that she was sweating something fierce under her arms, she said she has to take 3 showers a day now to get rid of the sweating and smell under her arms. She said she has never sweated like that before. She reported her left arm is sore too. She said the left arm pain started immediately after receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine (19Jan2021). She said she has swelling too, and has been rubbing her left arm with alcohol, but the left arm soreness is still there. She reported that she tasted the COVID-19 Vaccine shot when it was administered. She has blown off calling her doctor when she first experienced her side effects, but then her headache got worse. She said she so spoke to doctor 30 minutes before calling Pfizer. She said she told her doctor if her headache comes back, she is going to the emergency room when she gets off work after tonight. She stated that she has been experiencing headaches/muscle spasms that have been getting worse. She says they last 15-20 minutes and then it stops. The headache is above her ear and the pain is "past 10". Yesterday night (unspecified date), the headache was so severe that she wanted to go to the ER but was too tired. The patient reported that she was taking ibuprofen (ADVIL) for her slight headache. She said she took the Advil for a couple days and nights, and her headache eased up some with the Advil. She reported that 2 days ago she bought aspirin, caffeine, acetaminophen (EXCEDRIN MIGRAINE). She also reported that she started taking Ibuprofen when her headaches became severe. She said the Ibuprofen eased the headache, but the headache comes back. Reported she took pain medicine prescribed from a doctor way back, and the prescription pain medication doesn't ease her headache pain. She clarified that the medication was dispensed in a pharmacy was oxycodone, acetaminophen (PERCOCET). She called her doctor when she returned home from work this morning, and her doctor told her to call Pfizer to report her side effects. She reported when she went to work this morning, she got lightheaded. She took Percocet and other medications, but it hasn't relieved it. She says it's not a migraine. She recalled experiencing "swelling around her eyes" and "had some swelling" after the first dose of the Pfizer-Biontech COVID19 vaccine on 19Jan2021. She reported on 02Feb2021 that she was calling back today to report that her headaches were worse. She said her headaches are not a migraine, but more like a muscle spasm in the right side of her head, above her ear. She said the pain is between her neck and ear on the right side of her head. She said the headache pain feels like it is as big as a golf ball. She said her headache pain is so severe, the headache pain wakes her up in a cry. She said the headache pain lasts 15-20 minutes, and then eases up slightly. She said the headaches have been happening twice at night, and twice during the daytime. She said the headache pain doesn't last long. She mentioned that she has been doing self-remedies. She said she ate a spoonful of mustard to ease the headache, and the spoonful of mustard did ease her headache. The patient inquired if she should get the second COVID-19 Vaccine if she is continuing to experience headaches after receiving the first COVID-19 Vaccine. The outcome of the events headache, eye swelling, blurry vision, frequency urinary were not recovered, as for the events dizziness, vomiting, vaccination site pain and vaccination site swelling were recovering, while the outcome of the other events was unknown.