Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Body temperature, COVID-19 pneumonia, Dizziness, Heart rate, Peripheral swelling
Clinical narrative: COVID-19 PNEUMONIA; WEIGHT LOSS OF 30 POUNDS; DIZZINESS; LEG SWELLING; BLURRED VISION; This spontaneous report received from a patient concerned a 65 year old male. The patient's weight was 148 pounds, and height was 65 inches. The patient's concurrent conditions included arthritis, recurring polychondritis (was on a lot of prescription medications, but did not disclose any particular medications), alcohol user (did not have any alcohol in 6 months, not even beer), and ex-cigarette smoker (was quitting and did not have a cigarette since 25-MAR-2021), and other pre-existing medical conditions included the patient had no drug abuse or illicit drug use. The patient experienced drug allergy when treated with infliximab, recombinant for drug used for unknown indication.  The patient received covid-19 vaccine ad26.cov2.s (suspension for injection, route of admin not reported, batch number: 1803609, expiry: UNKNOWN) 0.5 ml, 1 total administered on 25-MAR-2021 for prophylactic vaccination. No concomitant medications were reported.  It was reported that a receiving the vaccine on 25-MAR-2021, the patient was subsequently hospitalized for 19 days. He had a fever and started to feel bad the night of the injection. On the morning of 26-MAR-2021 06:30, his chest was hurting bad, had shortness of breath, and a fever of 102.7. His wife called an ambulance because they thought he was having a heart attack and he went to a local hospital where they ruled out a heart attack and gave something to bring the fever down. He checked himself out and came home. It was reported that four hours later, the fever came back, and he felt like he could not get any oxygen into lungs. He went to a hospital in a state, but was transferred to another hospital (in another town) due to insurance. He was in the hospital for 7 days, and was transferred to a different hospital that had better lung doctors for 10 days. He was in 4 hospitals in total. The patient checked himself out of the last hospital even though they wanted to keep him there. While hospitalized, the patient was tested negative for COVID twice. However, the third time he was tested, he was positive on Sunday night, 04-APR-2021. They tested him for the third time, because they were planning do to a procedure on his lungs, but they cancelled procedure after positive result. They had been treating him for pneumonia up until then, and that he was in the hospital for 8 days before getting the positive result, though he had all the symptoms. He received full treatment for COVID, and got two intravenous a day for 8 days and received the plasma. The patient also lost 30 pounds while in the hospital. He was originally 153 pounds and went down to 124 pounds. The patient gained most of his weight back now. He had been at home for over a month. It was reported that the patient still required oxygen, but was not on it constantly. Though, if he tried to do anything, he was out of breath, and was not sure how his lungs were going to do in long-term and could not do too much without running out of breath. The patient had all of the symptoms listed on the fact sheet, including: difficulty breathing, fast heart beat (it still remained more than 100 beats per minute, and was typically around 115 beats per minute), dizziness/weakness, shortness of air (still happened), chest pain, leg swelling, pain in abdomen, headache, blurred vision, and bruised spots (still happened). He did not have a bad rash. He had a lot of different doctors helping him. After he was discharged, he had different doctors calling him every day for 2-3 weeks until he told them to stop. He had not seen any doctors in person since discharge. The patient had booked an appointment to see a doctor on 02-JUN-2021. Laboratory data included: COVID-19 virus test (NR: not provided) NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE, Heart rate (NR: not provided) around 115 beats per minute, more than 100 beats per minutes, and Weight (NR: not provided) 124 pounds, 153 pounds. On 25-MAR-2021, the subject experienced pneumonia, and was hospitalized. On 26-MAR-2021, Laboratory data included: Body temperature (NR: not provided) 102.7. On 04-APR-2021, the subject experienced confirmed covid-19 infection. Laboratory data included: COVID-19 virus test (NR: not provided) positive.   The action taken with covid-19 vaccine ad26.cov2.s was not applicable. The patient was recovering from weight loss of 30 pounds, and the outcome of dizziness, leg swelling, blurred vision and covid-19 pneumonia was not reported. This report was serious (Hospitalization Caused/Prolonged).; Sender's Comments: V0; 20210545010- COVID-19 VACCINE Ad26.COV2. S  Covid-19 pneumonia. This event(s) is considered unassessable. The event(s) has a compatible/suggestive temporal relationship, is unlabeled, and has unknown scientific plausibility. There is no information on any other factors potentially associated with the event(s).