Age: 65.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Productive cough, SARS-CoV-2 test, Sinusitis, Vision blurred
Clinical narrative: cant see well with reading; Event: sinus infection with green snot was reported as worsened.; cold; headaches; when she touches above the eyes its sore; the doctor said this is probably allergies and to continue Claritin D; sore throat; coughing up green stuff; considering her being sick already; Couldnt hear in right ear for like 3 minutes; Burning Stomach, stomach on fire; sinus infection with green snot; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). The 65-years-old female patient received bnt162b2, dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 24Mar2021 10:00 (Lot Number: EN6207; Expiration Date: 31Jul2021) as SINGLE DOSE for covid-19 immunization at the age of 65 years old. The patient medical history included sinus infection in 2018 and losing hair, seasonal allergies and allergy to golden rod. No additional Vaccines Administered on Same Date of the Pfizer Suspect. No Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks). Concomitant medication(s) included spironolactone started a year ago for losing hair; Bio Identical Hormones. The patient previously received bnt162b2, dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 23Feb2021 10:00 (Lot Number: EL9266) as SINGLE DOSE for covid-19 immunization at the age of 65 years old. The patient experienced couldnt hear in right ear for like 3 minutes on 20May2021, burning stomach, stomach on fire on 24Mar2021, sinus infection with green snot on Mar2021, cant see well with reading on an unspecified date, event: sinus infection with green snot was reported as worsened, cold, headaches, when she touches above the eyes its sore on an unspecified date. Reported as: She is calling about the covid 19 vaccine, specifically in regards to the second dose. She is aware that it is unknown about mid term or long term effects of the product, but she needs to report it. Caller states that if more information gets put together the better. She had the second vaccine on Tuesday 06Apr2021 (later clarified) and she did have burning in the stomach 3-4 days following, then she had a sinus infection bad, initially she tried to treat it herself but then called the doctor and was put on a antibiotic on Friday 23Apr2021. Caller states that she thinks her issues are after having the second dose, she is reporting this incase if anybody else has these symptoms. For some reason anytime she gets a cold or sinus infection it comes on fast, but this was really fast, she had green stuff coming out from her head. She figured initially she will just get Claritin D and saline solution, she talked to her pharmacist on what to do, but then after she finished the whole box of Claritin D, she called the doctor. The doctor called her in something for sinus inflection, it's Levofloxacin 500mg every day for 7 days, after finishing the antibiotic she did not get better, she called the doctor back, the doctor said this is probably allergies and to continue Claritin D, it should clear up. Caller states that she doesn't have spring allergies, her allergies are always in the fall and it is never this bad. She has never had a sinus infection this bad, she called the doctor again yesterday and told her she is not getting better, she is worse, she also told the doctor how she was losing hearing in the right ear. She is having a lot of green snot coming out, its terrible, the decongestant does not dry it up it loosens it and she is spitting up green stuff, she has no fever. She called her doctor yesterday at home and said that she has got to do something, today her hearing went out for 3 minutes and she is not getting better. Caller states that she had 2 Covid test and they were negative, had the good type of test, it was a Nasal Swab, they went way up the nose, it was a PCR test, 2 of them and they were negative. Caller got the tests because she figured she should know if she has covid. Caller again confirmed the tests were negative. The doctor is trying to get an ENT doctor. Caller states that no matter what she does, she is not getting better, she is worn out. Caller knows that other people have side effect to and that she is building immunity to it. The antibiotic wasn't touching it, the doctor is sending her to the ENT and they may do a CT scan of brain. It's bad she had to sleep with a cold compress for her head night. When queried in which country did the patient experience the problem the caller responds saying that's why she got tested the first time, she did have a week in (country) and had the covid test there in (country), it was negative, but still when she was there she had the sinus stuff, caller clarified that she had the sinus infection prior to going to (country). She was in (country) 07May2021-14May2021. She is really hoping it was allergies, she is in site name, in (country) she was at the site name, the Sea air usually helps her but she still had the same symptoms there. She took covid tests there and the symptoms continued there. It was all still the same and persisted while in (country). Country of Occurrence is marked as (country) as her Adverse events began in the (country). Caller states that she is still a healthy person, working and exercising. she has a sinus infection, she had her last sinus infection in 2018, but it was nothing like this, usually she would take medicine and be over and done with it. This is totally different, her doctor called an ENT and will do a CT scan. After the second dose, right after her stomach was on fire and then after is when the green stuff came on. She was treating her symptoms, feeling fine, passed the covid test and actually went to (country) from 16Apr2021-23Apr2021. She forgot she had the second dose on Wednesday, then that Saturday 27Mar2021 her husband and her went to site name for a week. She called the doctor and started the antibiotic, Levofloxacin was filled on 27Apr2021. Burning Stomach: Started within 6-8 hours of the second dose, she could still eat and wanted to eat, she felt better when she was eating. Outcome: It was gone within 3-4 days either on 27Mar2021 or 28Mar2021, it ended when she left on 27Mar2021 to (Name with held). Sinus Infection with green snot: She usually has a cold then sore throat then a stuff upped nose in which it fills up, this however started shortly after she left 27Mar2021 or 28Mar2021 it was overnight with a quick onset. Outcome: She is worse, nothing is working, she was standing 2 days ago in the house and she couldn't hear for 3 minutes. She is a scuba diver, so with the pressure she would swallow and blew out a bit and it opened up her ear, since then she cant hear well, caller adds that she also cant see well when reading, she's try to wear the reading glasses, she thinks it might be due to all the medicine, she confirms she cant see when reading, it's real hard, it started the last 2 weeks, she has not been able to read well. Cant Hear: She guesses it started a few days ago Outcome: what has happened in the last week is that she is worse than anything, she thinks that the sinuses are so swollen that she started getting bad headaches when laying down, and all the green stuff goes in back in the throat, she was coughing up green stuff, she needs a cold compress and she moves it around on the face, when she touches above the eyes its sore, her sinuses are so inflamed, as well as having all the medicines like saline, flonase and not getting better. Her doctor called (Name with held). Cant See: She bought a book 2 weeks ago but has not finished, she really cant see when reading, no matter how much light, reading glasses, magnifying glass, she cant. She attributes this to Flonase and Claritin D. She was told she needed to wait over a month for the second dose. Concomitant Medications: No, the only medication she takes is Spironolactone she started a year ago, she is taking it because she is losing hair because of her hormones, it has helped a lot, she is not losing hair anymore, she takes it twice a day, once in the morning and evening 25mg. She also takes Bio identical hormones in the Hip. The Doctor that wrote Spironolactone is (Name with held). Medical Conditions: No, she has no High blood pressure, she has low cholesterol she is a healthy person, that's why wanted to do the Pfizer vaccine.  Investigation: Not Yet. She got the vaccine on 24Mar2021, she had the covid test on 23Mar2021 that was negative. She also had the Covid Test when she was back from site name01Apr2021 it was also negative however she did have cold that had gone to green snot and got progressively worse during those times. Caller was probed if she had the Levofloxacin, Claritin D, and Flonase to provide Lot and Expiry, she states that all the medications were new. She went to the pharmacist and they said they need to dry her up. She has already discarded the Claritin D box. The  Levofloxacin is dispensed in an amber pharmacy vial, from store, with a green safety lid, it does not have a Lot number on it, she reads substitute Levaquin 500mg, discard on 27Apr2022. With flonase she used a whole bottle and this is second, the 1st bottle has been discarded, the pharmacist instructed to make a saline solution by sucking up gently in right and left nostril and then use flonase, not to use it more than twice every 12 hours, she did not over do it, the Flonase is over the counter. The AE(s) require a visit to: Physician Office. She called the doctor, the physician is her friend and client. Any Allergies: No, that's the weird thing, she does have seasonal allergies in the fall but not now. Golden rod makes her eyes run. She is not allergic to food or have any bad allergies. Treatment: Levofloxacin, Claritin D, Flonase, Saline Solution, at night Advil for headache because it would be throbbing when she would lay down, she would take 1 Advil sometimes 2, sometimes Naproxen sodium Aleve instead. Prior to disconnecting caller asks that her daughter will have her first child due on 05Jun, and she has been told by her doctor that caller needs to get the whooping vaccine, caller asks should she get it. Her husband had his vaccine, he had moderna, he had the second vaccine after they returned from site name, he had had both of his. Her daughter says that caller has got to get those whooping cough vaccines done, caller states that she doesn't know if she needs it right now considering her being sick already. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included COVID-19 PCR test: negative on 23Mar2021 and on 01Apr2021. The outcome of the event Hearing loss Couldnt hear in right ear for like 3 minutes was recovered on 20May2021, Burning Stomach, stomach on fire was recovered in Mar2021, sinus infection with green snot, cant see well with reading was not recovered, and unknown for the rest events.  No follow attempts are needed; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.