Age: 77.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Asthenia, Dizziness, Illness, Lymphadenopathy, Malaise
Clinical narrative: sore throat; swollen glands; she said her throat felt swollen, and like it was closing up; Feeling unwell; Weakness; light headed/weak when standing up; polymyalgia; sick; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable nurse (patient). A 77-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection, Lot Number: EL9284; Expiration Date: 31May2021), dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 11Feb2021 14:30 as single dose for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included polymyalgia rheumatica, Giant Cell Vasculitis from 2020 (Verbatim: Giant Cell Vasculitis, Reported she started taking Prednisone about a year ago for Giant Cell Vasculitis. She said she started at Prednisone 60mg a day, and now is down to Prednisone 10mg a day), Congestive Heart Failure, COPD, Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension. There were no concomitant medications.The patient previously took first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Lot Number: EL1283, Expiry Date: 30Apr2021) on 21Jan2021 via Intramuscular, anatomical location was arm left, prednisone for Giant Cell Vasculitis (she started taking Prednisone (60mg a day)about a year ago for Giant Cell Vasculitis and was down to Prednisone 10mg a day.her side effects are not that bad. She said she just expected to feel better.), flu vaccine (She gets temperature 101 and sick from the flu vaccine, so she doesn't get the flu vaccine anymore and it had been quite a few years since she took the flu vaccine.), pneumonia vaccine (got a pneumonia vaccine about a year or so ago).On 12Feb2021, patient had been on the couch and watching television. She was fine laying down, but when she got up, she was lightheaded and didn't feel well and had weakness when she got up. Patient had a sore throat with swollen glands in her neck, her throat felt swollen and like it was closing up and glands started hurting on 15feb2021. She was sick when got up, but when lay down she was fine. she had polymyalgia was doing better before the vaccination. She was wondering if it was normal for the COVID-19 Vaccine side effects to last that long or were the COVID-19 Vaccine side effects expected to last that long. Wanted to know if because she was taking Prednisone, her COVID-19 Vaccine side effects were lasting longer. Patient stated she always thought she was 5'5", but the last time she was measured at the doctor she was told she was 5'. No further details provided. her shortness of breath is worse since she got the COVID-19 Vaccine. She said she was doing better before she received the COVID-19 Vaccine. She took 1 Tylenol on 11Feb2021 and again on 15Feb2021 (Lot Number: 06V1489, Expiration Date: May2022). She said she took 2 Equate Brand Tylenol 500mg tablets because her throat felt swollen, and the throat swelling went away on 16Feb2021. Patient had severe pulmonary hypertension until she had a cardiac catheterization. She said she was told from the cardiac catheterization that she had the potential for pulmonary hypertension but did not have severe pulmonary hypertension. She said prior to the cardiac catheterization she had years of cardia echos performed, and the cardiac echos were not correct. The outcome of the event throat felt swollen was recovered on 16Feb2021, for feeling unwell, lightheadedness, weakness it was not recovered and sore throat, swollen glands it was recovering.