Age: 54.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain of skin, Pruritus, Rash, Rash macular, Rash morbilliform
Clinical narrative: I hesitated for over a year at various doctors advice not to get the Covid Vaccine as it could affect my underlying autoimmune disease in ways that are not known. It was the manner in which this fast vaccine was manufactured, not like other vaccines that used an egg etc. This new MRNA (?) process which is a 20 plus year technology that was found not to be safe and it was thus shelved for over 20 years. Well when the new Omicron Variant began to hit, it was at the same time that I was having unexplained heart pressure and difficulty breathing. Did several tests at hospital but nothing conclusive enough to explain my heart and lung symptoms. I was seeing my various doctors on at least a weekly or twice a week basis. It was told to me by several doctors that the risk to me by the new variant was high when it came to how much more transmissible it was and therefor it was a high risk for me because if I got Covid it was likely that I would not survive it. SO. at the council of my primary care doctor and a friends Immunology/Infectious Disease doctor I decided it was a bigger risk to get Covid than it was to get the vaccine. I WAS WRONG. EVERYONE WAS WRONG. On December 7th I was administered the Maderna Covid Vaccine, it was to be my first injection. I had it done late in the afternoon in my upper right arm. I felt a small amount of pain in the injection site the next morning. I also experienced excessive tiredness. This troubled me but I did not think it important. I then began to get small red dots like measles all over my entire body. They continued to spread and I contacted my Primary Care Doctor who administered the Covid injection. She was concerned and because of my immune system disorder I was given an oral antibiotic once the dots began to coalesce and spread. I was given 300mg Clyndamycin 3 times per day. My skin was burning, itching, the pain was unbearable and just kept getting worse. At the same time I was still having the chest pressure and shortness of breath which I went into the hospital three times for, however they ignored my skin as a rash and gave no treatment options. I began to get worse and I became hypothermic, unable to hold my body temperature above 96'. It continued to get worse until I began to lose all the skin on my entire body, including my eyelids, rectum, groin, feet, hands, arms, torso, scalp, hands, ....everything. I was freezing cold yet I was sweating at the same time. My blood pressure began to drop and on the morning of December 18th I had a friend drive me past all the other hospitals and make the four hour journey to the Facility. I just arrive and got a hotel as I was told they had no rooms. However I was at the hotel less than 20 minutes when I was forced to have my friend call 911. I felt like I was going to die. An ambulance and fire engine arrived. Fire engine took my vitals then put me into the ambulance. I was taken to the Emergency room where several doctors looked at me and reviewed my stats. I was immediately admitted into the hospital after the doctor had a discussion as to whether I should be sent into downtown where there was a burn unit Hospital. However, since I had been a patient at the Hospital in 2017 they opted to admit me to the floor which was the kidney dialysis, liver and kidney transplant floor where much was known about the immune system,. I had an absolute excellent set of doctors who immediately began to stabilize me. My blood pressure had fallen to 95/50 with a pulse of 115. I felt so hot inside that I thought I would literally explode and my skin was in such pain that no pain medication was helping my suffering. I was immediately inserted with an IV which they used to hydrate me with saline drip etc. They also put me on Vancomycin Antibiotic IV twice per day for at least 5 days. Hospitalized for at least 8 days. I had so, so many tests ranging from several blood tests per day, to my stats hourly, to x-rays, to EKG's, to Covid tests, to ultrasound to many others that I cannot remember or was not familiar with.