Age: 67.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Lung disorder, Malaise, Oxygen saturation, Pyrexia, Sleep apnoea syndrome
Clinical narrative: Had problems with the lungs with the first shot; Couldn't breathe; Fever; Cough; Sleep apnea; Gained 20 pounds; Didn't feel well; Tired; She had been coughing and thought it was allergies; Couldn't walk for exercising in the pool, she knew something was wrong; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 67-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; solution for injection; lot number: EN6955), via an unspecified route of administration on 30Mar2021 (at the age of 67-years-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included car accident and rotator cuff surgeries from 2013, pneumonia from 2016, overweight (gained weight since all the COVID mess started), concussion (also from an accident), high blood pressure, difficulty walking (can't even go from her apartment down the stairs to her car and there is an elevator), oxygen saturation decreased (oxygen goes down to 73 or 75), breathing problems from Mar2021, and fever from Feb2021. Concomitant medication included an unspecified inhaler (the doctor gave it to her to see if it would work and open up the lungs, it does open up the lungs). The patient reported that she had problems with the lungs with the first shot on an unspecified date, but she didn't know what the symptoms were. She can't function. She lives in a studio apartment. When she would get up to go to the mailbox downstairs in an elevator she was overweight. With the first one she had fever and cough on an unspecified date. A nurse told the patient that was symptoms and she should have the second one (of the vaccine) anyway (so the patient did, it was her choice). Two months prior to the report, the patient called her primary (care provider) and told them she couldn't breathe on an unspecified date and didn't know what was going on. She didn't know if she had sleep apnea. She knows how to breathe and does meditation. The patient has been a (withheld) for 30 years and knows how to breathe to get breaths. It became where even if she was talking it takes the breath away. It was not getting better. She doesn't know. It was suggested that they have had reports at (withheld) hospital where people have had damage to the lungs because of the injection. The only problem the patient ever had was when she had pneumonia 5 years prior to the report. Currently, the patient was on an inhaler and had to have 24/7 oxygen. When it is on level 3 or 4, her oxygen is 94 or 95. When she takes it off when she needs a break, because it is nice to take a shower without a cord attached, her oxygen goes down to 75 which is a heart attack. She can't even stand up long enough to take it off for five minutes. When taking oxygen off it drops right away. The patient was tired on an unspecified date. She had to purchase this 24-hour condenser out of pocket, she needs one to be portable which costs thousands of dollars. The patient wanted to be reimbursed. The patient mentioned that it was not right nor fair. She had never had anything wrong with the lungs ever. It created high blood pressure because she was not getting oxygen to her heart. The patient mentioned that she has grandchildren and can't even go from her apartment down the stairs to her car and there is an elevator. It is 50 feet to her car and her oxygen goes down to 73 or 75. Her boyfriend has portable and she doesn't want to share it. The patient reported that she wasn't feeling well enough to get the second shot. The patient reported that she was given the shot before her son's wedding and her sone got married on 02Apr2021. She couldn't go to the wedding because she couldn't breathe on an unspecified date. She didn't know if she should bend over or sit down. The patient clarified that her breathing problems started in the middle of Mar2021. She had a fever the whole month of Feb2021 and Mar2021. She had been coughing and thought it was allergies on an unspecified date. When she couldn't walk for exercising in the pool on an unspecified date, she knew something was wrong. She couldn't catch her breath in the shower. The patient gained 20 pounds on an unspecified because she is a stress eater. The outcome of the events was unknown.