Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Gastrointestinal disorder
Clinical narrative: husband had long term GI issues since the vaccine; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Other HCP and Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team.  A male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administration date 2021 (Batch/Lot number: unknown) as dose number unknown, single for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "husband had long term GI issues since the vaccine".  Additional information: The patient received her first dose of the Pfizer COVID Vaccine 30MAR2021 and her 2nd dose on 20Apr2021. On 21Apr2021 the caller reports starting to feel sick to her stomach and having sharp epigastric pain. She also experienced change in her bowel habits. She initially thought she has gastritis then questioned possibly her Irritable Bowel starting to flare. She states its been getting worse and worse and she has never felt so "unwell" in her life. She cannot eat and has gone through a lot. She was seen in the ER, Carafate and another medication were given that did not help, she was given Compazine which did not help her "queasy stomach" either. Maalox does not work. She went through an upper and a lower endoscopy procedure and put on antibiotics which did not help either. One of the antibiotics was noted to be Flagyl. She now will have to do the prep over again and have a "pill cam" study done. She states she has never felt like this. She notes having "sonometer size random spots on my thigh, 1 or 2 on each arm and one or 2 on her chest. The caller states nobody knows what they are. They are pink in color per report. Caller reports being "fine until next day following the second shot." She has a friend who shared something that some else had "reposted" where her "husband had long term GI issues since the vaccine." Caller states she wishes agent could "make me feel better." She reports being "scared to take the booster." She states she has medical conditions/health concerns and needs to get the booster, but she is "afraid to get it." She notes being "tired of sitting in the house. I can't plan anything because I don't know how I will feel. I can't wear tight clothes, jeans, bra, because can't stand it because it pushes" on my stomach. She states she has been enduring this for "5 months. Advised caller no information pertaining exactly to her GI symptoms reported, however per the PI/fact sheet does provide some information, however caller was already aware of this. No further request for the request to be escalated since the patient is also HCP. Post Authorization Experience The following adverse reactions have been identified during post authorization use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to vaccine exposure. Gastrointestinal Disorders: diarrhea, vomiting. LAB  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.