Age: 71.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dizziness, Fatigue, Laboratory test, Malaise, Sneezing
Clinical narrative: dizzyish or light headed; didn't feel good/she felt crappy; Sneezing; a little tired/she felt more tired/very, very tired; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable Nurse (patient). A 71-year-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE; Lot number EL0142) via an unspecified route of administration on to left deltoid on 12Jan2021 at a single dose for covid-19 immunization. The patient said her asthma was very mild, she rarely got sick, she did not know if it would flare if she had COVID, it was diagnosed in childhood. She said she hardly ever had to use her inhaler. Besides, she took a blood pressure medication, but her blood pressure was not high, it was very well controlled, it was not horribly high, she took the medication to keep it down. She said this was diagnosed 5-7 years ago. She did not have diabetes or any ongoing issues. She said she had no other recent vaccinations and has started no new medications. The patient said her side effects that started Thursday and she didn't feel good, she was sneezing, she didn't feel herself, and felt off. She said that there was nothing bad, she was a little tired. She said Friday was worse, she felt more tired, and dizzyish or light headed. She said she was very, very tired, but she never had arm soreness, never horribly sore, not much, she never had any other aches or pains, no fever. She said Friday she didn't feel good at all, she felt crappy, and she took care of her father who is 104, so she can't take a day off. She said that on Saturday she felt ok, she didn't feel great, but nothing ever got to the point she was incapacitated. She said on Sunday she felt better, not 100%, her nose was not as stuffy. She said today she felt pretty good or close to normal, she was still dizzy, but not like the room spins. She said she felt mostly better, and had a lot more energy today, she was not as exhausted. She said that she felt so much better than she was feeling, she was getting better, she was worried when she took second shot. She initially said she did not do treatment for her side effects, then said she took some things since she knew about herself, and when she felt run down, and she didn't think she has had a cold in 2-3 years, she didn't get sick often. She said for her body she knows when she felt run down with aches and pains to certain parts of her body that she didn't feel well, then she might be getting sick/rundown. The patient took Tylenol or Advil for it when she felt more uncomfortable. For Advil (LOT: R77223, EXP: Sep2022), she said she took 200mg, two by mouth as needed, she only took 4 in a 24-hour period. She said if she took it or anytime she took anything, if she took Advil it would be 8-10 hours later, and if she took Tylenol the same day, she never took anything every four hours. For Tylenol (LOT SEA054, EXP Mar2024), she said the Tylenol are 325mg each tablet, so she 650mg when she took this because she took two of them. She said she let 8 hours go between doses, if she felt she needed something again, like if she was not comfortable. She said she didn't feel this where the achy places she aches, she also took when she went to bed at night if she needed to, but she was completely functional and not laying around in bed. She said she got her first dose on 12Jan, and she was supposed to get her second dose on the 02Feb. The patient said she felt it was not serious, but she was concerned about getting the second dose. The patient said her labs are normal, she was scheduled for some the same day as the next time she got the shot, when she was supposed to get labs. The patient said that she called because the side effects usually are supposed to be closer to injection date, it was 72 hours post, and the first couple of days there was nothing. She said she would like an opinion of whether someone thought it was ok to get a second shot. The outcome of the events recovering.