Age: 83.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Taste disorder, Therapeutic response unexpected
Clinical narrative: she experience a burning sensation that right side where she got the injection, the sensation went up her neck and into her throat.; She states that she had an odd taste in her mouth, but it was not metallic, just a funny taste in her mouth; Her stomach cramped up a little bit as well.; muscle pain in the back of her neck that did last for a couple of days; A little bit of pain in the left breast; Pain in arm; She states that a couple dats after taking the vaccine she got up to walk (she walks with a walker when she is able to, other wise she uses a power chair) the pain in her hip wasn't there.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) or other non HCP via Medical Information Team.   A 83-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, formulation: Solution for injection, Lot Number: EN0186, Expiration date: unknown), dose 1, via an intramuscular route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 23Jun2021, (at the age of 83-year-old), as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Patient medical history included ongoing Arthritis (she had arthritis as a teenager but did not know it. She reported that she was diagnosed with arthritis years ago in her late 40's), ongoing Heart condition (she has a heart murmur and she believes that she was born with it),ongoing High cholesterol (she was diagnosed with high cholesterol many years ago and she cannot remember when), ongoing Hypoglycemia (she was diagnosed years ago), ongoing Macular degeneration (the macular degeneration began years ago and that is why she is now legally blind), ongoing Asthma (she was diagnosed years ago and it goes along with the allergies), Cancer (she reported that she had cancer surgery on her left breast), Diverticulitis, lumpectomy in the late 1990s, Covid-19, ongoing Osteoporosis (she was diagnosed with osteoporosis years ago), Colon resection in the 2000's and guesstimate around 2011. Patient reported that her last surgery was for diverticulitis in the 2000's, she wants to guestimate around 2011. She reported that her diverticulitis has been pretty good since the surgery. She reported that once in a while she has a little discomfort. She reported that she was not sure if the diverticulitis was causing the pain in her hip area as that is where the colon resection was done. She reported that she was not sure if was arthritis or osteoporosis or the other stuff. Family Medical History Relevant to AE(s) was none. She has allergies to strong odors and stuff like that and some foods like berries, strawberries, and chocolate cause her to break out in pimples and a rash and allergy to pollock, the fish. She has allergy to unspecified medications caused her to break out with hives really bad. She had most allergies to NSAIDs medications. The patient concomitant medications were not reported. The patient historical drugs included Lescol, Zocor, Lobid, Lipitor, Celebrex, salicylate, Darvocet, clarithromycin, erythromycin, Lyrica, Crestor, Zoloft, Zyrtec, Vicodin, Limbrel, and Vioxx and experienced allergies. She reported that she carries a list with her of her medication allergies so that she is not prescribed anything she is allergic to. Additional Vaccines Administered on Same Date of the Pfizer Suspect was none. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks) was none. AE(s) following prior vaccinations was none. On 23Jun2021, within the first 5 minutes of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, the patient experienced a burning sensation that right side where she got the injection, the sensation went up into her neck and throat, felt odd taste, Her stomach cramped up a little bit as well, muscle pain in the back of her neck that did last for a couple of days, A little bit of pain in the left breast and Pain in arm and Pain in left hip is not there within a day or day and a half of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, She states that a couple days after taking the vaccine she got up to walk (she walks with a walker when she is able to, other wise she uses a power chair on an unspecified date in Jun2021. The clinical course of the events as follows: She reported that within 10 minutes while waiting, she first experienced a burning sensation on the right side where she got the Covid-19 vaccine injection. Caller reported that the burning sensation went up into her neck and throat, also felt an odd taste that she could not distinguish, not a metallic taste, but kind of a funny feeling with her throat, an odd feeling, she reported that a couple of minutes later, she felt cramping in her stomach and later on in the afternoon, a couple hours later, she had real severe muscle pain in the back of her neck, severe muscle pain in the back of her neck lasted quite a while, for a couple of days, pain in her arm developed the evening of 23Jun2021 and she felt it for a day and a half. She stated that they say that the arm pain was normal but the other things she was not quite sure about. she did feel a little bit of pain in her left breast, she had cancer surgery on her left breast and that the pain was probably in the lymph node area. Caller inquired if these are just normal side effects for people to get and not to worry about the second Covid-19 injection. She reported that the burning sensation, odd taste in her mouth, and funny feeling in her throat only stayed a little while. Muscle pain in back of neck lasted 2-3 days, little bit of pain in the left breast lasted 2-3 days, cramping in stomach lasted a couple of days. Pain in left hip is not there: she reported that she has a lot of senior problems and one of them is that she has arthritis from head to toe. Caller reported that in her left knee and hip on the inside of the hip area, she has severe pain. She reported that she has minimal walking ability and uses a wheelchair but uses a walker in the house when she has good days. She reported that within a day or day and a half of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, she got up to walk to the kitchen and the pain in her left hip was not there and reported that it was really weird, and she was grateful of course, but her left hip is still ok. She reported that when she was on her feet and walking, she does not have the severe pain that used to put her off her feet. She reported that when she was laying down in bed and stretching, she feels severe pain, but walking around it's better. She reported that the pain in her left hip was not there when she was walking and that used to be when it was the worst. She reported that her second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine would be due for 14Jul2021. She reported that she knows that the vaccine is still experimental and that there are side effects, but it was better to take chances on the Covid-19 vaccine than to get Covid. She reported that one of her distant family members that got Covid got really sick, and they were young. She reported that she just wanted to make sure that these side effects would not prevent her from getting the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. She reported that the side effects were not severe but were annoying. The events did not require a visit to Emergency Room and Physician Office. Relevant Tests were none. No Investigation Assessment was done. she said that she had not heard of those side effects and it was nothing severe and not to worry. She reported that the girl instructed her that if she did have an allergy, she had to wait 6 hours to take an allergy pill. the outcome of the events burning sensation that right side where she got the injection, the sensation went up her neck and into her throat, felt odd taste was resolved on 23Jun2021, the outcome of events Cramping in stomach, muscle pain in the back of her neck that did last for a couple of days, little bit of pain in the left breast and Pain in arm was resolved on an unspecified date in Jun2021, while outcome of other events were unknown.