Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Atrial fibrillation, Colonoscopy, Diverticulitis intestinal haemorrhagic, Gout, Haemoglobin
Clinical narrative: She started bleeding to death; She got AFib after her COVID shots; a diverticulosis that was bleeding from the blood thinner; gout attack 3 weeks ago in her right foot in her last 2 toes; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP, Program ID.  A 77-year-old female patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), as dose number unknown, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "gout attack" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: many years before ever taking Vyndamax; "high uric acid level" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: because of her kidney function; "kidney function" (unspecified if ongoing); "constantly getting kidney stones and sand and gravel" (unspecified if ongoing); "Temporal Arteritis or giant cell arteritis" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: for 6 years and has been taking Prednisone for 6 years. Concomitant medication(s) included: PREDNISONE oral taken for giant cell arteritis; PROCRIT. The following information was reported: HAEMORRHAGE (medically significant, life threatening), outcome "unknown", described as "She started bleeding to death"; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (medically significant), outcome "unknown", described as "She got AFib after her COVID shots"; DIVERTICULITIS INTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGIC (medically significant), outcome "unknown", described as "a diverticulosis that was bleeding from the blood thinner"; GOUT (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "gout attack 3 weeks ago in her right foot in her last 2 toes". The events "she started bleeding to death", "she got afib after her covid shots", "a diverticulosis that was bleeding from the blood thinner" and "gout attack 3 weeks ago in her right foot in her last 2 toes" required physician office visit. The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: Haemoglobin: 6.8, notes: hemoglobin went to 6.8; 7.1; 11; Colonoscopy: diverticulosis that was bleeding, notes: see where the blood was coming from. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of diverticulitis intestinal haemorrhagic, gout. Clinical course: Reporter clarified that she has been having gout for many years before ever taking Vyndamax. She has a high uric acid level because of her kidney function. It has been that way for years now. She is constantly getting kidney stones and sand and gravel. Vyndamax came after all of this. She is having a attack in one of her toes right now. She is also on something called Procrit. Every week she goes for a procrit shot and it is like having a steak injected into her body. She has been getting this for 70 weeks. She clarified that her hemoglobin is low because of her kidneys. She is not supposed to eat red meat. Her gout is getting worse since she is getting the Procrit injections. She gets the gout in her finger and had it in her other foot 2 weeks ago. She gets little gout lumps all over. She had gout before, but not like she has this past year, and she thinks it is the procrit. Manufacturer unknown. Gets it at the doctors office. It is 4000 dollars. No NDC, lot, or expiry date to provide for the Procrit. Dose: 10000 units a week. About 3 years ago she got AFib after her COVID shots. They told her that she needed to take blood thinners and then she started bleeding to death and her hemoglobin went to 6.8. She went into the hospital and after that they almost killed her overdosing her with Furosemide to get the water out of her. They eventually gave her a blood transfusion. The blood transfusion got her up to 7.1 hemoglobin, but they would not give her another transfusion because at the time if you were over 7 with the blood shortage during covid, and so they gave her a shot of procrit and told her that she needed to get it every 2 weeks. For 5 months no one ordered the Procrit. She stopped the blood thinners because they made her go for a colonoscopy and everything to see where the blood was coming from. It was from a diverticulosis that was bleeding from the blood thinner and she decided not to take a blood thinner anymore and told her doctor. Then they started her on the procrit and she has been been getting it for at least 70 weeks now. Her hemoglobin was finally at 11 about a month ago. She had a gout attack 3 weeks ago in her right foot in her last 2 toes. Her rheumatologist gave her a prednisone shot in her arm and it went away. 7-8 days ago in her left foot, the next to the last toes got hot and red and started flaring up. Her doctor did not want to give her prednisone again. She takes prednisone by mouth already for a disease she has called Temporal Arteritis or giant cell arteritis. She has had Temporal arteritis for 6 years and has been taking Prednisone for 6 years. When she gets a gout flare up the doctor usually has her increase her prednisone for a couple of days instead of getting a shot. Outcome: She has not taken her medication yet today and she is still wearing slippers. She doesn't know if iher gout attack is better or worse or the same. Really afraid to take the new medication colchicine because it can cause bleeding and diarrhea.