Age: 65.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: PNC13
Symptoms: Liver function test normal, Metabolic function test normal, Nausea, Rash erythematous, Vitamin D abnormal
Clinical narrative: This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer who reported for herself, a 65-year-old female patient who received PREVNAR 13, (lot number and expiration date unknown) at the left arm, via an unspecified route of administration on 06Nov2018 at 11:00 at a single dose for immunisation. The patient stated that she got it because about 2 years ago, she got the PNEUMOVAX for immunization. Medical history included diabetes mellitus (reported as diabetic) from 2017 and ongoing, irritable bowel syndrome, acupuncture, and histamine reaction. The patient was told that she was diabetic and she wanted it to be less than 7 as it was way up before that. She took supplements to manage her glucose. The patient stated that in her records, it was documented that she has irritable bowel syndrome. She states that she has thrown up since and has gut pain. The patient got acupuncture below the curve of her left arm for irritable bowel syndrome and that one vein bubbled up 3/4 of inch. The patient stated that she was told that she had a histamine reaction, and she was bruised up from the reaction until 2 days ago. Concomitant medication included ANTRONEX tablet ongoing since Oct2018; the patient's nutritionist told her that whenever she got cold symptoms/sneezing or coughing to take this. The patient also took other unspecified whole food supplements and vitamins. On 06Nov2018, the patient got panic attacks at the site of a needle and she experienced sweats and chills. The patient stated that she was fatigued on an unspecified date in 2018 after pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) was administered and that she slept for the whole day. She had another appointment that she was supposed to go to that day and did not attend it. The patient stated that on 07Nov2018, she was disoriented and had pain in her left shoulder. On 07Nov2018, she stated that all over her shoulder was a big red rash that lasted for 10 days, and she had nausea. She states that on 12Nov2018, she was throwing up and had diarrhea. The patient tried to resolve the disorientation when she went to her last appointment on 19No2018. She stated that the left shoulder pain resulted in red rash. They did not give her an antihistamine or anything for it. The patient had doctor's appointment for acupuncture and she mentioned the adverse events but she stated that they were not listening. The patient had constipation on an unspecified date. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures on 06Nov2018 which included HgBa1c: 7.8, Liver panel: Normal, Chem 7: Normal, Iron: abnormal low, Vitamin D: 17.9, abnormal. She stated that the doctor told her that she needs a daily iron supplement. She states that the doctor told her that her vitamin D range is supposed to be 30-100. Pain in left shoulder recovered on an unspecified date. Outcome of big red rash, panic attacks and chills was recovering; while outcome of sweats, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and constipation was not recovered. The outcome of the other events was unknown. Information on the lot/batch number has been requested.