Age: 19.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19, COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Balance disorder, Blood test, Colitis ulcerative, Gait inability, Headache
Clinical narrative: Triggering of a UC flare; tingling throughout the body but mostly on the left side; sharp pains throughout the body; muscle cramps/Charlie horses; heart palpitations; loss of balance; tremors/he had tremors throughout his whole body; intermitting headaches; not able to walk; he had sensitivity to light; twitching; This is a spontaneous report from a Pfizer-sponsored program, COVAX US Support received from a contactable consumer (patient's mother). A 19-year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2 reported as PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 2 at vaccination age of 19-year-old via an unspecified route of administration on 10Jun2021 (Lot Number: EW0179) as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunization. Medical history included UC flare up from an unspecified date to Nov2020 treated with unspecified medicine. The patient received the first dose of bnt162b2 (BNT162B2 reported as PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE) at vaccination age of 19-year-old on 20May2021 (Lot Number: EW0173) for COVID-19 immunization. Concomitant medication includes unspecified multivitamins. The patient reported that he had many adverse effects which included triggering of a UC flare, tingling throughout the body but mostly on the left side, sharp pains throughout the body, muscle cramps, Charlie horses, heart palpitations, loss of balance, tremors, and intermitting headaches. He was admitted to the hospital for a 17 day stay (from 09Jul2021 to 26Jul2021) as well as a 2 day stay throughout this time. She stated that they really need help with the side effect of the tingling all over the body and the sharp pain because he is not able to walk and he yells out from the pain. She mentioned that they have been to hospitals and that they basically tell them that there is nothing they can do for him. She is calling to see if this has been reported and if so, how those other patients were treated for these side effects. The mother further reported that the COVID vaccine trigged a bad UC flare. Most specifically, he had tingling like little pains in his body primary on the left side, he had sharp feelings in his body, he had lots of muscle spasms, he had sensitivity to light, he would have a loss of balance, he had tremors throughout his whole body, an inability to control his muscles because of the twitching and spasms, he had intermittent headaches, he had what they call Charlie horses in his muscles and he had heart palpitations. The worst thing is the tingling and sharps in his legs and extremities, it goes to his hands and takes over his whole body with all of the tingling and shocking pain. This all happened around the end of Jun2021, around 24Jun2021 or 26Jun2021, that he had started noticing that onset. It was around the end of Jun2021 when this had all begun. The patient was admitted to a hospital for 17 days on 09Jul2021 and he was discharged on 26Jul2021 where they had treated his UC flare up. The tingling continued and then again, he had to be rushed to the hospital on 01Aug2021 and they had run all of the tests and results and at both hospitals, they don't know what it was. The mother stated that the very first time he had a UC flare was last year but it was mild and was just treated with medicine but he had come off of medication and has been off since the end of Nov2020. He was on no medicine and had no flare ups, nothing, until he got the COVID vaccine and it came back very strong. He was discharged on 26Jul2021 and the UC has been under control, but he is still taking medications to finish the course for that treatment. She stated that the hospital gave him gabapentin, which is another kind of medication, and she is not too sure if it is helping because he also was on steroids. She also mentioned that the tingling has gotten better but still on Sunday he had a big flare and he screams because he can't even let the sheet touch his toes because he is in so much agonizing pain. She mentioned that in one hospital and 2 days in another, they did a spine MRI and a brain MRI, and everything was normal. All of his blood work, his urine and labs they were all normal. He has never had any nerve issues before. The outcome of the event tingling and pain were not recovered while the outcome of the events was unknown.  Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.