Age: 64.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoacusis, Impaired work ability, Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Magnetic resonance imaging, Muscle twitching
Clinical narrative: Under right eye was twitching and her right thumb was twitching; Right ear starting feeling really plugged; Sounded like a jack hammer went off in her right ear, then it started making a loud clicking sound, then it was like rice crispies, muscle spasms that sounded like an electric saw sound; Both of her legs would shake uncontrollably when she got in bed at night; Minimal hearing loss; Middle ear myoclonus; Vertigo; Couldn't sleep; Dizzy; Nauseous; Can only work very little. She had to give up a portion of her work; Can't concentrate; Every day living is hard; she would have to hang on to things to walk.; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 64 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 21Feb2021 (Batch/Lot number: unknown) at the age of 64 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Migraine" (unspecified if ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: SUMATRIPTAN taken for migraine (ongoing). Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Dose:01, 1st dose received on 30Jan2021 at around 4:30pm., Lot: EN5318, (N could be a V), Expiry: Unknown, Anatomical location: Right arm), administration date: 30Jan2021, when the patient was 63 years old, for Vaccination. The following information was reported: EAR DISCOMFORT (non-serious) with onset 23Feb2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Right ear starting feeling really plugged"; TINNITUS (non-serious) with onset 23Feb2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Sounded like a jack hammer went off in her right ear, then it started making a loud clicking sound, then it was like rice crispies, muscle spasms that sounded like an electric saw sound"; TREMOR (non-serious) with onset Feb2021, outcome "recovered" (Mar2021), described as "Both of her legs would shake uncontrollably when she got in bed at night"; MUSCLE TWITCHING (non-serious) with onset 23Feb2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Under right eye was twitching and her right thumb was twitching"; HYPOACUSIS (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Minimal hearing loss"; TINNITUS (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Middle ear myoclonus"; VERTIGO (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Vertigo"; SLEEP DISORDER (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Couldn't sleep"; DIZZINESS (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Dizzy"; NAUSEA (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Nauseous"; IMPAIRED WORK ABILITY (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Can only work very little. She had to give up a portion of her work"; DISTURBANCE IN ATTENTION (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Can't concentrate"; LOSS OF PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY ACTIVITIES (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Every day living is hard"; GAIT DISTURBANCE (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "she would have to hang on to things to walk.". The events "right ear starting feeling really plugged", "sounded like a jack hammer went off in her right ear, then it started making a loud clicking sound, then it was like rice crispies, muscle spasms that sounded like an electric saw sound", "both of her legs would shake uncontrollably when she got in bed at night", "under right eye was twitching and her right thumb was twitching", "minimal hearing loss", "middle ear myoclonus" and "couldn't sleep" were evaluated at the physician office visit. Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of ear discomfort, tinnitus, muscle twitching, tinnitus.  Additional Information- Vaccination Facility Type: Senior Citizen's Facility. The neurologist gave her Tegretol, an epilepsy medication, and it helped for a couple months but then it stopped working. Caller clarified that she was taking the generic, Carbamazepine 200mg tablets twice a day, not Tegretol. She has scheduled surgery for 05Apr2022.  The lot number for bnt162b2 was not provided and will be requested during follow up.