Age: 64.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Nerve conduction studies, SARS-CoV-2 test, Swelling, X-ray
Clinical narrative: Migraines; hand and feet swelling; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) or other non HCP, via Medical Information Team. A 64-years-old male patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: ENG202, Expiration date: unknown) (age at vaccination 64-years-old) dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 24Feb2021 13:00 as DOSE 1, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included Heart attack in 1994; kidney removed, left side in 2015; One kidney in 2015 and ongoing; Weak left side of heart. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. On an unspecified date in May2021 Migraines, hand and feet swelling on unspecified date in 2021. thigh pain, arm pain bilaterally, shoulder pain, back pain, hand and feet swelling. They began after the first dose and have continued after the second dose. patient had a history of having a heart attack in the past and has concerns about effects on his heart later on down the line. he only have one kidney. he don't know what the vaccine is affecting. he have the one kidney and a weak left side of heart. his ejection fraction is down. Patient primary care physician and specialist have given tramadol for the pain. He had a headache and stiff neck really for no apparent reason and they continued. Then he noticed out of his peripheral vision was bad, his vision was bad. He called his primary care provider and told him about this, and he was prescribed a steroid pack and for 2 months he was provided a muscle relaxer to help. They provided some relief but didn't get rid of it. Believes the steroid was a Zpack for inflammation. Unable to provide the name of the muscle relaxer or the NDC, Lot, or expiry for either Zpack or muscle relaxer given. Eventually, they continued and after he had the visual distortion, he went to an eye doctor to make sure nothing was wrong like a tumor that was causing the headaches or stiff neck. Eye doctor told him nothing wrong with his eyes and they are fine, not tumor, he just had migraines and he never had migraines before. He saw a neurologist for the migraines and was diagnosed with migraines. On the first neurology appointment they gave him an injection in the stomach, but he does not know the name of it. The second visit was given shots in the back of head and back of neck. On that next visit he got a shot in the stomach and most of it quiet down with the migraines and the visual distortion and he still had them. Was then given a drug to take to help when they flared up, for break through migraines. It was Ubrelby 100mg. He was given the free ones and he could only take up to 10 in a month. He was given 4 of them and only had to use 2 of them and the migraines and visual distortion has gone away. Provides Ubrelby NDC , lot number 1843724 and expiry of Jul2022. He started this in Apr or in May after his first visit with neurologist, (withheld). During the same time, he had the migraines he started having pains in his upper thighs, felt like in his muscles. States imagine little bubbles like they are going to pop was how it felt. They went away and stopped. He then started to have back stuff, pains that started in Mar or Apr. They stopped after 7-8 days later and then they were gone. He was then sent to a nerve specialist and they did a conduction nerve test to see if what happened affected his nerves and the test was fine. then all of a sudden, after one thing happened and went away another one would start. Then his lower back got so painful he could hardly walk and so he went to an orthopedist thinking it could be a pinched nerve. They did x-rays but could not see anything that caused this kind of pain. They didn't give him anything, but in 7 days after that he was fine ever since, and it just went away. He also had pains in the upper arms that felt like someone was giving him shots at the same time in both arms. It was the kind that hurt and stays hurting. Felt like they didn't pull out the needle, like someone was pressing the needle in the arm, directly in the area you are getting a shot, but this feeling lasted much longer. Had this very same feeling in the top of both shoulders and they were intermittent. one minute he would have them and the next they could last about 5 minutes, or it could be gone for 5 hours and show up again in 5 minutes. It was not consistent and happen every hour. This also resolved in May along with the migraines. patient had pains at top of shoulders fell in line with his neck, where the soft spot between the collar bone is; it was like getting a shot in his arm. Again, he no longer has these. No problems with vaccines in past. Provides he had second dose on 17Mar2021 in left arm and lot number of ENG206. No further details provided. Started in the beginning of Jun probably, it's been about 2 1/2 weeks. He had not been able to use his hands. They are numb, tingling, feel swollen, he can't bend them or hold things for maybe a couple of minutes. He can't grip anything. Extending from the tip of his fingers all the way up to the shoulders, in his left arm especially causes the wrist to hurt. It hurts all up to the left shoulder. In the right arm it only goes up to the bicep and these have gotten worse and are continuing to get worse. Was given Tramadol for that pain. Unable to provide NDC, Lot, or expiry from orange pharmacy Tramadol bottle. He takes 50mg, 1-2 tablets by mouth four times daily. It was prescribed 16Jun2021 and expires 16Jun2022. These pain pills help some, it takes the pain away, but does not allow him to grip with his hands or anything else. Now it may sound crazy, but when he coughed it would make him feel like the inside of his biceps were going to explode. It went away and only lasted a week. After a week this went away, but to touch it hurts after he coughed. Still had tenderness in both sides in the muscles, but at that time it felt like they were exploding outwards. Again, mentions he no longer has this. His feet are swollen up and he has never had that before now. Went back to see his heart doctor. He had gone to have a Covid test and heart test in Jan2021. With the swelling in the feet, he felt it had something to do with the heart and he went to see the Cardiologist. cardiologist asked about testing done with the primary care provider. Had ANA testing done with primary care and that test came back with no arthritis in the hands on unknown date. Mentions he had a heart attack at age 38 before he had Covid vaccine, since he is 64 now. He has not had any chest pains and didn't fall under those heart symptom questions asked. None had anything to do with his heart and the provider felt symptoms probably due to with the vaccine, but there is not enough information out there on it yet. He saw about 6 specialist and they all say the same thing. Still having feet and hands swelling. He had a heart attack in the past or how it will affect his muscles in his heart because he does not want to find out later that it had affected his heart, and nobody knew. Had MRI of the brain, blood vessels and nerves ordered by his Neurologist as well. The outcome of events was recovered