Age: 65.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Feeling cold, Headache, Myalgia, Nausea, Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: nausea; diarrhea; Could not lift her head because her eyes were hurting. When she opened them it gave her a headache; Feeling cold; chills; muscle pain; joint pain; fever; headache/Headaches was reported as worsened; Tiredness; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 65-year-old female patient (also the age at vaccination) receive the first dose of  bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Lot number: EL9263), via an unspecified route of administration at the left arm on 26Jan2021 11:00 AM SINGLE DOSE for covid-19 immunization (reported also as To protect herself). Medical history included that she had a heart cath under anesthesia about two weeks prior to getting the vaccine. She clarifies it was on 30Dec2020. There were no concomitant medications. There was no additional vaccines administered on same date. There was no prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks).  No family medical history relevant to AE(s) reported. The patient was vaccinated at a Clinic. The patient previously had a flu shot in Oct2020 and the shingles vaccine in Aug2020 (for immunization). It was reported that the patient had headache, fever, chills, muscle pain, joint pain, nausea and diarrhea after the first dose of the pfizer covid 19 vaccine. The patient wanted to know how long these side effects will last. It was also asked if she should get the second dose of the covid 19 vaccine because she had side effects to the first dose and if the side effects to the second dose or worse than the first dose. It was further reported that the patient got her first shot last Tuesday (26Jan2021). Starting Friday (29Jan2021) she got symptoms. Should she be concerned? She has had tiredness, headaches, (on 27Jan2021) and this morning (01Feb2021) she could not lift her head because her eyes were hurting. When she opening them it gave her a headache. She also had muscle and joint pain (on 29Jan2021) and chills (on 30Jan2021) and fever (on 28Jan2021). She got so cold she covered up with blankets and fell asleep (on 01Feb2021). Then when she woke up it was gone. How long should these side effects last? Should she be concerned? Should she contact her doctor? The reporter also says that most of her symptoms started Friday 29Jan2021. Then she clarifies that actually her symptoms started small before then, on Wednesday 27Jan2021. As the week went on more symptoms came and became other things. It was added that she felt like Friday 19Jan2021 is when she felt the infusion all of a sudden hit her body. That is when she felt the virus hit her with symptoms. Right now her head still hurts. She is not taking as many Tylenol or staying on it regularly like she was. Maybe she should do that again. Could not lift her head because her eyes were hurting. When she opened them it gave her a headache: She says she still has dull pain behind her eyes. She no longer has chills but is feeling cold (on 01Feb2021). Like she chest was frozen on the same side that she got the shot in. They told her to take Tylenol to get relief. But she got concerned as the days went on. She is supposed to get the second dose on 16Feb2021. It was added that it was unknown specific times that these occurred. Friday she would say that she felt it all hit her bad around 11 AM after lunch. The outcome of the event headache, Muscle and joint pain was not recovered; for the event Could not lift her head because her eyes were hurting. When she opened them it gave her a headache and Feeling cold were recovering; for the event nausea, fatigue and diarrhea was unknown; and recovered for the events Chills on 31Jan2021, Fever on 29Jan2021. The AE(s) did not require a visit to Physician office nor ER. Case was considered as non-serious.