Age: 83.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dyspnoea, Fatigue, Loss of personal independence in daily activities
Clinical narrative: Shortness of breath irritated by problem he's having; trouble performing normal daily functions; Weak; Tired; Bit lightheaded; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 83-year-old male patient received second dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot Number: ER8735) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm left on 06Apr2021 at 15:10 (at the age of 83-year-old) as DOSE 2, SINGLE for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included atrial fibrillation from 1987 to an unknown date (his last episode was in 2018), ongoing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for about 10 years maybe 2011 and ongoing sleep apnoea syndrome. The patient family medical history included his father died of a heart attack and his mother died from dementia like alzheimer's. Concomitant medications included salbutamol (ALBUTEROL HFA) taken for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, start and stop date was not reported. He took albuterol whenever he was short of breath. Historical vaccine included first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot Number: EN6204) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm left on 16Mar2021 as DOSE 1, SINGLE for COVID-19 immunisation. On 07Apr2021, the patient experienced weak, tired and bit lightheaded. Shortness of breath irritated by problem he was having and trouble performing normal daily functions on an unspecified date. On an unspecified date, the patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included in the emergency room blood test: normal, chest X-ray: normal and computerised tomogram: normal. It was reported that the patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included in the emergency room they did a urinalysis and took blood from him. He was sure there were 8 of the vials, and 4 of the little bottles took quite a bit of blood. He asked if they were giving someone a transfusion. They did a CAT scan of his head because they thought it might be a brain bleed. They did a chest X-ray and that was negative, he had no problem. They didn't even notice anything wrong with his COPD. Maybe they couldn't see it on an X-ray. The patient woke up in the morning at about 0900 he realized he was sick. Through the night he slept well. The patient had sleep apnea and had a CPAP on him at night with oxygen. When he woke up he felt short of breath which was unusual. When he woke up with the CPAP it almost processes it and takes care of the shortness of breath. He also had the oxygen. When he woke up he knew something was wrong. The patient took albuterol whenever he was short of breath and he had another medicine he took once a day, patient took a lot he had 13 prescriptions and then took some generic over the counter medications that doctors recommend. The outcome of the event weak and tired was recovering, bit lightheaded was not recovered, shortness of breath irritated by problem he's having and trouble performing normal daily functions was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.