Age: 85.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Ageusia, Anosmia, Back pain, Chills, Cough
Clinical narrative: Coughing; Chills; Body aches; Muscle aches; Aches are in the shoulders and where the shot was; Feels a hard knot underneath her skin at the injection site; Fatigue; Losing her taste; Losing her smell; Congestion; Runny nose; Has so much phlegm; Eyes itch; Aching in between her eyes; She does not feel like she used to feel; Ears are a little clogged up; Arms also started hurting; Lower back started hurting; Fever; Nauseous; Headache; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. A 85-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE: Solution for injection; Batch/Lot Number: EN6198), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 22Feb2021 13:00 as DOSE 1, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included allergy/ had a reaction with the Shingles vaccine five years ago. She took the first one from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. She took the first one and her arm got really sore and she didn't feel good. Patient had Sinus headache with the allergies, she Said that it might be allergies, but she does not know from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. There were no concomitant medications. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine. Consumer wants to know whether to take her 2nd dose of the vaccine or not since she experienced side effects after her 1st dose of the vaccine. The last three days she has been a little nauseous; with a headache; and there is the red tide, but it isn't bothering her; and a fever of 99.8. Mentions she ate cereal for breakfast and lunch, and she doesn't know what she will eat for supper. She gets the nausea with eating. She is wondering if her symptoms are normal and should she get the second dose. Clarified patient received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine 22FEB2021 at 1300 in the left arm. She noticed the last three days she is a little nauseous and has a headache and a fever of 99.8. Clarified she is allergic to the red tide, but it isn't bother her right now. Last night when she got up from watching TV her back hurt and she thought she had pulled it. She thought she should do some exercises but then today she laid on the couch a while and it is fine. She is just wondering if she should just get over it or if she should get the second dose? Mentions she had a reaction with the Shingles vaccine five years ago. She took the first one and her arm got sore, and she didn't feel good. They thought she would be covered with just one shot so they told her not to get the next dose. She has no product or information to provide NDC, lot or expiration date for the Shingles vaccine she received. Adds she called her primary care physician to ask if she should get the shot and was told they are recommending it to all their patients. She is currently scheduled to receive the second dose on 15MAR2021. Caller said that she had coughing, fever, and chills. She said that just 2 nights ago she woke up and she was shaking she was so cold. This happens frequently every now and then and she gets a fever and chills. Her temp will go up to 100 and normally she runs 97.8. She said that she has body aches and muscle aches, and this has continued. Caller said that the aches are in the shoulders and where the shot was. She feels a hard knot underneath her skin at the injection site. She said that her knees and back will ache and then it will go away. Caller said that she also has fatigue, she is so fatigued. She said that she just feels like laying on the couch. Caller said that she also had a headache in the back of her head. She is not used to having headaches. She said that she will occasionally get a sinus headache with the allergies. Caller said that she has aching in between her eyes. She said that she keeps losing her taste. She typically eats all her dinner and she said that she is losing her taste and it really does not matter what she eats now. She said that she is also losing her smell. She said that she had chicken soup cooking the other day and she tried to smell it, but she could not smell it. Caller said that she has congestion and runny nose, and it is currently running to her mouth. She has a lot of phlegm in her eyes. Said that it might be allergies, but she does not know. She said that she does not feel like she used to feel. She has so much phlegm coming down from somewhere. Caller said that her eyes itch and sometimes after dinner she gets nauseous and feels like throwing up, but she is not throwing up. It is strong sometimes. Caller also said that her ears are a little clogged up. She has talked to a couple of people that have had the same side effects and they last for 6-8 weeks. She said that she has a son in law that works in the operating room and he had the Moderna vaccines and was fine with the first one, but with the second shot, he came down with a 104 fever for 4 weeks. He was extremely sick with the Moderna vaccine. He is fine now as far as they know. Caller said that she some people near her that had symptoms for 8 weeks. Caller declined safety report on the other people mentioned above. She said that a lot of people had stuff that bothered them. She said that there were 72 people that were vaccinated. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included pyrexia: temp will go up to 100 and normally she runs 97.8 on an unspecified date, pyrexia: 99.8 on 03Mar2021. The outcome of the events nauseous, headache, fever, muscle aches was not recovered, outcome of the event lower back started hurting was recovered and outcome for other events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.