Age: 62.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Ear pain, Fall, Herpes zoster, Herpes zoster oticus, Loss of consciousness
Clinical narrative: Broke her ankle/Ankle surgery; Diagnosed with bells palsy; Ear kept hurting/Ear ache; Balance issues; Dizziness; Fell; Passing out; Vertigo; Ramsay Hunt syndrome which is shingles in the ear; Ramsay Hunt syndrome which is shingles in the ear; Hearing loss; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. A 62-year-old female consumer (patient) reported for herself. A 62-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE Solution for injection Lot Number: EP7533) via an unspecified route of administration in arm left on 02May2021 13:30 as dose 2, single for (age at vaccination: 62 years) COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included overweight from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing she mentions she was a little overweight. Concomitant medications included pregabalin (LYRICA) taken for an unspecified indication from 24Jul2021 and ongoing. Historical vaccine includes bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE Solution for injection Lot Number: EP7533) via an unspecified route of administration in arm left on 10Apr2021 as dose 1, single for (age at vaccination: 62 years) COVID-19 immunisation. History of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect (or patient age at first and subsequent immunizations if dates of birth or immunizations are not available). Additional Vaccines Administered on Same Date of the Pfizer Suspect If applicable, vaccines administered on same date with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect was none. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks), other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccines was none. The adverse events following prior vaccinations was none. On 02Jul2021, the patient experienced ear ache. On 04Jul2021, patient had vertigo, ramsay-hunt syndrome which was shingles in the ear, bell's palsy. On an unknown date Jul2021, had balance issues, hearing loss. On 27Jul2021, had dizziness, patient broke her ankle/ankle surgery, passed out and fell. The patient was in hospital for bell's palsy from 04Jul2021 to 09Jul2021 and for broken ankle from 27Jul2021 to 29Jul2021. The events caused hospitalization. The events resulted in Emergency Room/Physician Office. It was reported that her ear kept hurting for a while and she was admitted to the hospital on 04Jul2021 and was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome which was shingles in the ear. She was in the hospital from 04Jul2021 to 09Jul2021 and she still had balance issues and they gave her medicine to take for a while. On 27Jul2021, she had dizziness as she was trying to walk to the bathroom she fell and broke her ankle because of the Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. On 04Jul2021, she was also diagnosed with bells palsy. Caller states she was told her symptoms could be from the vaccine and knows that it could be after the fact but she was wondering if there was any help that could be provided by Pfizer and she needs financial help to pay for doctors bills that she has and they add up to 3000 or 4000 dollars, had insurance but she also has to go to therapy for her ankle and she has hearing loss from the Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Caller states she has also been out of work since 02Jul2021 and she wanted to know if she can be compensated for loss wages. On 02Jul2021, she had gone to the doctor because of her ear ache. She was given Amoxicillin and then on 04Jul2021, she woke up and had vertigo. She got her daughter to come over and help her because she was spinning like crazy. Her daughter stayed with her up until 10 minutes before her husband would get home from work. Her husband got off at 6. From the time her daughter left (10 minutes before her husband arrived home), the Bell's palsy started. She didn't even realize it until her husband looked at her and thought she had a stroke. Her husband took her to Emergency Care which she was then transported by ambulance to the hospital where she was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy and Ramsay Hunt syndrome.Caller clarifies she had balance issues and ended up passing out and falling on 27Jul2021. She spent another 2 days in the hospital. She was in the hospital from 27Jul2021 to 29Jul2021. She had surgery on her ankle the night of 27Jul2021. Lot number was the same for both the first and second dose. She started Lyrica on 24Jul2021, but she had taken Lyrica before and had no problems with it. She was still taking Lyrica with no issues. She confirms she cannot provide any NDC, Lot, or expiry date for the Lyrica as this product was dispensed in a pharmacy vial with just an Rx number. The clinical outcome of the events was unknown.