Age: 37.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: FLUC4
Symptoms: Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Nasal congestion, Pain, Respiratory tract congestion, Rhinorrhoea
Clinical narrative: This spontaneous case, initially received from other health professional on 30- Oct-2018, concerns a 37-year-old, adult, female patient. The patient had no relevant medical history (reported as perfectly healthy before). The patient had no relevant history of asthma or allergy (as reported). The patient had no relevant concomitant medication. On 19-Oct-2017, the patient was administered FLUCELVAX QIVc [dose: 0.5 ml, route of administration: intramuscular, anatomical location: deltoid, batch number and expiry date: not reported]. On 03-Nov-2017, 15 days after vaccination, the patient experienced body aches and started to sneeze uncontrollably (reported as over 50 times and had never experienced) to a point that she could not stop it. The patient took several anti-histamines (as reported) to calm her system down. The patient was not functional to a point that she could not go to grocery or sleep. The patient had trouble sleeping due to uncontrolled sneezing. On an unspecified date (reported as after about a month), sneezing progressed to nonstop mucus production constantly to nasal congestion, through 3 to 4 months. It was reported that everything was clogged. Eventually, the patient ended up with a sinus infection and took unspecified antibiotics to control the infection. On an unspecified date infection cleared, but the mucus continued and began coughing with chest tightness. The patient started to use nebulizer albuterol (from her daughter, who had asthma, as reported) for the relief but the symptoms progressed. On 02-Sep-2018 at 11:30 pm, 10 months and 14 days after vaccination, the patient had an asthma attack and was grasping for air. The patient took CLARITIN and albuterol to calm herself down but nothing could control the events. The patient drove herself to the ER. It was reported that this attack was the first asthma attack that the patient experienced in her life. The patient claimed that the vaccine had triggered an immune response that she can't shut down. On 03-Sep-2018 morning, the patient was discharged. The patient was prescribed with albuterol, unspecified inhalers and steroids. On 29-Oct-2018 (night), 1 year and 10 days after vaccination, the patient was at home and she started to throw up globs of mucus (she never experienced that before, as reported) and had another event and her husband called emergency services, as she could not breath. The patient had another asthma attack which was worse than the previous attack. The patient claimed that she thought she was going to die, as she was unable to breathe or talk. The patient was on prednisone 40 mg (2 tables, as reported) while this event occurred. The patient was put on oxygen and inhalers in the ambulance. Upon presenting to hospital, the doctor asserted that prednisone 60 mg had to be administered instead of 40 mg. On 30-Oct-2018, the patient was discharged, and the patient complained that the progression of symptoms occurred since vaccination with  [Due to memory limitations, the remainder of this text could not be compared.] FLUCELVAX. The patient also claimed that she had read all the package inserts extensively and that FLUCELVAX was not well studied in women and she called because she wanted people to know that this vaccine was not safe in the specified population. At this time of the report, the patient had not recovered from the events. The reporter assessed the events as serious (hospitalization).