Age: 61.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Illness, SARS-CoV-2 test, Tremor, Vaccination complication
Clinical narrative: Chills; It actually felt like the fog was lifting; given a list of symptoms and he has about all of them, but on a scale of 1-10, he feels like a 15; he is laying under blankets shaking; found the food to be overly salty and couldn't eat it/all he has been able to put down is applesauce, even water tastes salty; Has been laid up in bed for 4 days; I am 4 days into severe reactions. Caller reports that he has Had every single one of the side effects  and not just mild ones; Couldn't get out of bed until 20 hours later; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 61-year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm left, administration date 25Mar2021 15:00 (Batch/Lot number: unknown) at the age of 61 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunization. The patient had no relevant medical history. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: DYSGEUSIA (non-serious) with onset 25Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "found the food to be overly salty and couldn't eat it/all he has been able to put down is applesauce, even water tastes salty"; CHILLS (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "Chills"; HYPOKINESIA (non-serious) with onset 25Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Couldn't get out of bed until 20 hours later"; FEELING ABNORMAL (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "It actually felt like the fog was lifting"; ILLNESS (non-serious) with onset 25Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Has been laid up in bed for 4 days"; VACCINATION COMPLICATION (non-serious) with onset 25Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "I am 4 days into severe reactions. Caller reports that he has Had every single one of the side effects and not just mild ones"; CONDITION AGGRAVATED (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "given a list of symptoms and he has about all of them, but on a scale of 1-10, he feels like a 15"; TREMOR (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "he is laying under blankets shaking". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section.  Additional information: The patient did not have any kind of reactions to drugs. The patient did not receive any other vaccines on same date of the Pfizer suspect and not have prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. Clinical course: It was reported that patient received his first covid vaccine on Thursday and 4 days he was into severe reactions. Patient reports that he has had every single one of the side effects and not just mild ones. Also reports that in addition to every listed side effect he also says everything tastes salty and asks is this normal. Patient states he has been laid up in bed for 4 days. The symptoms started about 5 hours after getting the shot. States for about an hour this morning, it actually felt like the fog was lifting but then the chills came back, and he is laying under blankets shaking. Patient relays that initially there was no reaction to the vaccine at all, but then when he went to eat dinner that night, he found the food to be overly salty and he couldn't even eat it. Patient clarifies that he had dinner 2 hours after getting the vaccine. He figured someone just slipped with the salt. States he got into bed at 8pm and couldn't get out of bed until 20 hours later. Since Thursday night all he has been able to put down is applesauce, even water tastes salty. Patient states he takes nothing out of the ordinary. States he was tested for Covid about 10 days prior and that was negative. States the test was on 17Mar2021. He was trying to find out from Pfizer what was normal. He was given a list of symptoms and he has just about all of them, but on a scale of 1 to 10, he feels like a 15.  No follow-up attempts are possible; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained. No further information is expected.