Age: 72.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Illness, Neoplasm, Peripheral swelling, Swelling, Ultrasound scan
Clinical narrative: got very sick that day; severe headaches; sick to her stomach; broke out in lumps; dizzy; falling down; no strength left in her body; gaining weight like crazy and has gone from 127 pounds to 148 pounds; her arms is swollen; neck is swollen on both sides; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) for a Pfizer sponsored program. The reporter is the patient.  A 72 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administration date 24Aug2021 (Lot number: FC3183) at the age of 72 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Thyroid", start date: 1999 (ongoing); "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: COPD, Investigation Assessment: Yes. The patient took concomitant medications. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Lot Number: FA7484., Dose: 1), administration date: 02Aug2021, when the patient was 72 years old, for COVID-19 immunization. The following information was reported: ILLNESS (non-serious) with onset 24Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "got very sick that day"; HEADACHE (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "severe headaches"; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "sick to her stomach"; NEOPLASM (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "broke out in lumps"; DIZZINESS (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "dizzy"; FALL (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "falling down"; ASTHENIA (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "no strength left in her body"; WEIGHT INCREASED (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "gaining weight like crazy and has gone from 127 pounds to 148 pounds"; PERIPHERAL SWELLING (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "her arms is swollen"; SWELLING (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "neck is swollen on both sides". The events "got very sick that day", "severe headaches", "sick to her stomach", "broke out in lumps", "dizzy", "falling down", "no strength left in her body", "gaining weight like crazy and has gone from 127 pounds to 148 pounds", "her arms is swollen" and "neck is swollen on both sides" were evaluated at the physician office visit. Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of illness, headache, abdominal discomfort, neoplasm, dizziness, fall, asthenia, weight increased, peripheral swelling, swelling.  Additional information: The patient concomitant medications included thyroid Medication from 1999 to ongoing taken for thyroid. She stated that she received her last shot on 24Aug2021 and got very sick that day. States she had severe headaches and was sick to her stomach. She called her doctor's office and the person there told her to get Excedrin.  States she has been taking Excedrin, practically living off of it, since then. Patient stated that she was a widow and she takes care of her disabled daughter and she was all that her daughter has.  She stated that right now she was broke out in lumps.  Says they were big lumps everywhere on her body like marshmallows.  She had an ultrasound of them on 10Nov2021 and they said they were soft tissue lymph nodes all over her body. She stated that her head was killing her.  Stated that she has a head thing on monday to see what is going on with her head.  Says that she was getting dizzy and falling down also. She was doing fine.  She was taking care of her 3 acres of land and her daughter fine, by herself for 11 years since her husband died.  States she had nothing going on until she took these shots and now her whole life is over. She stated that she gets blood work done every 3 months because she has no thyroid since 1999.  She takes medication for her thyroid and gets checks every 3 months.  After the shot her results were like she had none of her medication in her body. Patient stated that something was wrong and she was scared to death.  Says no one knows what to do.  She has never felt so bad in her entire life and did not feel like this until the vaccines.  Says she has no strength left in her body and has severe headaches like you would not believe. She stated that her HCP told the caller that she cannot say if the patient symptoms are from the vaccine or not because the science is too new.  She told her HCP that her HCP knows the patient was not sick until after the shot. She mentioned that her daughter got her vaccines at the same time as the caller.  Says her daughter did okay, she was sick and tired, but she did okay. She could not see her doctor immediately, said that it was really hard to see her doctor and she lived in a rural area. She went to see a PA but cannot remember his name.  He told her the lumps on her looked like marshmallows, the lumps started on one side. They had a hard time doing the ultrasound of them because the lumps move. She has so many of them, on both sides of her body. When she told the PA about her headaches he said take excedrin, which she was doing.  She was practically living on it and it was not helping. Attempted to gather more information from the caller about her daughter's experience with the vaccines.  Her daughter was sick, tired, had a massive headache.  The second vaccine for her was the worst. Her daughter got better, then goes on to continue talking about her own experiences. Her neck was swollen on both sides, underneath her arms was swollen.  She was falling because she was so dizzy.  States that is why they are doing the head thing on Monday. They wanted to do the head thing with contrast but cannot because she was allergic to contrast.  She was allergic to this shot. She was looking in the mirror combing her hair and pressing on her neck.  States that it hurts, she has to sleep with 3 pillows. She has been to three doctors. She has COPD and quit smoking three years ago. Her lung specialist told her not to get the vaccines; but everyone else told her she should.  When she told her lung specialist what was happening he told her that he begged her not to get the vaccines. She stated Excedrin Extra Strength was not working, maybe she was allergic to the Covid Vaccine.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.