Age: 53.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: She ran a fever with the first vaccine; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp (patient reported for herself). A 53-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for Injection, Batch/Lot Number: unknown, provides lot number for the first vaccine as EP753 9 or 4. Last number she is leaning more towards 9), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm left on 17Mar2021 (at the age of 53-year-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. The patient medical history included liver disease from on an unspecified date in 2016 and ongoing. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. On an unspecified date in Mar2021, the patient experienced she ran a fever with the first vaccine. Patient had two immunizations with the Pfizer Covid vaccine. The second vaccine was last week and she had a strong response. Stated she might have had Covid when she got the second vaccine. She had a fever of 104 Fahrenheit. She saw her son who had Covid at the time. She had body aches, chills, she was on the couch for quite a while. The joint pain was incredible, even in her toes. She felt like she had a horrible flu. Her every muscles and every joint hurt, and her head hurt. She was on the couch for like 4 days. On day 3 or 4 she developed intermittent pain in the leg and shin. It feels like someone is drilling a jackhammer in it. It feels like a Charley's horse, but not, more like it's in the bone. She didn't associate it with the vaccine at first, even though she had never had this pain before until she got the vaccine. She said that she has had some back problems and scheduled an MRI to see if she had pinched nerve or something. She also has some tingling on the skin. She read about side effects of blood clots and doesn't know if this leg pain could be related to a blood clot. She assumed it could be from her back. She read that with blood clots there is usually an ache and discoloration, which she does not have now. She also read that intermittent Charley's horse could have something to do with blood clots. She has pins and needles on the skin. She also had a headache after the vaccine, but she does not have it now. She said that the pain in her leg that shoots on and bangs in her tibia hurts when bending over, lifting her leg to her chest, squatting to pick up something, and going up and down the stairs. She said that the pain is horrible and it is worse than leg pain, it is worse than a charley horse, it is the worst pain she has ever felt in her life. She cannot stop screaming when it happens. States with the joint pain that she had, there may be a nerve that's being pressed on her back. She said that with all of the information being reported in the news about blood clots, she asked is that something she needs to be concerned about. Patient said that she did a telehealth visit with her doctor and notified her of the leg pain and asked the doctor to schedule her for an MRI because of the pain. Stated her hemoglobin and hematocrit, MCV are high. Patient said that the clotting is affecting her red blood cells. No further details provided. No NDC number or expiration date for the First vaccine on the card. Stated she falls in the category of special circumstances to receive the vaccine due to having liver disease. Provides second vaccine lot number as FU, then clarifies it looks like FW0151. Stated she needs a magnifying glass to see it. Dose 0.3 ml injection in the left arm. NDC-59267-1000-02 the second number could be an 8 but looks like a 9. Expiration date: 31Jul2021. She ran a fever with the first vaccine, but she had a high fever between 103-104 degrees Fahrenheit after the second vaccine that stopped on 12Apr2021or 13Apr2021. Her high fever lasted for about 3 days. She had a low-grade fever that lasted for about a week. Her body aches resolved completely on 12Apr2021 or 13Apr2021. Her joint pain is in her back and elbows. She also had lot of joint pain in her shoulder and arm and radiates to her neck on the left side. She still has some muscle pain in her leg, but overall, her muscle pain is gone. For treatment she used Ibuprofen and fluids. Possible covid with second vaccine and Liver disease. After second vaccine on 7APR2021, she took Ibuprofen 600 mg by mouth. She asks do I need to worry about the leg pain being a blood clot. The day before her shot, her son called and told her he tested positive for covid. She got a test immediately and the next day she was told it was negative. She thinks she might have tested too soon. She also says her response to it was so strong, she must have been getting covid and didn't know it. She might have tested negative because she had the first shot already. She wasn't worried about exposing others and went to get her second shot, but she got really sick after that, and it kicked her butt pretty hard. I might have had covid before the second vaccine. Provides second vaccine lot number as FU, then clarifies it looks like FW0151. Outcome of the event was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.