Age: 55.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dizziness, Electrocardiogram, Headache, Heart rate, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: dizziness; Bad headache; blood pressure was rising; mouth started tingling/tongue started tingling; tingling in her chest; chest got some tightness/ her chest was getting tight; tingling in her lips; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (Patient). A 55-Year-old female patient received second dose of BNT162B2(PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, dose 2 intramuscular, administered in Arm Right on 23Mar2021 17:00 (Batch/Lot Number: ER8732; Expiration Date: 31Jul2021) (at the age of 55-years-old) as DOSE 2, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation .   The patient medical history included blood pressure, heart flutter and COVID in Nov2021.The concomitant medications included LOSARTAN from 2020 and ongoing taken for Blood pressure and VERAPAMIL for Heart flutter. The patient had received first dose of BNT162B2(PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, lot number EN6201), via an unspecified route of administration on 02Mar2021 at 16:00(at the age of 55-years-old) into left arm as a single dose for COVID-19 immunization at hospital. In Mar2021, the patient experienced tingling in her lips. On 23Mar2021, the patient mouth tongue started tingling, mouth started tingling, tingling in her chest, chest got some tightness/ her chest was getting tight, blood pressure was rising. On 24Mar2021, the patient experienced bad headache. On 26Mar2021, the patient experienced dizziness. she had the second COVID shot on 23 MAR 2021 and after she received the second COVID shot, her tongue started tingling, her mouth started tingling, and five minutes after, she had tingling in her chest. Her chest got some tightness and this was after she received it. she went to a nurse that was nearby and she had given her some water and told her to take some deep breaths. she did and it started going away but since then from 23 MAR 2021 and up until 26 MAR 2021, her blood pressure was rising and her blood pressure on Friday, she had caller her doctor, because it was 167/90, and just kept rising in the morning. Then in the afternoon it was 162/103 in her right arm, and then the other arm was 167/105 and then later at 420PM, she called the doctor back, it was 170/103, and her chest was getting tight with that. Caller states her pulse was 106 and they told her to go straight to the emergency room. Caller states when she got to the emergency room, her blood pressure was 182/102 and then when she went straight back to the room, they checked her again and her vitals were 168/112. They did blood work, a chest x-ray, and an EKG. Caller states everything was normal on her except her blood pressure and that the blood pressure is a result of this COVID Vaccine and that's what they are telling her. Caller states she had to up her blood pressure medicine until this relieves, even the next day her blood pressure was up. Caller states it wasn't as high as it was in the emergency room, but she has to take an extra 1/2 tablet for a few days of her blood pressure medicine because of this. Caller states her worry is that they couldn't give her any medicine in the emergency room because they were thinking that the blood pressure would go back down and she would probably plummet. Caller states they didn't keep her in the emergency room, they told her to go home and take her blood pressure medicine and go to the doctor on Monday. Caller states she did and now they are telling her it's all a result of the COVID vaccine. Caller states is there anyway she can get help paying for the emergency room payment, Caller states it is over $1200 and she doesn't want the same thing to happen to other people like it did her. Caller verifies the shot she is speaking of is the Pfizer COVID shot, the second one. Caller states she had tingling in her mouth, lips, in her chest. Caller states the nurse told her to take some deep breaks and drink some water. Second Dose: Tingling in her chest, chest got some tightness: Caller states the tightness in her chest, when her blood pressure was high, like on 26 MAR 2021, when her blood pressure was high, she had gotten some tightness in her chest when she went to the emergency room. Caller states she had it on Friday and she had a little on Monday, the chest tightness. Caller states it could have some lasting effects because her blood pressure Monday night was 154/100, this past Monday, she noticed because she's been keeping track of it. Caller states well right now it was low this morning. Caller states it tends to be a little bit higher at night, but not like it was. Caller states it's going towards it's normal, it's going down. Caller states 30 MAR 2021, it was 128/88, it was going down from the other hundred, then like the next night, the 31 MAR 2021, it was 127/84, so it was going down. Caller states she think's its starting to get better, it's ongoing, but it's improved. Second Dose: Tingling in her chest, chest got some tightness: Caller states she had some tightness in her chest on Monday, when her blood pressure was 163/100 that night, that Monday, 29 MAR 2021.she also had some dizziness and light headedness when her blood pressure was high. she has been doing better with it. Caller states when her blood pressure rises that high, that's when it came about, but she is doing. Caller states now the first one, her symptoms were she had a bad headache, has a bad headache with this one too, it made her really tired, then her arm was sore, but she had a headache for like five days with the first one, but didn't have the other problems. Caller states on 02 MAR 2021, she had a headache when she got home, took some Tylenol and had to lay down. Caller states went on for a couple of days; Outcome/To date of first dose: bad headache, but the headache lingered for about five days. Outcomes/To dates: Caller states her arm soreness and the tiredness got better after a couple of days. Tylenol: Caller states it's the (unlisted brand), Acetaminophen, Extra Strength. EXP: 5/22, LOT: P120336, Barcode: 078742092065. Caller states total number of tablet is 400, they are 500mg a piece. Caller states she only takes two at a time, only every 6 hours if that. Her doctor told her to, she was kind of hesitant to get it to be honest because she had COVID in November and when the first round at came, she was still within that 60 day or 30 day of having it so she waited and then her doctor told her, she told her with COVID on the rise and the different, new strands, that the caller should probably get this vaccine and the caller said okay so she went ahead and done it. Caller states there is no dose, just stickers. Caller states all that's here is Pfizer, Lot number, Expiration, date they gave it to you, and the Place. she takes medicine for blood pressure, cause of a heart flutter. she had borderline high blood pressure. Caller states blood pressures have been fine. Caller states her blood pressure went back up when she had COVID, back in November. Her blood pressure is just borderline, but it's been a while. she takes Verapamil, 120 mg once at night, by mouth. Caller states she also takes a low dose of Losartan in the morning, 20mg, by mouth, it has been about a year on the Losartan. Caller verified started sometime in 2020. Caller states has been on Verapamil for years because of her heart flutter, she has a heart flutter. Losartan: Caller states they told her to take 1/2 tab more when her blood pressure as high at night. Caller states they told her to do that after going to the emergency room. They told her to go straight to the emergency room before on that Friday. Verifies her Losartan and Verapamil are in brown bottles from a grocery store; therefore, no information is provided in NDC, LOT, Expiry date for either medication. She takes a low dose in the morning when her blood pressure was high, she takes another 1/2 tablet at night of the Losartan, but that was Monday, on the 29 MAR 2021. Caller states that Dr. that told her to do that after she went to the emergency room on 26 MAR 2021.Test Results details everything was normal except her blood pressure still being skyrocketed. Time the Vaccination was Given For first and second dose, between 1600 and 1700.The patient was visited to emergency room and physician office for the events. Caller states went to emergency room and visited physician's office after second dose. Caller verifies she was discharged, sent home, from emergency room and they told her to follow up with her doctor and to keep track of her blood pressures. Caller verifies she visited the emergency room on 26 MAR 2021.PSCC Communication: PC filed. Caller requesting Pfizer to pay for personal medical bills from emergency room. Caller provided with legal department address and fax number for further inquiry.Caller states had bad headache with first Pfizer COVID vaccine and took Tylenol, but headache was ongoing for 5 days. Caller reporting high blood pressure after second vaccine. Caller states it wasn't as high as it was in the emergency room, but she has to take an extra 1/2 tab of her blood pressure medicine because of this as directed by doctor. Product strength and count size dispensed: Tylenol: Caller states total number of tablets is 400, they are 500mg a piece. Caller states she only takes two at a time, only every 6 hours if that. Losartan: Caller states she takes a low dose, 20 mg, in the morning by mouth.Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of blood pressure was rising, bad headache. The outcome of the events was recovered for mouth started tingling/tongue started tingling on the same day event onset, recovered with Sequel for tingling in her chest, chest got some tightness/ her chest was getting tight on 30Mar2021, Unknown for tingling in her lips and recovering for other events.  No follow up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.