Age: 58.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Arthritis, Gait disturbance, Impaired work ability, Insomnia
Clinical narrative: It's like all of a sudden she's got rheumatoid arthritis; left arm from the elbow all the way up her wrist to her pinky is so painful/knee on the left side hurts; arthritic node on joints, pinky/like she's got arthritis; middle finger is super painful, swollen half of the time and has a nob as well; middle finger is super painful, swollen half of the time and has a nob as well; middle finger is super painful, swollen half of the time and has a nob as well; can't hardly sleep; can't hardly work; sometimes with her left arm she has to lift it up with her right arm; can barely walk across the room/holding on to the edge and when she goes down the stairs; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 58-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 vaccine), dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 14Jul2021 (Batch/Lot Number: EW0181) as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation.  Medical history included ongoing Celiacs diagnosed 2018, she doesn't take medication for it, she just avoids gluten and Covid-19 in 2020. There were no concomitant medications. The patient previously received dose 1 of BNT162B2 (Lot number: EW0178) injection, unknown dosage in the left arm for Covid-19 immuization and experienced pain on 22Jun2021 at the age of 58 years old. On 16Jul2021, the patient reported that her left arm from the elbow all the way up her wrist to her pinky is so painful and then she developed like an arthritic node on her joints, pinky. Patient stated that her middle finger also is like super painful, swollen half the time, and has a nob as well. Her knee on the left side, hurts on the outer portion but now it's starting to go in front of the knee cap, like she's got arthritis all of a sudden. She was hiking 4 miles a day in the mountains and now she can barely walk across the room, the pain is so horrendous. She states she had a little bit of pain with the first vaccine but the second one is so painful. She states even sometimes with her left arm she has to lift it up with her right arm. It's like all of a sudden she's got rheumatoid arthritis. The patient also reported she can't hardly sleep, can hardly work, she's just eating pain pills right now it's crazy, she's constantly in pain and it's just getting worse. She was praying the other night to god to take her home, she can't stand this pain. She confirms all symptoms reported after the second vaccine began 16Jul2021, is ongoing, and everything is worsening except the arthritic node on joints, pinky, which is persisting. Knee on the left side has gotten worse on the outside, like the outer edge, then yesterday she was at work, she could barely walk to go to the restroom and now it's in the front. She says at the time of report it's not hurting in the front, it's hurting on the side. She reports eating Tylenol for arthritis (Lot number: ACA071, Expiry Date: Feb2024, NDC: 30043760) 650mg, taking two at a time, so 1300 she's taking. She's taking 6 pills a day just so she can survive. She states in the middle of the night she just thinks she can go another few hours to take another one because they are supposed to last for 6 hours. She was healthy and even though her age, she's like early 40s type person as her niece would describe her. She's usually hiking in the hills with her. The patient added that she's got stairs and now she's like holding onto the edge and when she goes down the stairs one foot and then another foot on top instead of walking down the stairs normally. She has literally aged 40 years after getting this stupid vaccine. She says normally this would be no big deal but since this whole thing like she's got to go sideways down the stairs, hold onto the rail, and her arm hurts, and if something happens, her arms not going to support her on this rail. The reason she said left arm is because of the fact she's right handed and didn't want pain with her right hand so she can write. The patient reported that on Tuesday like she wanted to die, she's not going to lie, she wanted to die the pain was so horrendous, it just ached, it was throbbing, it had been like that the night before and the night before and that's when she decided she's going to eat Tylenol like candy if that's what it takes. She put essential oils on her joints as well, Copaiba, like CBD and then she put deep blue which is like for aching muscles just to help alleviate the pain, she's never been in such pain. She states her issue like on Tuesday she wanted to but she can't afford to go to the emergency room, she can't afford to go to Urgent Care. She was working from home waiting for a builder to come to her house and she was in such pain she just wanted to die that she wanted someone to pay for it this is ridiculous. She wasn't in this much pain when she had Covid let alone getting the vaccine and experiencing more pain than she ever did when she had COVID. The evets did not require Emergency room or Physician office visit. The outcome of the events was not recovered  Follow-up (27Jul2021): Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.