Age: 81.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Contusion, Haemorrhage, Illness, SARS-CoV-2 test, White blood cell count
Clinical narrative: a cut that would not stop bleeding.; Afterwards she got really sick.; had a big bruise on her neck; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). An 81-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection, lot number: EW0176), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm, 25May2021 (at the age of 81-year-old), as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included polymyalgia rheumatica, abnormal white cell count, rheumatoid arthritis (reported as: Caller clarified that she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis a couple of years ago. She had a bad cold and all of sudden she was in terrific pain. She said that the arthritis was brought on by the cold. Her immune system went wild and attacked her joints) and covid 19 and received monoclonal antibody treatment on 31Dec2020. Concomitant medications included ongoing citalopram (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN, Strength: 10 mg) for anxiety disorder and ongoing clonazepam MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN, Strength: 0.25 mg) for sleep. Historical vaccine included bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EW0175, Expiry date unknown), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm, on 04May2021 (at the age of 80-years-old), as dose 1 for covid-19 immunisation. Consumer completed her Pfizer Covid 19 vaccine series on 25May2021. Afterwards she got really sick. She noted that she previously did not have issues with bruising/bleeding but then had a big bruise on her neck and a cut that would not stop bleeding. The next morning there was blood on her sheets. She had a previous Covid 19 infection and received monoclonal antibody treatment on 31Dec2020. She waited per provider guidance to get vaccinated after treatment. She also has abnormal white cell count. She has a history of polymyalgia rheumatica and confirms she has Rheumatoid Arthritis. She explains she was immunocompromised but did not share if the RA diagnosis followed the vaccine series. Consumer was concerned of bleeding risk and was convinced what she experienced was a result of the vaccine. Because these reactions were reported voluntarily, it was not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to vaccine exposure. Caller was a consumer that was calling about the Covid-19 Vaccine and stated that she received her second dose on 25May2021. The next day she gets very sick. She had huge bruise on her neck and she got a little cit that started bleeding and did not think it would stop. She said that she saw blood on her sheets when she woke up in the morning. She has a picture of the bruise. In a few days it got better, but not totally gone. She has been diagnosed with RA and her white count goes up when she has an illness. Caller clarified that she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis a couple of years ago. She had a bad cold and all of sudden she was in terrific pain. She said that the arthritis was brought on by the cold. Her immune system went wild and attacked her joints. She was concerned about getting a booster. She already had Covid and a monoclonal infusion also along with the 2 shots. The outcome of the events was unknown.