Age: 82.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Body temperature, Chills, Fatigue, Feeling cold
Clinical narrative: fatigue; Sore throat; bad runny nose; she herself was so cold; Slight fever; headache; body aches; Chills; joint pain/her normal joint pain hurt more than usual; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) received from a Pfizer-sponsored program Pfizer First Connect, CEP 2191. A 82-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number: EN5318), via an unspecified route of administration on 30Jan2021 (at the age of 82-year-old) as a dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. The patient's medical history included arthritis, stiff neck and carpal tunnel, she kind of in her neck sort of had a stiff neck, it hurt, she had a recent surgery for carpal tunnel. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. It was reported that, swap from IBCC. The caller received 1st dose of Covid vaccine on Saturday 30Jan2021. She started experiencing chills, joint pain, fatigue. She was wondering whether they can have side-affects start so many days after taking a dose of the vaccine. Relayed PMI information. The caller stated that, she got the COVID 19 shot a week ago and few days and she doesn't know whether she was having reactions or whether she has got something else. She confirmed that, she was wondering whether what she was experiencing was associated with the product. She asked that, do they use the information she reports, do they really wanted it. Stated that, she would like to report it. She never connected the dots but her daughter had a bad case of COVID 19 and it started for her daughter with chills. No further information provided. The caller stated that, the other day she herself was so cold she could not get warm and she never gave it a thought, she just thought it was just very cold there in (State name withheld) but it was really really cold and then after that she had all these other things like headache and body ache and all the above. Stated that, then on yesterday, she had a slight fever but today she feels much better, much much better. She also had sore throat and a bad runny nose on an unspecified date. Her nose just ran away. Stated that, she has not ever been allergic to stuff, she normally has no problems with shots. First dose of the vaccine was given on 30Jan2021, about a week ago, it was a Saturday. She first noticed the chills last Friday on 05Feb2021 and she was cold that whole day and after that towards evening it let up a little bit but she was extremely cold and she could never get warm. She never thought to take her temperature through all that she knows sometimes chills can hide a fever but she didn't take her temperate at all. Stated that, it went from there she also hurt, her arthritis, every place she has bad arthritis it was effected a lot, it hurt a lot. She kind of in her neck sort of had a stiff neck, it hurt, she had a recent surgery for carpal tunnel and that was everything but it was a recent operation and that thing hurt. It was not her whole body just those areas, usually they hurt anyway but they really hurt bad. Stated that, the headache she noticed the same day on 05Feb2021 as the chills, the whole time she was still having the headache and now she still has a slight headache, but it has gotten better because it was a bad headache when it started. Stated that, it was yesterday on 08Feb2021, she had a slight fever, her daughter checked it yesterday and her temperature was 99.8 just a slight one. Her temperature, she was abnormal, it was normally a little on the low side she was usually 97 something. But that was yesterday, she never even thought about checking it before. She asked, that would not be COVID, would it. Stated that, she first noticed her normal joint pain hurt more than usual on that same Friday, on 05Feb2021. Everything that normally hurts was hurting worse and they all hurt at the same time. She stated that was still going on but it has gotten better. Stated that, she confirmed it was the Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine. She does not see an expiration date or NDC number on her vaccine card. The description of product complaint included that, the caller reported her experience after the first dose of Pfizer COVID 19 vaccine. Stated that, the other day she herself was so cold she could not get warm and she never gave it a thought, she just thought it was just very cold there in (State name withheld) but it was really really cold and then after that she had all these other things like headache and body ache and all the above. She stated that, then on yesterday she had a slight fever but today she feels much better, much much better. She also had sore throat and a bad runny nose. Her nose just ran away. then yesterday she had a slight fever. She asked, could that be COVID. On 08Feb2021, the patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included temperature (body temperature), resulted as 99.8. The outcome of the events for chills was recovered on 05Feb2021, for joint pain/her normal joint pain hurt more than usual, headache, body aches, slight fever was recovering while for the other events was unknown.  Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.