Age: 81.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Balance disorder, Blood test, Dizziness, Ear pain, Electrocardiogram
Clinical narrative: The caller received her first dose on 03Mar2021. The caller didn't have the second dose on the 25Mar2021; blood pressure went sky high; Dizziness; extreme vertigo; Nausea; Unsteadiness; Slight ear ache; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP).  A 81 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administration date 03Mar2021 (Lot number: EN6203) at the age of 81 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Thyroid" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: thyroid problem; "Rash" (unspecified if ongoing); "fever" (unspecified if ongoing); "severe Lyme disease", start date: 2006 (unspecified if ongoing); "spinal tap" (unspecified if ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: LEVOTHYROXINE. Past drug history included: Rocephine. The following information was reported: CIRCUMSTANCE OR INFORMATION CAPABLE OF LEADING TO MEDICATION ERROR (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "The caller received her first dose on 03Mar2021. The caller didn't have the second dose on the 25Mar2021"; DIZZINESS (non-serious) with onset 19Mar2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Dizziness"; VERTIGO (non-serious) with onset 19Mar2021, outcome "recovering", described as "extreme vertigo"; NAUSEA (non-serious) with onset 19Mar2021, outcome "recovering", described as "Nausea"; BALANCE DISORDER (non-serious) with onset 19Mar2021, outcome "recovering", described as "Unsteadiness"; EAR PAIN (non-serious) with onset 19Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Slight ear ache"; HYPERTENSION (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "blood pressure went sky high". The event "slight ear ache" was evaluated at the emergency room visit. Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section.  Additional information: The caller was calling about the Pfizer covid vaccine. The caller was perfectly healthy and then just after 2 weeks after the vaccine she was experiencing extreme vertigo, dizziness, nausea, unsteadiness. Is there any medication in the vaccine that could have caused this such as cephalosporins and sulfa? The caller was under the care of a neurologist for the next three weeks. Event: All of this started on 19Mar2021 with a slight ear ache. The caller has been in the emergency room because of this event but was never admitted to the hospital. The caller's blood pressure went sky high for 2 days during all of this. Product: The caller received her first dose on 03Mar2021. The caller didn't have the second dose on the 25Mar2021 because it was in the middle of this event. What should the caller do about this, she fears getting the second dose? History: The caller is sensitive to medications but her doctor told her to get the vaccine. Years ago in 2006 the caller had severe Lyme disease and had a spinal tap. The caller was given Rocephin via a picc line. 2 weeks after starting the Rocephin the caller had a rash all over her body and a very high fever, unknown lot or expiration date. Investigations: MRI- ruled out if it was a stroke in the neck, it wasn't that. The caller sees her neurologist on 05May2021 to get the results of these test. Caller also had blood test, transcranial doppler, carotid duplex, balance test vng/vor, and an EKG. However, these results were not specified.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.