Age: 50.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Deafness, Deafness bilateral, Dizziness, Ear discomfort
Clinical narrative: Allergic reaction causing inflammation severely; other people have lost hearing or impairment since the shot/Hearing loss over night; Vertigo; Dizzy; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (patient).A 50-year-old male patient) received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Formulation:Solution for injection; Lot number: EW0173) via an unspecified route of administration on 17May2021 at 11:00 on left arm (at the age of 50-year-old) as dose 2, single for COVID-19 immunization. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks), medical history and family medical history were reported as none. Concomitant medications included ascorbic acid, betacarotene, biotin, calcium, chlorine, chromium, copper, cyanocobalamin, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, folic acid, iodine, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, nicotinamide, pantothenic acid, phosphorus, phytomenadione, potassium, pyridoxine hydrochloride, retinol, riboflavin, selenium, silicon, thiamine, vanadium, vitamin d nos, xantofyl, zinc (Centrum Silver +50), walgreens brand fish oil omega 1000 mg soft gel, finest nutrition vitamin c 500mg and finest nutrition calcium plus vitamin D3 600 mg calcium and 20 mcg of D3, all were taken for an unspecified indication, start and stop date were not reported. The patient previously received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; Solution for injection; Lot number: EW0171) via an unspecified route of administration on 26Apr2021 at 10: 00 (at 50-year-old) on left arm as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization and experienced Slight dizziness. The patient received both doses of the vaccine and the last one,  the second one, was on 17MAY2021. On 19May2021 the patient was dizzy, Vertigo and within a week on 22May2021 he noticed he ended up having a side effect where he was deaf in one ear and lost hearing in the other. He saw his local doctor and he thought he had an ear infection because he felt pressure and could not hear. The doctor said that there were no signs of ear infection. The patient wondered what was wrong with him, he thought he was going to be late for work and he missed the alarm clock.  He thought it was going off. The patient received treatment with steroid dose for 6 days. Caller adds that he heard of a side effect of sudden hearing loss that has happened quite a bit and was inflammation in the ear. The patient received treatment with a week of the steroid dose, and it had basically no effect, so he got scared.  He got the second dose and two weeks of steroid. The patient states he did research and other people have lost hearing or impairment since the shot.  They recommended aspirin, and that was a good anti-inflammatory, so he has taken a small bottle of Bayer Aspirin and the hearing loss has returned minimally right now.  He had to hold the phone to the other ear if call handler starts talking. Caller adds if he holds the phone to the bad one it was getting better but he still felt pressure, and he was hearing his own pulse in his ear. Caller does not think he was recovering fast enough and was afraid it was permanent.  He read that if he does not recover in 2 to 3 weeks, it could become permanent.  The patient wanted to know if there was any other way to fix it. He just thought it was Spring and he is getting an ear infection or something.  He had slight dizziness and could not figure it out.  The hearing was abrupt which spooked him.  He went to go to sleep on 04Jun2021 and it was probably the 4th, he does not know and needs to get his days right.  He went to sleep and hearing was fine and he was having pressure in his ears and dizziness.  He does not have allergies and has not been sick in his ears.  He thought it was an ear infection. He woke up 05Jun2021 and thought he would be late because he felt his alarm going off and could not hear.  That was when he first realized. In the night, during sleep, just when he was at rest, he was finally able to - he does not know how it works - probably 04Jun2021 he went to sleep and 05Jun2021 he woke up deaf in the left ear, and hindered in the right.  This was still the same and ongoing.  Caller adds that in the left it was getting to where he was listening to call handler but has to hold the phone 2 inches off of his ear and it is oddly very distorted.  He was kind of glad his hearing is that way, it tells him something was working.  He does not know if pressure or what, it sounds distorted like when you listen to a stereo where speakers are blown.  He does not know how to explain it - it was a pressure allowing it to function correctly. Caller adds that, at work, some of the background noises away from him are amplified and distorted and it has hindered him being able to hear.  It is weird.  It is just odd that he can hear background amplified and distorted, and what little voices come from he can hear. Caller adds he thinks where he reported this before was called V-SAFE. On 07Jun2021 the patient experienced allergic reaction causing inflammation severely. The same day he had bloodwork and his numbers were exceptional. The treatment reported was no, that was just he was flustered and thought he had an ear infection with pressure and lost hearing.  The doctor said no.  He had always heard steroids for body building but this is not that kind of steroid, it is a powerful anti-inflammatory like stronger than Ibuprofen.  It is called methyl something prednisone something.  He was hoping call handler would know the name.  Methyl and prednisone.  Caller confirms spelling of Methyl.  He does not know the name, and took a picture of it but he is sure it is on record somewhere.  It was take 6 the first day, then 5 the second, then 4 and 3 and 2, and on the 6th day take 1. The investigations suggested that caller stated no, the doctor took a microscope with a light on it to look in his ear and pushed on his ear drum to see there was no infection or no ear infection that there would be.  She said they are going to take blood that day but nothing else.  He is fine.  She called the next day and said everything is fine and exceptional.  That was good.  That was all they did.  Caller does not provide or have additional information. The patient did not require visit to emergency room but visited physician office. On 06Jul2021 doctor took blood sample and sent to lab, it was not an ear infection and was prescribed him a 6 days steroids dose that did not help. Dentist gave him another prescription for some steroid 6 days dose with no improvement. He studied about other helps and tried Zyrtec, clariter and even a bottle of 24 aspirin to no help. His inner ear pressure and fullness continued. The patient had not recovered.