Age: 46.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Blood culture, Blood lactic acid, Drug ineffective, Investigation, Suspected COVID-19
Clinical narrative: This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from product quality group. The reporter is the patient. A 46 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administration date 25Aug2021 (Lot number: EW0169) at the age of 46 years as dose 3 (booster), single for Covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Trigeminal neuralgia" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Trigeminal neuralgia; "Bell's palsy" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Bell's palsy. Concomitant medication(s) included: LYRICA. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (2nd dose, Lot: EW0169, Expiry: unknown, NDC: unknown), administration date: 20Apr2021, when the patient was 46 years old, for Covid-19 Immunization, reaction(s): "diagnosed with diabetes", "Bell's palsy", "head was pounding", "diagnosed with diabetes", "high fever", "no energy at all", "felt off balance, kind of like her equilibrium was off", "lactic acid was elevated", "facial swelling", "she has trigeminal neuralgia behind her left eye", "Clarifies that the flare up started before she received the vaccine but got worse after the second dose and she could not bear the pain anymore."; Bnt162b2 (1st dose, Lot: ER8733, Expiry: Unknown, NDC: Unknown), administration date: 30Mar2021, when the patient was 46 years old, for Covid-19 Immunization. The following information was reported: PYREXIA (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "104.3 Fever"; HEADACHE (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "headache"; DECREASED APPETITE (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "loss of appetite"; PAIN (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "unknown", described as "aches"; CONDITION AGGRAVATED (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "because she was worse off with the symptoms than having the 2nd Pfizer vaccine and the booster way worse". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Additional information: Taking the blood pressure medication then you might want to think about changing medications because it can cause cancer: was watching the news on Friday 25Mar2022 or Saturday. It was announced on the news and then she did further research and it was an eye opener and her blood pressure medication was one of the ones listed and you should think about talking to your HCP about switching because they are causing cancer. Reporter then adds that after the second Pfizer dose she was hospitalized. It wasn't because of the reactions she was getting form the vaccine, she thinks her doctor over exaggerated and because of her symptoms he was trying to say it was something else. Clarifies and states it was after the second dose. Symptoms after 2nd dose of Pfizer Vaccine : Head was pounding, high fever, no energy at all, felt off balance and what she means by that is her head was real foggy, kind of like her equilibrium was off. All started 6-8 hours after the 2nd dose was given. Adds she has trigeminal neuralgia behind her left eye and it affects her 5th cranial nerve and she gets flare ups and takes medication for that. Symptoms lasted 3 days she had facial swelling, left side of her face and extreme pain. She also has Bell's palsy and has had Bell's palsy three times. Clarifies that the flare up started before she received the vaccine but got worse after the second dose and she could not bear the pain anymore. Reporter states she was hospitalized because of the symptoms she was experiencing for precaution. Dates of hospitalization: 21Apr2021 - 24Apr2021. The doctor did cultures on her blood and that takes up to 3 days so that's why she was there. Her doctor thought she was severely sepsis, but her results were negative. Adds that her lactic acid was elevated and she was then diagnosed with diabetes. Because of her underlying condition she watches things closely and since her lactic acid was high and blood sugars were high she asked to check her A1C and she was then diagnosed with diabetes. Confirms this was all after the second dose, but states this is genetic. It was caused from pregnancy 21 years ago, the doctors neglected to tell her, states chances are later she would get it. Adds that the booster shot was much worse than the Pfizer vaccine. 104.3 fever, she took a picture of herself. Fever rose and she Stayed in bed all day, had no energy to make it to the bathroom. Happened as soon as it was administered and she instantly got a headache. Symptoms after 3rd dose: 104.3 Fever, headache, loss of appetite, aches. only lasted 24 hours and then she bounced right back. Adds she is glad that she had it because she came down with Covid in Jan2022, she had Covid twice. Once before she was vaccinated in Sep 2020, she was diagnosed but was asymptomatic. That scared her she didn't have any symptoms other than little bit of a fever, she was living with her brother and his girl friend and babysitting full time for them. Then got Covid again, states he boyfriend refuses to get vaccinated. Her symptoms were mild only lasted 24 hours, could not say had Covid because it did not feel like it only had a fever for 24 hours. Bounced back to herself, she was scared because she has a compromised autoimmune system multiple and takes injection that lowers immune system to fight things. No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.