Age: 57.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hyperhidrosis, Lymph node pain, Lymphadenopathy, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: His arm hurting a little bit where they gave the shot right after; sweats; on his left arm pit, swelling and painful lymph nodes/there is a little bit of swelling in the lymph node on the right arm as well; on his left arm pit, swelling and painful lymph nodes; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 57 year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 30Apr2021 (Batch/Lot number: unknown) at the age of 57 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "chickenpox" (unspecified if ongoing); "smoker" (unspecified if ongoing); "drinks occasionally" (unspecified if ongoing). There were no concomitant medications. Vaccination history included: Shingles vaccine; Flu shot. The following information was reported: LYMPHADENOPATHY (non-serious) with onset 03May2021, outcome "recovering", described as "on his left arm pit, swelling and painful lymph nodes/there is a little bit of swelling in the lymph node on the right arm as well"; LYMPH NODE PAIN (non-serious) with onset 03May2021, outcome "recovering", described as "on his left arm pit, swelling and painful lymph nodes"; PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "His arm hurting a little bit where they gave the shot right after"; HYPERHIDROSIS (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "sweats".  Additional information: Caller is calling about Pfizer COVID vaccine. He says don't think its that big of deal, he just wanted to call and report. He has nothing but time. He is a healthy individual. He says he felt okay after the shot, he got it on Friday, so this is 5 days and he woke up this morning with his arm, he thinks it is the lymph node thing in his arm pit. He does not know if it will go away but it was painful. Now its receded a little and it is not quite as painful, he hopes it goes away. It is not quite as severe as some other people's experience but it makes him question the second shot, because this was just his first shot. Basically he is going to have to call the hospital he got the shot from to let them give a recommendation. He has no insurance but he went down to the hospital and they induced the shot so he will go there. What was weird was he got the shot in the right arm and it is the left arm armpit that is where this is happening, they were so painful last night it woke him up 1 o'clock. Now it is not too bad, the swelling seems to be going down. The lymph node in the arm they put the shot in, they put it in the right arm shot it is not as bad but there is a little bit of swelling in the lymph node on the right arm as well. The left arm yarded him out of bed and he said well I'm up now and he went to the bathroom and looked at it and it scared him, it was red and ready to pop, it hurt his whole left arm, it was lit up. Primary care: He doesn't have insurance. He has a couple primary cares that he could go to if he has to but basically he went down to the hospital to have the shot induced. Really he would rather not provide a doctor's information because he is not insured so there is not really a primary care to list, he has a guy he can go to but it is out of pocket when you walk in the door. He says he is shrinking as he is getting older. He was 5'11" now he is 5'10". He just got an itch to complete the report. His wife took the test on Sunday, he clarifies his wife took her shot on Sunday, the same thing the Pfizer. No further information provided. He says right after the shot it was no big deal, his arm was hurting some but it didn't do too much but it was last night that his lymph nodes started. His WBC is always in the red. He clarifies that was an issue he had prior to receiving the vaccine. When he went to a primary care he said that some people do that. Some people's WBC are higher, he is curious what it is right now. He confirms when he says his WBC are always in the red, he means they are higher than normal, they are always up so high, it always puts flag in there. His arm hurting a little bit where they gave the shot right after, basically the shot given right arm it was no big deal, it felt like someone hit him with a baseball bat but he can live with that. Then basically yesterday, he had no problems until then, he says well he had sweats and stuff but last night for some reason lymph nodes started, his wife yarded the sheets up and it woke him up and then this morning the sheets hit him again and he was like, poop on it and he got up and looked at the left arm, right arm where he got the shot was fine but on his left arm, he raised it and there was 2 big lumps that were beet red and the whole left arm just hurt. It is way better now. It began last night, 03May2021 and it is ongoing but improved. So far this morning it is better, he is just providing information, objective information is all her has to go on. This is the left arm, the are they gave the shot in has a lump in there but not as bad, he has read in the literature that lymph nodes can increase in size. He guesses his body is just doing what it does. Indication: he was kind of skittish, he and his wife both were but then his wife had a couple friends and people she knows that ended up with the virus and she said she was getting the vaccine and that is when he decided to get it. He clarifies it was for prevention of the virus. He is a smoker and everyone does their stupid stuff. He has no idea where his wife put their vaccine cards. He does not have any medications medical conditions or lab results to add. He has no insurance he is a smoker, he drinks occasionally but it was weird but like he said it is way better now than it was. He has all the time, he is on unemployment. he has had the one you get after chickenpox, he clarifies he has had the shingles vaccine last year with no effects like this. He got the flu shot last year and had nothing like this. He did research and found it was his body trying to fight it or start creating antibodies that everyone wants. He was not really concerned but it was painful this morning if it got bad enough he would go into an ER but it is no big deal, he just wanted to give the information.  No follow-up attempts are possible; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained. No further information is expected.