Age: 63.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Muscular weakness, Musculoskeletal chest pain, Pain, Palpitations, Tinnitus
Clinical narrative: headache; heart palpitation; tinnitus in the left ear; filling not myself; excruciating pain in the upper body; weakness/ no energy to walk; cracking noise in all my joints; weakness in my left hand; bed bound with pain and weakness for 5 months; cant walk moor then 1/2 mile/ walk very slowly now; shortness of breath; constant ribs cage pain; cant exercise now because I get very tired; tired; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Other HCP). The reporter is the patient.    A 63 year-old female patient (not pregnant) received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE), administered in arm left, administration date 21May2021 (Lot number: EW0186) at the age of 63 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "High blood pressure" (unspecified if ongoing). The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine. Prior to vaccination, the patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19. Since the vaccination, the patient has not been tested for COVID-19. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Past drug history included: Novocain, reaction(s): "Allergy". The following information was reported: HEADACHE (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "headache"; PALPITATIONS (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "heart palpitation"; TINNITUS (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "tinnitus in the left ear"; FEELING ABNORMAL (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "filling not myself"; PAIN (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "excruciating pain in the upper body"; ASTHENIA (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "weakness/ no energy to walk"; JOINT NOISE (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "cracking noise in all my joints"; MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "weakness in my left hand"; BEDRIDDEN (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "bed bound with pain and weakness for 5 months"; GAIT DISTURBANCE (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "cant walk moor then 1/2 mile/ walk very slowly now"; DYSPNOEA (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "shortness of breath"; MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "constant ribs cage pain"; EXERCISE TOLERANCE DECREASED (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "cant exercise now because I get very tired"; FATIGUE (disability) with onset 22May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "tired". The events "headache", "heart palpitation", "tinnitus in the left ear", "filling not myself", "excruciating pain in the upper body", "weakness/ no energy to walk", "cracking noise in all my joints", "weakness in my left hand", "bed bound with pain and weakness for 5 months", "cant walk moor then 1/2 mile/ walk very slowly now", "shortness of breath" and "constant ribs cage pain" were evaluated at the physician office visit. The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: blood test: unknown results. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of palpitations. Clinical course reported as follows: The second day after injection, patient had very bad headache and heart palpitation, tinnitus in the left ear, feeling not herself. On the 22 day after injection she was not able to get out of bed because of extreme excruciating pain in the upper body, weakness, cracking noise in all her joints and weakness in her left hand. She was bed bound with pain and weakness for 5 months and couldn't go out because she had no energy to walk. Her husband took her to her doctor and he ordered blood tests. The patient stated that she used to be very healthy person, recently retired. Now she felt that she aged by 20 years. She can't walk more than 1/2 mile, she walks very slowly now and has shortness of breath, constant ribs cage pain, tinnitus, heart palpitations, especially at night and need to take metoprolol 50 mg every day. Eight months after 1 shot of Pfizer her life dramatically changed. She can't exercise now because she gets very tired. Doctors don't know how help her besides recommending ibuprofen.; Sender's Comments: Based on the information provided, the contributory of the product bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE), to reported events cannot totally be excluded.