Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Lymphadenopathy, Musculoskeletal discomfort, Neck pain, Night sweats, Poor quality sleep
Clinical narrative: experiencing pain her neck and above her ear; experiencing pain her neck and above her ear; very bad night sweats; very hot, perspires so bad; swollen lymph nodes, It feels like bumps; She can't turn head; can't sleep at night; terrible sweat; Her temperature went down to 96 even; Kind of in her shoulder she felt something going on; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 69-year-old female patient received second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, ER8735) via unspecified route of administration in upper left arm on 09Apr2021 at 14:00 as single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included Covid in Nov2020, mononucleosis when she was a teenager diagnosed around age 25, with a flu shot kind of sort of. It wasn't really bad. Maybe the next day she would feel a little funny. She wouldn't get deathly ill. It was not like this. She didn't have NDC, lot, and expiry for flu shot. She would have gotten it in October and she always gets them at pharmacy. Concomitant medication was not reported. Previously patient took first dose of BNT162B2 (Lot no. EN6204) on 19Mar2021 for COVID-19 immunization. On an unknown date, patient experienced pain her neck and above her ear, very bad night sweats, very hot, perspires so bad, swollen lymph nodes, it feels like bumps, she can't turn head, can't sleep at night, terrible sweat, her temperature went down to 96 even, kind of in her shoulder she felt something going on. Reporter states she received the second vaccine last Friday in which she reports experiencing pain that started on Monday. Caller stated that she was experiencing pain her neck and above her ear and it hurts to lay down or anytime she puts pressure on that area and described the feeling as "like you have the mumps in the gland area. Caller states that she has never had this before and was also getting very bad night sweats that started Saturday night. Caller states that she was very hot, perspires so bad, but her temperature is only 96 degrees Fahrenheit and proceeded to normal in the morning. Caller asked if she could be reacting the way she is due to the number of antibodies she may be trying to make since she had the virus before. She was told to call and report her after effects from the Pfizer shots. She has had both doses. She had the actual COVID back in November around thanksgiving. Mainly she would go over the second shot. She received the second shot of Pfizer COVID19 Vaccine last Friday, 09Apr2021 and was still experiencing terrible pain in the neck and in the head above the ear. It was the lymph nodes from her understanding. It feels like bumps. She had pain. She couldn't turn head and couldn't sleep at night. Any pressure when she laid her head down moves the lymph nodes. Terrible pain in the neck and head above the ear: started Sunday or Monday. Each day it had progressed more. She did contact her family doctor and they wanted to know if she had contacted Pfizer. There was no arm pain with the second shot. Kind of in her shoulder she felt something going on. Saturday night she broke out in a terrible sweat. She had to get up and change her bed clothes. She didn't have a temperature. Her temperature went down to 96 even though she was hot. She took the temperature again in the morning around 8AM and it returned to normal, 97.8 or something like that. She had arm pain with the first shot at the injection site. It wasn't excruciating. It felt like a flu shot. The pain was there for a couple of days. She had diarrhea after the first injection of COVID19 Vaccine. It wasn't bad but it was there. That lasted for maybe three days. By Tuesday, she was back to normal or where it was in the past. She would say she was starting to feel better than she had been. Pfizer COVID19 Vaccine first dose was 21 days prior to the second dose on 09Apr 2021. She carries the vaccination card with her in case anything was to happen they can refer back to it. She did not visit to physician Office, but she called early in the morning and they only work half a day. They asked her if she could come in. She said it feels like a gland is swollen. When she touches it, it hurts Is a gland a lymph node, she doesn't know, It feels like a stiff neck that aches. Caller stated she would like to speak to Medical Information about lymph nodes swelling as a side effect. The outcome of event was unknown.   No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.