Age: 83.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Muscle tightness, Nausea, Pharyngeal erythema, SARS-CoV-2 test negative, Swelling
Clinical narrative: swollen lips; tightening of her neck was more intense after receiving the vaccine, it felt like the left half of her throat was tightening; tightening of her neck was more intense after receiving the vaccine, it felt like the left half of her throat was tightening; tightening of her neck was more intense after receiving the vaccine, it felt like the left half of her throat was tightening; chills and shaking; chills and shaking; red dot on the inside of her throat; she took the Benadryl thinking it was an allergic reaction; swelling on left side where the nodule was removed; burning sensation in her left arm; ear pain; nausea; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). An 83-year-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection), intramuscular on Left deltoid (upper left arm) on 13Jan2021 14:00 at single dose to prevent COVID. Medical history included sulfa drug reaction, high blood pressure diagnosed in 1970s or 1980s (States she was in the hospital in the 70s or 80s. She has high blood pressure which has been difficult to control, she is seeing a cardiologist and he is content with her blood pressure readings, her diastolic is normal), incontinence, thyroid nodule surgery a year ago (2020), thyroid nodule, ten operations in the last 3 years, tightening in her neck repeatedly since her thyroid nodule surgery, scratchy throat problems since a week prior to getting the vaccine (from Jan2021) and post nasal drip and she has had that for years and when they operated nothing worked. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient previously took cipro where she could not breathe. She does not have lot, ndc or expiration date to provide for any of the medications mentioned that she had a reaction to. She took the Asiatic flu shot in 1958 (as reported), she had a reaction and high fever, weak and pale. This occurred when she was 19 years old. She took the Pfizer covid 19 shot last Wednesday. She stated that it could be her but she got a few of the reported side effects. What she found most important was that she had swollen lips that started about an hour after receiving the vaccine. Last night (13Jan2021) she got the chills and was shaking during the night. She had mild chills in the last few days, during the night she was shaking from the chills but it may have been cold at night, reporting the chills have subsided but she can feel it a little bit. In Jan2021, she felt a burning sensation in her left arm which lasted about two minutes. She got a piercing earache in her left ear for about two minutes and then it went away. She experienced nausea within two minutes, but she ate the ginger candy she had in her purse and her nausea went away. She could have something else too since she has a red dot on the inside of her throat. She did not see it was red before last night (13Jan2021). She took Benadryl on Wednesday afternoon after she called the doctor's office, she took the Benadryl thinking it was an allergic reaction, her swollen lips seemed like it was improved but now it was minor. She has had the tightening in her neck repeatedly since her thyroid nodule surgery but she felt the tightening of her neck was more intense after receiving the vaccine, it felt like the left half of her throat was tightening, it is sort of still ongoing but states it has sort of improved. Patient also mentioned swelling on left side where the nodule was removed. She was asking if she should get the second dose. She has an appointment for her second dose. She has never had much problems till she was 80. Her husband tested negative for covid and she tested negative in Aug2020 prior to one of her surgeries. Patient stated that she is 83 but she is biologically younger. She felt pretty good normally. The events did not require emergency room visit or physician office visit. No prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks). The outcome of the events burning sensation in her left arm, ear pain and nausea was recovered in Jan2021; Swollen lips, tightening of her neck was more intense after receiving the vaccine, it felt like the left half of her throat was tightening, chills was recovering; and unknown for the other events.  Information about batch/lot number has been requested.