Age: 76.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Eye infection, Eye swelling, Hunger, Hypertension, Magnetic resonance imaging
Clinical narrative: She had high Blood pressure yesterday; Second dose administered on the Left Arm, her arm did hurt a little on 06Feb2021, the day she got this dose; started getting hungry; she was 127lbs, probably because of the swelling, but she is usually 119lbs or 118lbs; swelling under her eyes/eyes started getting swollen; face was swollen; Eye infection; face felt tight; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 76-year-old female patient received the second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE, Lot: EM9810; NDC number: Not Provided Expiry Date: Unknown) via an unspecified route of administration on the left arm on 06Feb2021 at 8:31AM (at the age of 76 years), as a 2nd dose, single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The patient medical history included disc protruding (diagnosed before the covid vaccine in Jun2020 or around that, she recalls having several months of MRI's in 2020) and high blood pressure. The patient's concomitant medications included Epidural Shot (Verbatim) for Protruding Disc Patient on 27Jan2021 (she had to go to the doctor in the clinic and get epidural shot in the back at the disc thats protruding). Historical Vaccine included first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE, Lot: EL3249; NDC number: Not Provided, Expiry Date: Unknown) via an unspecified route of administration on the left arm on 16Jan2021 at 12 PM (noon) as 1st dose, single dose (at the age of 76 years) for COVID-19 immunization. Clinical course: She took second dose of Pfizer Covid Vaccine on 06Feb2021, though she had no reaction initially. A week later from vaccination on Feb2021, she then began to notice her eyes started getting swollen couple days after, she then felt like her eyes felt like they were closing, then she saw her whole face was swelling, it looks like she had Chipmunk cheeks. She went to the doctor hoping it would go away, she was prescribed Benadryl and a decongestant as treatment. She takes Benadryl three times a day and the decongestant in the morning and her face is still swollen. It started with the eyes and the bag under the eyes, that was the first thing she noticed. She laughs and though she initially had an eye infection. She just wants to know if there is any other reports of this happening, or how to get rid of it, this has been there since she got her second dose on the 06Feb2021 since like 10Feb2021. After the second vaccine on 06Feb2021 around that time an hour later, she was on the way home and started getting hungry, she thought that was a symptom as well as her arm hurt a bit. She was starving till Monday got up 2AM, 6AM ate all day Sunday and Monday ate all day, as reported "all she knows is she was craving a crab sandwich." Her Eyes swelling started a couple days later and the Face swelling was either the second week or same time, she just recalls looking at the eyes. She recalls telling her son her face felt tight in Feb2021. At the doctors appointment she was 127lbs, probably because of the swelling, but she is usually 119lbs or 118lbs, she is a small girl. The Appointment with the doctor was yesterday (15Mar2021), they prescribed Benadryl. Patient clarified that she was not Prescribed Zyrtec, it was a decongestant but she does not know the name of it. The Druggist however told her she could take another medication also. As reported "The eye swelling and face swelling, at the moment she look like she been drunk, her face is plentiful, she is still swollen, her lids are not bad, but it is ongoing, it has gotten worse because prior she didnt even know it was there and its showing more now. She asked son if he thought she was swollen because she feels tight, over the weekend her face being swollen was noticeable, she is noticing people are pointing it out now." She adds her arm did not hurt with first dose. Second dose administered on the Left Arm, her arm did hurt a little on 06Feb2021, the day she got this dose and the next day (07Feb2021). She thought initially that she didn't have any side effects. She had High blood pressure yesterday (15Mar2021), but that usually goes up and down for her and nothing new. It was reported that, a week later, patient experienced swelling under her eyes, face was swollen, eye infection and face felt tight on Feb2021; hunger and vaccination site pain on 06Feb2021 (reported as the day she got this dose); hypertension on 15Mar2021 (reported as yesterday). Patient would like to know if swelling of the face is a reported side effect from the covid vaccine, how long her side effects from the covid vaccine will last and asking for suggestions on how to get rid of the side effects from the covid vaccine. The outcome of event vaccination site pain was recovered in Feb2021 (duration of event was 2 days), swelling under her eyes, face was swollen was not recovered while outcome of other events was unknown.  Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.