Age: 71.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: SARS-CoV-2 test negative, Vaccination site pain, Viral infection
Clinical narrative: This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer(patient). A 71-year-old male patient received first dose BNT162B2 (Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, lot number EP7533), via an unspecified route of administration at Arm Left on 14-APR-2021 at the 71 years old at single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The medical history was ongoing Diabetes, he did have the COVID-19 virus in Dec 2020 and not ongoing, pneumonia and not ongoing.  The concomitant medications were none. The Historical Vaccine was pneumonia vaccine for pneumonia immunization. There was no Prior Vaccinations within 4 weeks.The patient experienced soreness of arm after getting the dose of the vaccine in Apr2021. It happens every time he moves his arm. He went to Emergency Room last 30Apr2021 due to cough, phlegm, and congestion in Apr 2021. He tested negative for COVID. He wants to know if this is a normal side effect of the vaccine and how long it usually last and 2nd dose would be given on 12May2021.He saw that the other COVID-19 vaccine, the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was taken off the market because of blood clots. He reports that his arm where he received his COVID-19 vaccine injection stayed sore on 15Apr2021. It did get better but came back worse and he cant get rid of the soreness in his left arm. He's tried heating pads and everything. Its his left arm.If he moves a certain way his arm hurts. Is this something to worry about. He's read that some people who received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine had blood clots. The sore arm never actually went away but it was easier for him to put up with. Then all of a sudden it came back worse. It's not affecting him unless he moves a certain way and that's when his arm starts acting up and it started getting worse. He had gone to the emergency department recently because he was having congestion, spitting out phlegm, and a cough in Apr 2021. He was tested for the Covid 19 virus there. The doctor that saw him told him he had some other kind of virus in Apr 2021 and that the virus would take time to go away. He went to the emergency department on 30Apr2021. He received his negative Covid 19 results on 03May2021. In Apr 2021 He started feeling bad a couple days before 30Apr2021. He has had pneumonia in the past and he did not want to get pneumonia because once he gets pneumonia it's bad. The last time he's had pneumonia was about 2 years ago. He reports he has had the pneumonia vaccine.He still has the cough and it a little big congested but it's better. He's not spitting out the phlegm anymore so he figures it's going away.He didn't even go inside the emergency department. He had the COVID-19 virus test outside and the doctor came outside and checked his breathing and stuff and told him he had a virus but the doctor will go ahead and do the COVID-19 virus test just in case. He did not have pneumonia.When probing concomitant medications and medical history, he states he has diabetes. He does not add any medications.He does report he did have the COVID-19 virus in Dec 2020 and he was laid up for a while but his case wasn't severe. The events cough, congestion, spitting out phlegm require a visit to Emergency Room. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures, which included COVID-19 test on 30-APR-2021: Negative(He received his negative COVID-19 results on 03May2021). The outcome of the events cough, Phlegm, congestion was recovering, the events Pain in arm, Vaccination site pain was not recovered, the others was unknown. Information on Lot/Batch number was available. Additional information has been requested.