Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19-2, COVID19
Symptoms: Visual impairment
Clinical narrative: had a left ischemic event; feel weakness in her arms and legs; had a stroke; since the third week of Jan she says that she felt something in her eyes, like sand. She said something in her eyes that was black, and that she went blind, all black for seconds; having difficulty articulating a long conversation at the end of Jan; since the third week of Jan she says that she felt something in her eyes, like sand. She said something in her eyes that was black, and that she went blind, all black for seconds; blurry eyes; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team.  An 81-year-old female patient received BNT162b2, BNT162b2 omi ba.4-5 (BNT162B2, BNT162B2 OMI BA.4-5), on 02Jan2023 as dose number unknown (booster), single (Lot number: GL0447) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "blood pressure issues" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Her mother has had blood pressure issues but its under control. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: Covid-19 vaccine (Primary Immunization series complete; Unknown manufacturer), for COVID-19 immunization.  The following information was reported: VISION BLURRED (non-serious) with onset Jan2023, outcome "unknown", described as "blurry eyes"; DYSARTHRIA (non-serious) with onset Jan2023, outcome "unknown", described as "having difficulty articulating a long conversation at the end of Jan"; BLINDNESS TRANSIENT (medically significant), EYE DISORDER (non-serious) all with onset Jan2023, outcome "unknown" and all described as "since the third week of Jan she says that she felt something in her eyes, like sand. She said something in her eyes that was black, and that she went blind, all black for seconds"; MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (non-serious) with onset 04Feb2023, outcome "unknown", described as "feel weakness in her arms and legs"; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (medically significant) with onset Feb2023, outcome "unknown", described as "had a stroke"; ISCHAEMIA (non-serious) with onset 02Mar2023, outcome "unknown", described as "had a left ischemic event". The event "had a left ischemic event" required physician office visit. The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: Computerised tomogram: (Mar2023) left ischemic event, notes: she had had a left ischemic event because of expressions on her face. She had a CT scan that confirmed it; Magnetic resonance imaging: (Feb2023) stroke, notes: had a stroke because the MRI scan came out.  Clinical course: The patient was 81 years old and got the bivalent booster Lot GL0447 on 02Jan2023 She was having difficulty articulating a long conversation at the end of Jan. She had went on 04Feb and started to feel weakness in her arms and legs. She had went to the doctor on 02Mar and he said she had had a left ischemic event because of expressions on her face. She had a CT scan that confirmed it., she's going to get a doppler of her veins, her carotid, of the vertebrae and the cardiologist will see her as well, but, the doctor now says, 'everything was preventive', the patient was a healthy woman, she worked out Monday through Friday, half an hour on the treadmill, has her blood pressure under control and the only new thing that happened in this time was the bivalent because she did get the other boosters. The reporter wanted to know about the severity of people, not the study, but the real people who have reported a stroke and what the outcome was and how likely it was that there would be a second shock. Caller stated that Caller's mother had a left ischemic event. Her mother had having difficulty articulating a long conversation at the end of Jan2023. Went to the doctor on 02Mar2023 and doctor said she had a left ischemic event. The expressions on patient's face warranted a CT scan that confirmed the event. The patient was still being evaluated in. The patient also got an MRI and the doctor said there was nothing left to do because the thing was solid. Caller had been reading that people were having strokes after the bivalent booster. The patient was undergoing studies. Was having a doppler for her veins, her carotid, and vertebrae. Going to see a cardiologist for preventative studies. The patient was a healthy woman, walked half an hour on the treadmill, and the only thing that changed was that her mother got the bivalent vaccine. Her mother also had previous boosters that didn't have the bivalent components. Caller has read that there are studies that there were percentages of strokes after 2-3 weeks following the bivalent vaccine and as far out as 4-6 weeks after receiving the vaccine. Filed a VAERS report with the CDC as well. The patient said that in the third week of Jan2023 she felt like there was something in her eyes like sand and everything got dark for seconds and her mother was seeing black spots.