Age: 62.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Dyspnoea, Electrocardiogram, Gait disturbance, Hypersensitivity
Clinical narrative: she can hardly walk to her mailbox; severe leg pain; allergic reaction; tinnitus; blurry vision/everything was blurry; breathing problems; legs still do not "feel right" and described it as a numb type of feeling/legs remain numb; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 62-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (BNT162B2), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm left on 13Oct2021 at 10:00 (Lot Number: PF2570) as dose 1, single (at the age of 62 years old) for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included ongoing follicular lymphoma from 2018 (Stated she was diagnosed about 4 years ago; around 2018). Concomitant medication included influenza vaccine (FLU VACCINE VII) taken for an unspecified indication, start and stop date were not reported. No family medical history relevant to AE(s). No history of previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect, no additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer Suspect. Flu vaccine was administered prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks) prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine. Stated that she got a flu vaccine several weeks prior to her COVID vaccine and no AE(s) following prior vaccinations. The patient experienced she had breathing problems on Oct2021, said that the breathing problems might have started on the 13th or the 14th she was unsure. Said it has gotten somewhat better. It still takes her more effort than usual to do normal things. She saw her doctor on Friday (as reported) and they gave her an inhaler to use as needed; On 13Oct2021, patient experienced tinnitus and having blurry vision, which began immediately after the shot. The person who gave her the vaccine had her wait a little longer as they had never had anyone with the reaction of everything was blurry; she can hardly walk to her mailbox and severe leg pain on 18Oct2021, stated that it has subsided. Her legs remain numb, they didn't feel normal yet. She was no longer having difficulty walking. AEs (Breathing problems, severe leg pain, difficulty in walking, severe tinnitus, everything was blurry) required visit to physician office. It was reported that the patient had her first dose of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on 13Oct2021. Afterward, she had breathing problems, which were ongoing, and she was having a CT scan done the day after the report for that and to look for aneurysms and she was also prescribed inhalers for that. It was stated that it was not normal for her, as she was typically very active and walks frequently; at the time of the report, she could hardly walk to her mailbox. Her healthcare professional (HCP) advised her that it seemed like some kind of allergic reaction, and advised against getting her second dose. Reported having severe tinnitus in her left ear for 3 days (as reported) following the vaccine, having blurry vision following getting the vaccine that lasted the rest of that day, having severe leg pain, so much that she could not walk for a couple of days. The pain has resolved, but reported her legs still do not "feel right" and described it as a numb type of feeling on unspecified date in 2021. She asked if there have been other reports of that. Stated that she had one injection and ended up with breathing problems. The day after the report she has to get a CT scan to check for an aneurysm and to check for blood clots. She experienced severe leg pain, it was hard to walk, severe tinnitus for three days, and everything was blurry. Further stated she has looked to see if anyone else had these reactions, and didn't see anything. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included blood work and electrocardiogram (EKG): everything looked fine on 22Oct2021. The outcome of the events severe leg pain recovered on unspecified date, blurry vision recovered on 13Oct2021, tinnitus recovered on 15Oct2021, she can hardly walk to her mailbox was recovered on 20Oct2021. The outcome of the event breathing problems was recovering. The outcome of the event legs still do not "feel right" and describes it as a numb type of feeling/legs remain numb was not recovered. The outcome of event allergic reaction was unknown.