Age: 66.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19, COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Feeling abnormal, Injection site pain, SARS-CoV-2 test, Suspected COVID-19, Swelling
Clinical narrative: lymph node area was swollen the size of palm of right hand; Swelling under left armpit; left arm pit felt off; The pain was a little more significant when he rolled over at sleep at night and it was more painful; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 66-year-old male patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), on 07Apr2022 at 10:00 as dose number unknown (booster), single (Lot number: FM0698) at the age of 66 years, in left arm for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "Arthritis" (unspecified if ongoing); "wound up contracting covid virus", start date: Dec2021 (unspecified if ongoing), notes: around 18Dec2021, or 19Dec2021. Concomitant medication(s) included: VITAMIN C [ASCORBIC ACID] taken for supplementation therapy; VITAMIN B 12 [CYANOCOBALAMIN] taken for supplementation therapy; ALEVE taken for arthritis. Past drug history included: Iodine injection, reaction(s): "skin irritation", notes: some sort of testing. Vaccination history included: janssen (The initial vaccine for covid that he received was J&J on 06Apr2021, Lot 042A21A exp 21Jun2021), administration date: 06Apr2022, when the patient was 65-year-old, for Covid-19 Immunization. The following information was reported: SWELLING (non-serious) with onset 10Apr2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "Swelling under left armpit"; FEELING ABNORMAL (non-serious) with onset 10Apr2022, outcome "unknown", described as "left arm pit felt off"; LYMPHADENOPATHY (non-serious) with onset 10Apr2022, outcome "unknown", described as "lymph node area was swollen the size of palm of right hand"; VACCINATION SITE PAIN (non-serious) with onset Apr2022, outcome "unknown", described as "The pain was a little more significant when he rolled over at sleep at night and it was more painful". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section.  Additional information: Father and mother both passed prior to COVID. Penicillin, Sulfa based medicines, horse serum-diagnosed a long time ago (as reported). Also, an iodine injection for some sort of testing way back when he was 20. Reaction was like skin irritation. No anaphylactic or difficulty breathing. He does not have a name, lot or expiration for any of these. Other Conditions: No. Received call from consumer regarding Pfizer COVID vaccine booster. He did have a side effect to report and noted when he went online that it is a known side effect. When he mentioned to his pharmacist, his jaw dropped and he told him to report it. It was 2 days ago that he got the side effect. The initial vaccine for covid that he received was J&J on 06Apr2021. He wound up contracting covid virus around 18Dec2021, or 19Dec2021. He got rapid test. Prior to new years, he took another rapid test and he no longer had it. He maintained symptoms from the covid virus of body aches, pains, chills, fever, that lasted on and off for about a month. After the test showed he had covid, he had these symptoms. From that point forward the significant things, Flu like symptoms, disappeared but sense of smell has not returned to what it was before. He also has brain fog and sometimes wondered if it was attributed to age, but could be results of the covid. He provided J&J (which he also referred to as Janseen) Lot 042A21A exp 21Jun2021. Dose is 0.5ml injected in left arm. He had seen it was a noted side effect, but the pharmacist had not encountered with all of the injections they have given. To him it was rare. He finally decided to get a vaccine booster and he got that last week, 07Apr2022, after he had brief conversation with pharmacist that he still has some long symptoms, and does not know if they are permanent and no one else knows for certain. If he gets stuck again, he did not want to endanger his health. He said it is almost as if the vaccine is handing out a blueprint for readiness against covid. So he got it. This Thursday, he was taking shower and on Friday and nothing out of sorts. So he progressed through Sunday and took shower and got vaccine in Left arm and as he started washing, he noticed left armpit felt off. He looked in mirror and lymph node area was swollen the size of palm of right hand. Onset of AEs was in morning when he took shower around 07:00-07:30. He was a little concerned, so wound up checking online and saw it is a side effect that has been reported. It is still swollen, this morning the same. Does not seem to be lessening. Bearing that in mind, he went back to pharmacist and told them this and said his jaw dropped and was not the expected reaction. He said from all the people they have injected, this is the first they have heard of it. With the Pfizer one, the pain was a little more significant when he rolled over at sleep at night and it was more painful. He said maybe because of how the vaccine will work, it looks as if the body thinks there is a full blown infection because of the swelling. It was almost like he had covid. It is a possibility and at that point he does not know. Maybe people should get rapid test to see beforehand to see if they have any in their system. Maybe it was exacerbated as a result of the vaccine. The booster was given at (withheld) in (withheld). It was a year since initial dose and contracted covid and regardless of whether you have been vaccinated because of the variants, it will just be lessened if you have the vaccine. There are a couple of new covid variants that have been percolating in the last month or so. Each one is more contagious than previous. He is not sure of immunity and thinks he had Omicron variant. The only things he takes are supplements such as: Vitamin C and B12, and Aleve for Arthritis issues. He takes no other medication. He had arthritis before, but the pharmacist did say it could increase symptoms, but he has not noticed any.