Age: 76.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Cough, Diarrhoea, Fatigue, Headache
Clinical narrative: He is also experiencing coughing; all I wanna do is sleep; Had aches and pains; He also has joint pain and pain in his right arm, hand, and wrist area; He also has joint pain and pain in his right arm, hand, and wrist area; Diarrhea; He is also very fatigued and does not want to get out of bed and that he is so tired; off and on headaches; This is a spontaneous report from contactable consumers. A 76-year-old male patient received the first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Batch/lot number: EK4176), intramuscular on 06Jan2021 11:28 (also reported as about 1130) at a single dose on left arm for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included pulmonary fibrosis from 2014 and ongoing, ongoing type 2 diabetes mellitus (Diagnosed probably in 1996-1997; under control). The patient previously had pneumonia shot in 2020 and flu shot in 2020 (few months ago in Oct2020/Nov2020) both for immunization. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient experienced diarrhea, very fatigued and does not want to get out of bed and that he is so tired, and off and on headaches, all on 07Jan2021. He also has joint pain and pain in his right arm, hand, and wrist area on 11Jan2021. He experienced coughing, somnolence, and had aches and pains on an unspecified date. Patient received the vaccine last Wednesday. He experienced diarrhea (on Thursday and Friday, went away then came back on Yesterday), had aches and pains, and severe fatigue (all I wanna do is sleep). Today he said that he wasn't having diarrhea that can be attributed to him not eating much yet, a few aches and pains, very tired, and a minor headache. He was asking how long do these symptoms usually last. Patient received it last Wednesday 06Jan2021 at about 1130. He said that he has been experiencing side effects, not severe, but on Thursday 07Jan2021 and Friday 08Jan2021, he had diarrhea. He said that on Saturday 09Jan2021 the diarrhea let up and Sunday 10Jan2021 was ok, but yesterday 11Jan2021 the diarrhea was bad. He said that he is also very fatigued ("severe fatigue (all I wanna do is sleep)") on 07Jan2021 and does not want to get out of bed and that he is so tired. He has had no fever, but has had off and on headaches. He said that he also has joint pain and pain in his right arm, hand, and wrist area. He said that it is hard to pick up a cup or glass because of the pain. He said that he got the injection in the left arm. He said that he is also experiencing coughing, but stated that he does have pulmonary fibrosis and it could be that. Diarrhea: patient said that his diarrhea is improved as of today 12Jan2021. Fatigued: he said that he noticed it on 07Jan2021, it subsided Saturday 09Jan2021 and Sunday 10Jan2021, but yesterday and today 12Jan2021 it is very prominent and he is very tired. Headaches: He said that the headaches are not severe, but they were there. He said that the headaches are not there today. Pain in the arm, hand, and wrist area: He said that he noticed the pain yesterday and stated that it is slightly worse. Coughing: He said that he coughs due to the pulmonary fibrosis too and sometimes it is a lot and sometimes it is a little bit. He said that he has to get his second dose on 27Jan2021 at 1500. He stated that his brother died of Covid last Thursday. The outcome of event diarrhea was recovering, of "he is also very fatigued and does not want to get out of bed and that he is so tired", "he also has joint pain and pain in his right arm, hand, and wrist area", and "coughing" was not recovered, of "off and on headaches" was recovered on 11Jan2021, of the events "all i wanna do is sleep" and "had aches and pains" was unknown. No relevant tests. No prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. No family medical history relevant to AE.