Age: 81.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Back pain, Decreased appetite, Depressed mood, Headache
Clinical narrative: headaches/her head hurt; fever; threw up; pain across her shoulder; top of my arm swollen and then it ran straight to my back; suffering pain; arm was real sore /pain in the left arm/her arm felt like it was going to fall off; sick as a dog; She was very upset; nausea; her back still hurts to move/it ran all way over to my back; didn't feel like eating; sneeze; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). An 81-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Lot Number: EL3302) via an unspecified route of administration in the left arm on 26Jan2021 (at the age of 81-year-old) as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient medical history and family medical history. prior to the vaccination, the patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19. Since the vaccination, the patient had not been tested for COVID-19. The patient reported that she was administered with the first dose of the vaccine on 26Jan2021, and she has been feeling sick as a dog since she got it. The patient wanted to know about the ingredients used in the formulation of the Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. It was reported that patient had been suffering pain on 26Jan2021. The patient took pain pills for the pain. On 26Jan2021, the patient arm was real sore, her arm felt like it was going to fall off/pain in the left arm and on 27Jan2021, the patient experienced hurting in her head/ headaches. The patient reported that she would not have taken the vaccine if she had known her arm would hurt like that. On 27Jan2021, she started having sharp pain across her shoulders, through her shoulder blade to the middle of the back . She tried a heat pad, ice packs and the pain just keep shooting and she believes she had a fever with it. She threw up. She was very upset with all of this and mentions that her husband had passed away. It was reported that patient took pain medication referring to Robaxin 500mg and it didn't work. She also took Methocarbamol 500mg and it helped a little but not a lot. Adds she called the paramedics. The paramedics examined her and told her they had been to the Navy hospital several times and it was very crowded and they advised her to take Tylenol. She took the Tylenol 325mg and she went to sleep but when she woke up she still had the real sharp pains. She thinks the Tylenol helped some. She also took Ibuprofen via oral route at a dose of 400mg as needed per the instruction of the paramedics at. Mentions her symptoms were improved but her back still hurts to move on an unknown date in 2021. She has not eaten except to take medicine. She didn't feel like eating on an unknown date in 2021. She was scheduled to receive the second dose on 16Feb2021 but wanted to refuse because she heard it is even worse than the first time. The patient reported that she experienced sneeze on an unknown date in 2021. The patient reported top of my arm swollen and then it ran straight to my back and I cannot get no relief on 26Jan2021; I really get sick with pain I mean with pain, it ran all way over to my back (as reported). It was reported that Pain is so bad; I have been in pain; I have been laying, it's hurt me so bad (as reported). The patient also experienced nausea on an unknown date in 2021. The patient was suggested to rest until feel fine. The patient called the ambulance but they (staff) confirmed no need of emergency room and want the patient to rest until she was fine. They told her not to get up and she don't want to get up either. Therapeutic measures were taken for suffering pain, pain across her shoulder, headaches/her head hurt, her back still hurts to move/it ran all way over to my back, top of my arm swollen/her arm was real sore and pain in the lefts arm/her arm felt like it was going to fall off. The patient did not receive any treatment for the events. The events were reported as non-serious by the reporter. The outcome of the events pain, sick as a dog, nausea, her back still hurts to move/it ran all way over to my back, didn't feel like eating, sneeze, she was very upset, arm was real sore /pain in the left arm/her arm felt like it was going to fall off was unknown while for other events was recovering.