Age: 65.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Headache, Lymphadenopathy, Muscular weakness, Musculoskeletal stiffness, Myalgia
Clinical narrative: headache; lymph nodes in face and neck swollen; pain behind her ear; muscle ache in her arm where she got the shot; bad muscle pain when she lifts her arm; couldn't turn her head to the left; sinus; muscle weekness; stiff neck; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team for a Pfizer sponsored program. The reporter is the patient. Other Case identifier(s): US-PFIZER INC-2021344213 (Pfizer).  A 65 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm left, administration date 23Feb2021 15:30 (Lot number: EN6198, Expiration Date: 30Jun2021) at the age of 65 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Non genital herpes" (unspecified if ongoing); "Bell Palsy" (unspecified if ongoing); "Meningitis" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: She had been to the emergency room with her meningitis.; "Shingles[-like] experience" (unspecified if ongoing); "Mitral valve prolapse" (unspecified if ongoing); "Heart is a little enlarged" (unspecified if ongoing); "Acid reflux" (unspecified if ongoing); "Lasix surgery" (unspecified if ongoing). The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: Shingles (First shingles shot), for immunisation administration date: 02Feb2021.  The following information was reported: HEADACHE (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "headache"; LYMPHADENOPATHY (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "lymph nodes in face and neck swollen"; PAIN (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "pain behind her ear"; VACCINATION SITE PAIN (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "muscle ache in her arm where she got the shot"; MYALGIA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "bad muscle pain when she lifts her arm"; NECK PAIN (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "couldn't turn her head to the left"; SINUS DISORDER (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "sinus"; MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "muscle weekness"; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "stiff neck". Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of headache, pain, injection site pain, myalgia, neck pain, musculoskeletal stiffness, treatment of Advil Duo Action 250mg acetaminophen 125mg ibuprofen takes 2 caplets in the morning and one caplet at night (expiration Aug2022 Lot DN7584).  Additional information: The patient reported second dose was scheduled on 16Mar2021. The patient reported that she lost the strength when had to hold the arm up above her head", thus she had to take "breaks often". She specified she has "never experienced this before". She mentioned she did take the Valtrex for the last seven days, when she noticed her symptoms similar to her past experience. She had a medical history of "non genital herpes" and named as "Herpes Sores", the one associated with "chickenpox", which "attacked her body when immune system was compromised. The patient stated that she never had the shingles rash breakout on her skin, but has the nerve part of it. She had symptoms for 3 weeks and they wanted to send her for neurology and MRI and she told them to give her the Valtrex and she took it for 7 days and her symptoms disappeared completely. She added it "help minimize the symptoms and then she came back to normal". The patient specified over the weekend after vaccination with the COVID-19 vaccine, she noticed and knew exactly what her symptoms were. She explained she thus called her doctor for recommendation on the following Monday. She mentioned her doctor returned her call on the Friday, recommending her to take Ibuprofen. The patient had to take her second shingles vaccine after the second Covid vaccine. She just wanted to be aware with what happened to her. She had been taking the ibuprofen for a little bit but then the pain comes back. She's getting the second vaccine on Tuesday, 16MAR2021. Later in the call, she clarified that the virus she was speaking of was the herpes zoster virus and or also known as shingles. The patient stated that she took Valtrex for the virus that caused bells palsy and that made it better (shingles/herpes zoster). She started healing with that medicine and she knew it wasn't a pinched nerve and that it was the shingles/herpes zoster that attacked her. She was better but still had pain behind her ear. Her husband told her not to get the second Covid 19 vaccine. She thinks she had the first shingles shot on 02FEB2021. Treatment reported as Valtrex, she states Valacyclovir Hcl 1gm tablet take 1 per day usually at night it's in a pharmacy bottle. Advil Duo Action 250mg acetaminophen 125mg ibuprofen takes 2 caplets in the morning and one caplet at night expiration Aug2022 Lot DN7584.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.