Age: 70.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Nasal congestion, Nausea, Pruritus, Pyrexia, Respiratory tract congestion
Clinical narrative: diarrhea; getting nauseated at my stomach; headache; nose started getting congestion / stuffy nose; coughing; sneezing; chills; a slight fever, fever would come and go, it never got over 100.1; feeling of tiredness/her "whole body as feeling yucky.; Itching started on my head, top of my head to my shoulders, face, eyes, ears, neck, itching scalp, the back of my neck was itching, never lower than my shoulders and I never actually broke out; I was sick for about 17 days; chest congestion; upset stomach; didn't have the strength to do nothing; felt horrible; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) via medical information team.  A 70-years-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot Number: EN6202) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 28Feb2021 at 13:30 (at the of 70-year-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization.Medical history included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (from 10 years), ongoing Severe rhinitis (forever), allergy (since she was 45 years old), muscle atrophy (due to hip replacement that the doctor botched in 2011 and 2013), seasonal allergy (really bad allergies and it is springtime with pollen ,Severe allergies in spring in summer and fall she have a tendency she can get severe sinusitis, rhinitis from the allergies, if that flares up it turns into bronchitis it turns to pneumonia).The patient did not had any other vaccine within 4 weeks prior to Covid-19 vaccine. Patient family medical history was reported as none.The patient previously took Zyrtec and experienced Hypersensitivity and took Prevagen for memory and it made her stupid.Concomitant medication included ongoing fluticasone furoate, vilanterol trifenatate (BREO ELLIPTA) taken for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory tract infection (for 10 years; helps keep her bronchioles open); ongoing alprazolam taken for anxiety, panic attack; ongoing paroxetine taken for anxiety, panic attack; ongoing fexofenadine hydrochloride (ALLEGRA) taken for hypersensitivity(Allegra 180 twice a day and during spring and fall it still doesn't keep her allergies in check), ongoing colecalciferol (D3) taken for bone deformity(taking for 6 years can't walk well from the old hip surgery, and doesn't go outside much) and ongoing ascorbic acid, betacarotene, biotin, calcium, chloride, chromium, copper, folic acid, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, phosphorus, potassium, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, selenium, silicon, thiamine, vanadium, vitamin b12 nos, vitamin d nos, vitamin e nos, vitamin k nos, xantofyl, zinc (CENTRUM SILVER WOMEN 50+) taken for an unspecified indication.  On 28Feb2021 at 21:30 the patient experienced Itching all over, On 01Mar2021 Nose congestion, Coughing, Sneezing, Chills, Fever and Tiredness, On 03Mar2021, the patient had headache, On 08Mar2021, the patient experienced nauseated, On 09Mar2021, the patient had diarrhea and On unknown date in 2021 the patient experienced Respiratory tract congestion, upset stomach, Weakness, Feeling abnormal, she was sick for about 17 days. It was reported within 8 hours of taking the shot she started itching. Itching started on my head, top of my head to my shoulders, face, eyes, ears, neck, itching scalp, the back of my neck was itching, never lower than my shoulders and I never actually broke out and that that itching so bad that she was digging the skin off and was raw in the places where she dug. She used back scratcher to scratch her head. She didn't have any Benadryl at the house to take. She ended up taking an Allegra 180mg. She fell asleep about 04:00 am that morning. Then next morning 01MAR2021, she was still itching and it was time to take her morning medication and that includes an Allegra at 06:00 am so she took the morning medications including the Allegra. About three or four hours after that, it started subsiding. Then after that subsided, then her nose started getting congestion, she was coughing sneezing and she started getting a headache. The nasal congestion, still have that, could be coming from my sinuses could be an allergy overlap. she had a lot of chest congestion. The itching stopped later that day. The cough, sneezing and nasal congestion however are still ongoing. Stated she has severe reactions to medications and she's not sure if these adverse reactions are her allergies overlapping with side effects of the shot. She started to have a headache in her temples, top of her head, eyes and to behind her ear into her neck on the left-hand side which lasted for three days. Adds it hurt so bad she couldn't open her eyes. Then she had started getting nauseated at stomach, upset stomach and then started with the diarrhea(lasted for another 2 days). This all occurred within a 17-day period. she did not have it all at one time, some overlapped, and some didn't. During the whole period of time, her whole body, she didn't have the strength to do nothing. she felt horrible. The 3rd week of March, she had chills and fever (that ranged between 99.8 F- 100.2 F), it never got over 100.1 But this all lasted for 17-18 days. She says it would come and go. She also felt an overall feeling of tiredness, her whole body as feeling yucky with multiple days that she didn't get out of bed except to go to the bathroom. Just this past week, she was having to deal with the coughing and stuffy nose, sneezing and all of that stuff, which was normal because of her allergies. She was scheduled to have her second dose on 28Mar2021 but she has not had it. She wants to know should she take the second dose because she heard the side effects for the second dose are worse. Stated she couldn't remember better and once woke up at 05:30 am and told her son to let the dog out before he went to bed and it was morning time. The patient underwent lab tests which included body temperature: <101.1 (a slight fever would come and go it never got over 100.1) on 01Mar2021. Patient received treatment for the event pruritus with 2 allergy pills. Outcome of the events nasal congestion, coughing, sneezing, headache was resolving, Event pruritus resolved on 01Mar2021,Nausea resolved on 10Mar2021; diarrhea resolved on 11Mar2021 and Chills, Pyrexia resolved on 07Mar2021,fatigue resolved on 15Mar2021, and outcome of the other events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.