Age: 74.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Fatigue, Feeling abnormal, Feeling hot, Headache, Joint range of motion decreased
Clinical narrative: Swelling; Redness moved from actual site down my arm about 6 to 7 inches; Hot to touch area on right arm; A little headache at the back of the head; Itching; More pain when l lift my arm, my arm pits/Hurting under her arm when she was lifting; Swollen glands; My temperate was 100.8; had difficulty lifting her right arm; Tired, very tired; Tenderness at vaccinate site; More pain when l lift my arm, my arm pits/pain in arm/pain in her right arm/a lot of pain; I feel tugging and redness when I raise my arm, It's not red its blotchy; I feel tugging and redness when I raise my arm, It's not red its blotchy; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 74-year-old female patient receive the second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EL3246), intramuscularly at site of right arm on 28Jan2021 at single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included (synthroid: Taking for years), prevent urinary tract infection (UTI) (methenamine: started a year and a half ago), vitamin supplementation (Preservision Areds 2 eye vitamins more than a year ago; Vitamin C with Zinc 8-9 months ago), dry eyes (Thera tears: dry eye therapy. she has not been consistent with taking), cholesterol (simvastatin: taking 20 years or more), allergic to Sulfa Drugs and Tetracycline, obesity (had been fighting it for 30 years), removed polyps (had a flat polyp that was a little more dangerous the first time and it was removed; non-cancerous), got the flu (08Jun months later, got the flu, went to the hospital and developed PNA) and eczema (took calcium 1200mg). Concomitant medication included levothyroxine sodium (SYNTHROID) for thyroid; methenamine for prevent UTI; ascorbic acid, cupric oxide, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, xantofyl, zeaxanthin, zinc oxide (PRESERVISION AREDS 2) for vitamin supplementation; ascorbic acid, zinc (VITAMIN C WITH ZINC) for vitamin supplementation; carmellose sodium (THERA TEARS) for dry eyes; simvastatin for cholesterol; calcium for eczema. The patient previously took Flu vaccine (Injection site was left arm, intramuscularly) in Oct2018 and experienced pain in injection site and redness in arm; took the first dose of BNT162B2 with lot number: EL3246, intramuscularly in left arm site at 09:00 on 08Jan2021. Clinical course: After the second dose of vaccination, patient noticed tenderness at vaccinate site at 13:00 and had pain in arm on 28Jan2021, but on 29Jan2021, the pain was worse, and she had difficulty lifting her right arm at 16:00. On 30Jan2021, she started noticing more pain when she lifted her arm, her arm pits, it was hurting under arm when she was lifting. She thought maybe there were swollen glands but did not feel it. her temperate was 100.8, and she took some paracetamol (TYLENOL), by the evening, her temperature was at 98.6 normal. On 31Jan2021, she noticed a lot of pain, itching and redness, redness moved from actual site down her arm about 6 to 7 inches at 14:00. The pain in her right arm was not as bad as it was, but the redness in the area and itching was there, it was hot to touch area on right arm, and she tried cold compresses and took paracetamol. Also, it was hurting under her arm when she was lifting. She experienced something like that before with a Flu vaccine. She noticed when she looked it up, the information states, yes. And it was still going on today, not so much pain, just swelling and redness, looked like what Moderna calls a covid arm. She had no temperature, a little headache on 31Jan2021 at the back of the head and tired, very tired, she was tired from 29Jan2021, and was better from 01Feb2021. She took paracetamol last night, and cold compress. she used to take baby aspirin; she didn't know if it would be a problem. She read not to take paracetamol or ibuprofen before vaccination. She felt tugging and redness when she raised her arm, it was not red its blotchy. She didn' t feel any swelling. The last 7 to 8 months, she was running high blood counts, 12.3 (high) and she had no infection, her doctor was a little nervous, the last one on 15Jan2021, it was down to 10.2 within normal range. Her immune system was very active. She had a flu shot in Oct2018 at age of 72 y/o and by 08Jun months later, she got the flu. She went to the hospital and developed PNA. In 2019 and again this past Aug2020, she had a Colonoscopy where they removed polyps. She had a flat polyp that was a little more dangerous the first time and it was removed. It was non-cancerous. The doctor was just watching it. Last blood results were 2 weeks prior to having first shot on 15Jan2021. The only thing that showed was her Liver enzymes were a little elevated. She was told that if she hadn't gotten the vaccine, it would have been worse, her doctor gave me the zpack. They were calling it a subcutaneous sensitivity, she had eczema, she forgot to mention that. She was taking calcium 1200mg, she forgot to tell her that also. The outcome of events pain in arm, redness and feeling hot was not recovered; of events tiredness, body temperature increased, itching and headache was recovering; of rest events was unknown.