Age: 68.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: PPV, PNC13
Symptoms: Influenza like illness, Influenza virus test, Injection site bruising, Migraine, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: Throat closing; Consecutive sneezing; Runny eyes/nose; Runny eyes/nose; Pulse rate was out of the universe; Felt a mid systolic click in her heart; Tired; Hadn't been feeling good anyway; Swelling in lymph nodes; She was jolted from her sleep; Began to hallucinate; Lost vision/vision started coming back but then she had double vision; Felt like her arm was being pumped full of acid and going into her blood stream; Double vision; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer.  A 68-year-old female patient received pneumococcal 13-val conj vac (dipht crm197 protein) (manufacture unknown), via an unspecified route of administration on 03Jan2020 at single dose for immunization. Medical history included thyroid removed, bipolar, mood swings, seizures, high blood pressure, she was diagnosed with graves disease before she got the pneumonia shot, that last year (in 2019) she had the flu really bad. she had been on synthroid for maybe fifteen years. She was dying and losing twenty pounds per week.  Concomitant medication included levothyroxine sodium (SYNTHROID) ongoing for thyroid removed, quetiapine fumarate (SEROQUEL) ongoing for bipolar and mood swings, gabapentin ongoing for seizures and atenolol, chlortalidone (ATENOLOL CHLORTHALIDONE) ongoing for high blood pressure.  She was at one time on lorazepam (ATIVAN) but she weaned herself off because it was so addictive.  Caller stated she was calling in about the pneumonia shot. She was very wary of getting the shot because she was trying to figure out if she might get sick or if it would interfere with her prescription drugs. She walked out after she got the shot, she waited five minutes, came home and couple of hours later began to hallucinate and lost vision on 04Jan2020. Caller stated she was tired and hadn't been feeling good anyway. She was jolted from her sleep when she felt like her arm was being pumped full of acid and going into her blood stream. She talked to her pharmacist to see if the pneumonia shot would interfere with her medications. Caller stated she had Graves Disease. She was diagnosed with Graves Disease before she got the pneumonia shot. She took medication. She had her thyroid removed and this is why she was such a stickler. Last year she had the flu really bad. Caller stated they checked her this year but the test was negative. Caller stated she was hallucinating when she went to bed. The hallucinations started Saturday morning and stopped after she felt the acid in her injection site. Caller stated she was not a doctor and cannot determine whether or not she had completely recovered or not. Her symptoms stopped the same day they started several hours later. On 04Jan2020, She couldn't even see and then she got double vision. Treatment: Caller stated she had to go to the walk-in clinic and the PCP after the symptoms started. The doctor at the walk-in clinic had to call the on-call doctor. He told the caller to take Benadryl. Caller stated she could feel acid going toward her heart, her pulse rate started going really fast. She got down on the floor and crawled to the kitchen. She couldn't see. Caller counted her pulse rate was out of the universe and then she said she felt a mid systolic click in her heart. Her vision started coming back but then she had double vision. On Saturday morning she couldn't make out numbers or letters. She had been on Synthroid for maybe fifteen years. She was dying and losing twenty pounds per week. She was at one time on Ativan but she weaned herself off because it is so addictive. Her doctor had to add Chlorthalidone to her Atenolol. She also wanted to say she started feeling her throat closing, she was sneezing consecutively, she had runny nose/eyes. They tested her for flu but it came back negative. The doctor there gave her a steroid shot. When she went to her PCP on Monday and got checked, they checked for the swelling in lymph nodes and that stuff. They gave her another steroid shot because of the symptoms. They recommended she go to a specialist for her eyes and she needed to have her heart hard wired. She needed to have an EEG or whatever they call it. Vision loss was coming back but the outcome of all other events was unknown.    Pfizer is a marketing authorization holder of Pneumococcal 13-Val Conj Vac (Dipht CRM197 Protein) in the country of incidence or the country where the product was purchased (if different). This may be a duplicate report if another marketing authorization holder of Pneumococcal 13-Val Conj Vac (Dipht CRM197 Protein) has submitted the same report to the regulatory authorities.  Information on the lot/batch number has been requested.