Age: 71.0
Sex: U
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Peripheral swelling, Rash macular, Respiratory disorder, SARS-CoV-2 test, Suffocation feeling
Clinical narrative: My ankle and legs are so swollen; My ankle and legs are so swollen; painful to walk; breathing problems / having breathing problems just getting around the house; can't breathe; half of the night I spent walking trying to breathe / gusting for air; only sleep an hour or 2 at night and that's in a sitting position; heart palpitation; I am hot, I am cold; irregular heart beat; irregular heart beat sometime it's so fast patient can't even count; One doctor was telling an anxiety attack; like being suffocated or drowned constantly; I keep losing weight.; got all these little red spots all over; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Other HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 71 year-old patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm left, administration date 16Aug2021 (Lot number: FA7485) at the age of 71 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Hysterectomy", start date: 1978, stop date: 1978; "allergic to a lot of things" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: allergic to a lot of things; "Iodine allergy" (unspecified if ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: SYNTHROID; DELESTROGEN taken for hysterectomy. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Dose 1, Lot number: FA7485), administration date: 26Jul2021, when the patient was 71 years old, for COVID-19 Immunization, reaction(s): "had problems but it's cleared up". The following information was reported: RESPIRATORY DISORDER (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "breathing problems / having breathing problems just getting around the house"; DYSPNOEA (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "can't breathe; half of the night I spent walking trying to breathe / gusting for air"; INSOMNIA (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "only sleep an hour or 2 at night and that's in a sitting position"; PALPITATIONS (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "heart palpitation"; FEELING OF BODY TEMPERATURE CHANGE (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "I am hot, I am cold"; HEART RATE IRREGULAR (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "irregular heart beat"; HEART RATE INCREASED (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "irregular heart beat sometime it's so fast patient can't even count"; ANXIETY (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "One doctor was telling an anxiety attack"; SUFFOCATION FEELING (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "like being suffocated or drowned constantly"; WEIGHT DECREASED (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "I keep losing weight."; JOINT SWELLING (non-serious), PERIPHERAL SWELLING (non-serious) all with onset Dec2021, outcome "unknown" and all described as "My ankle and legs are so swollen"; PAIN (non-serious) with onset Dec2021, outcome "unknown", described as "painful to walk"; RASH MACULAR (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "got all these little red spots all over". The events "breathing problems / having breathing problems just getting around the house", "can't breathe; half of the night i spent walking trying to breathe / gusting for air", "only sleep an hour or 2 at night and that's in a sitting position", "heart palpitation", "i am hot, i am cold", "irregular heart beat", "irregular heart beat sometime it's so fast patient can't even count", "one doctor was telling an anxiety attack", "like being suffocated or drowned constantly", "i keep losing weight.", "my ankle and legs are so swollen", "my ankle and legs are so swollen", "painful to walk" and "got all these little red spots all over" were evaluated at the physician office visit and emergency room visit. Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Therapeutic measures were not taken as a result of respiratory disorder, dyspnea, insomnia, palpitations, feeling of body temperature change, heart rate irregular, heart rate increased, anxiety, suffocation feeling, weight decreased, pain, rash macular. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of joint swelling, peripheral swelling. Additional information: Clinical course of events was described as follows: Prior vaccination, reported as in July and August, patient was healthy, never had a virus, wasn't any contact with anybody, followed all the rules and regulations, not been exposed to anything, made sure that was perfectly healthy, no cold no virus of any kind, perfectly healthy when got the vaccine and didn't took any chances. The patient has never had any lung problems or breathing problems or heart conditions. The patient reported that been taking thyroid medication and estrogen for almost 50 years and will be taken for forever; and said that would not even be taking the thyroid medication or estrogen if not had hysterectomy. It was reported that it all started with the vaccination. Patient had never had these problems in life ever. The patient had the second vaccine on 16Aug2021 and started getting really bad about two weeks after that. Patient had symptoms right away but they got really bad at about two weeks; this was also described as: In the second vaccine, patient had all the symptoms which started two weeks after the second vaccine. The patient was sorry to have breathing problems now and has been struggling since September; patient can't breathe, only sleep an hour or 2 at night and that's in a sitting position and gusting for air related to.  It was reported that this was the worse reaction patient ever had within 4 months now and that's too long. Patient was having breathing problems just getting around the house, half of the night patient spent walking trying to breathe, has heart palpitation, patient was hot, was cold, has irregular heart beat sometime it's so fast patient can't even count. The patient has seen 4 doctors and one of them was urgent care; and they have no idea what to do with the patient; it was reported that they didn't say that, but the patient reported that they have no idea. One doctor was telling an anxiety attack, but the patient said "no I am not having an anxiety attack". The patient stated that "Now I know, what people feel like if they have Asthma and COPD and Bronchitis, this is horrible". It felt like being suffocated or drowned constantly. It was reported that patient was perfectly healthy and now patient felt like dying. It was also reported that the patient kept losing weight on an unspecified date in Sep2021. The patient experienced ankle and legs were from the last two weeks, were so swollen on an unspecified date in Dec2021. The patient took a diuretic. It was reported that the patient had TO argue with the doctor to give the patient a diuretic despite the swelling on leg and the doctor was hesitant. Patient said that can't have legs that were swollen, painful to walk and told the doctor to give the patient a diuretic, Maxide. It was reported as progressive and legs were not only swollen but got all these little red spots all over. Patient consulted with doctor due to the little red spots and said that it was the Maxide, but patient insisted that it was the vaccine, it's getting worse; patient said that it's getting worse, and the doctors don't know. It was reported that they (physicians) wanted to inject patient with Iodine (for a test) but the patient refused because of Iodine allergy and it would kill the patient due to this allergy if injected. One doctor told the patient to get a COVID test because the doctor thought patient had COVID. The patient underwent COVID-19 test and got a negative result. Patient said that patient was only having reaction and not COVID-19. The patient said that should never have gotten the second dose of the vaccine and now it was patient's body. Patient was querying if somebody is going to help. The patient was querying on suggestion who the patient can go to and what the patient can do; and said that "I can't survive this way". It was reported that the patient was not having any trouble with the experience but was having trouble with reactions to the Pfizer vaccine. It was reported that the patient has to find somebody that can do something; there's absolutely no point in going to one doctor after another; like the patient said, four doctors, one of them was even urgent care that was the last doctor the patient saw and wanted the patient to go back to urgent care; and that the patient was just there few days ago, in a medical office and the doctor said that the patient needed to see urgent care and now they don't know what to do and they were only just shuffled the patient back and forth. It was reported that the patient doesn't do  and no longer has shoulders in house and was on own rope now; patient doesn't know what else to do and was not going to spend thousands of dollars paying for one doctor to the next as they don't know what to do. It was reported that the patient was not completely stupid when it comes to medicine, but the patient was being treated like stupid by doctors. Patient also stated that "I am having more and more trouble breathing now because I am talking to you. I have not been okay for 4 months that is a long time." The relatedness of drug to reaction(s)/event(s): I can't breathe; I am having breathing problems just getting around my house half of the night I spent walking trying to breathe with Primary Source Reporter as source of assessment and as method of assessment was unknown. The seriousness of the events was not specified by the reporter.