Age: 68.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Muscle spasms, Nausea, Pain, Pruritus, Rash
Clinical narrative: Feeling unwell; Nausea; Vomiting; Itching head to toe; Joint pain head to toe; Rash/ on her feet/ on her tummy/She also had the same rash on her armpits, and intermittent spasms in her armpits. /rash on her feet that subsided, and a rash that reappeared on her abdomen last night; Rash/ on her feet/ on her tummy/She also had the same rash on her armpits, and intermittent spasms in her armpits. /rash on her feet that subsided, and a rash that reappeared on her abdomen last night; Sensation of being severely dehydrated even though I drink plenty of water; It hurts to walk; Colon issues; I am miserable right now; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 68-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number: EW0198, Expiration Date: not reported), via an unspecified route of administration on 15Aug2021 as dose 2, single for COVID-19 immunization (at the age of 68-year-old). Previously patient took BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number: EW0176, Expiration Date: not reported), via an unspecified route of administration in left shoulder on 24Jul2021 as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization and subsequently experienced severe joint pain, dizziness and nausea. Medical history and family medical history relevant to AE(s) was none. There were no concomitant medications. Additional Vaccines Administered on same date of the Pfizer Suspect was none. Prior Vaccinations within 4 weeks and AE(s) following prior vaccinations was none. Patient stated that, she got through it, but by the time she did it was time for the second dose. She received her second dose of the vaccine on 15Aug2021 and on Saturday, 21Aug2021, she began feeling unwell, experienced nausea/vomiting, itching head to toe, joint pain head to toe, a rash that appeared on her feet and went away, a rash on her tummy that was itching rash on her feet that subsided and a rash that reappeared on her abdomen last night. She also had the same rash on her armpits and intermittent spasms in her armpits. She also had some colon issues and a sensation of being severely dehydrated even though she drink plenty of water/fluids. She was miserable right now. She had constant itching head to toe. She woke up in the middle of the night scratching. All it took is a sharp U-turn and se was nauseated and vomiting. It hurts to walk. This was making her nuts. It felt like someone had severely beat her to a pulp. She never had a temperature. Patient called her doctor earlier in the afternoon but she had not heard back from them yet. Hopefully she would hear from them tomorrow. She could not hardly deal with this anymore and could hardly get anything done. She was fortunate enough not to had work. This reaction had been really bad, but then again she was knocking on the door of 70 years old, and nobody would know it. Patient was very active and a very healthy person and took no medications. Patient wanted to know recommendations for how to get over this. AE(s) did not require a visit to emergency room or physician office. Patient received time frames for negative reactions to go away and she enquired if there any other recommendations or did she just had to ride this out. Patient was suggested that, these might not be all the possible side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. Serious and unexpected side effects might occur. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine was still being studied in clinical trials. The safety evaluation of participants was still ongoing. Participants were asked about local and systemic events and use of fever reducing medication after each vaccination. Participants continued to be monitored for non-requested adverse events, including serious adverse events up to 6 months after the last vaccine dose. Among the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine recipients, mild-to-moderate pain at the injection site within 7 days after an injection was the most commonly reported local reaction, with less than 1% of participants across all age groups reporting severe pain. In general, local side effects; the ones patient got on the arm where patient got the shot (such as injection site redness and injection site swelling) were mostly mild-to-moderate in severity and resolved within 1 to 2 days. Side effects that patient might experience throughout the rest of body; (systemic side effects) including fever and chills were observed with the first 1 to 2 days after vaccination and resolved shortly thereafter. Swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy), which generally resolved within 10 days, is likely to have resulted from a robust vaccine-elicited immune response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided information regarding Possible Side Effects After Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine. The response below was copied on 23Apr2021. COVID-19 vaccination will help protect patient from getting COVID-19. Patient might have some side effects, which are normal signs that body is building protection. These side effects might affect ability to do daily activities, but they should go away in a few days. Some people had no side effects. If patient received a second shot Side effects after second shot might be more intense than the ones patient experienced after first shot. These side effects were normal signs that patient body was building protection and should go away within a few days. And it was suggested to call the vaccination provider or healthcare provider if had any side effects that bother patient or did not go away. Patient called to ask for recommendations for treating everything. This was ongoing and she was miserable. Patient received treatment with Tylenol, ibuprofen, rubbed asper cream and bengay, nothing made it go away. Relevant tests was none. The outcome of the events it hurts to walk and joint pain head to toe was not recovered and for rest of the events it was unknown.