Age: 52.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pneumonia, Scan normal, X-ray abnormal
Clinical narrative: Pneumonia; Left Arm Swelling / her arm and shoulder became swollen; Left Arm Swelling / her arm and shoulder became swollen; she also has something else going on in her shoulder; achy all over in her neck, arm, and shoulder; achy all over in her neck, arm, and shoulder; Felt sick to her stomach; her arm was sore that evening; This is a spontaneous report from a Pfizer Sponsored Program made from a contactable consumer (patient). This 52-year-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Lot#: EK5730) at single dose on left arm on 23-Dec-2020 for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included sleep apnea; high blood pressure; COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Concomitant Medication was nothing new, her normal medication, she took vitamins, and high blood pressure medication. She had had no positive test for Covid prior to the vaccine, she had had no antibody test, she had had no issues with vaccine in the past. The patient experienced left arm swelling in Jan2021 and pneumonia on 08Jan2021. The patient worked in a hospital and received her first dose on 23Dec2020 and she was supposed to get the second dose today but she was not at work today. She was wanting to know if she should go ahead and take the second dose because her arm was still swollen. The product was the Covid vaccine. She stated that her arm was still swollen, when she got shot she was fine, her arm was sore that evening (Dec2020) and then nothing, then a weekend after new years her arm and shoulder became swollen (Jan2021) and she had been to the ER and the doctor thought the swelling was because of the shot, but she also had something else going on in her shoulder (Jan2021). So in the meantime she went to the ER and they took X rays, and they told her that she was starting to develop pneumonia. She was going back to work tomorrow, being that she was on the antibiotics now, still had swelling in the arm, and had pneumonia, should she still get the 2nd shot. She noticed the swelling Saturday after New Years. She was also achy all over in her neck, arm, and shoulder (Jan2021). She felt sick to her stomach, this was all the first Week of Jan2021. She went to the ER, she was not admitted and came home the same day. She went to the ER on 08Jan2021. 08Jan2021 was also when the pneumonia was diagnosed. The name of antibiotic she was prescribed was doxycycline. She started it on Saturday 09Jan2021, she was prescribed 100 mg 2 pills a day for 10 days. When they did the X ray, they said that the pneumonia had showed up, or she was just starting to get pneumonia. Patient stated that she didn't believe because they made a comment about the way she was laying however she had been taking the medication and feeling better. She was schedule for the second dose today. She did reschedule for Friday, and wanted to know if she should still get it. In the ER, they said it could have been a blood clot and so they did a scan to find blood clots but it was negative. The outcome of event pneumonia was resolving; events left arm swelling and shoulder became swollen was not resolved. The outcome of rest evens was unknown..