Age: 74.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Influenza, Lower respiratory tract infection, Nasopharyngitis, Respiratory tract congestion
Clinical narrative: She feels she has a cold in her chest; cold; influenza A; Hacking cough; voice affected; chest burning; Difficulty breathing; chest congestion; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. This 74-year-old female consumer reported that she started to receive the second dose of BNT162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Lot number EL9266) via an unspecified route of administration in arm left on 03Mar2021 08:45AM (at the age of 74-year-old) at single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. First dose of BNT162b2 (Lot number GM or EM9809) was taken on 10Feb2021 (at the age of 74-year-old) in left arm (way up high on the shoulder) for COVID-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (due to environmental toxins), allergy to different dyes (allergic to yellow, purple, and blue dye) and allergy to medications. The patient has never been a drinker or smoker. Concomitant medications were not reported. A week or so after the second dose, she thought she was having a cold. It has affected her voice and breathing. She thought she had bronchitis.  She was going to her doctor on 04May2021. She had a hacking cough and she doesn't know what she has if it isn't a cold. She wondered if it was connected to the vaccine or is it bronchitis. The more she talks the more difficulty in her chest. She was prescribed Robitussin DM cough syrup by her doctor and was taking honey lemon cough drops. She also had congestion in her chest ever since. She has been having like a cold in her chest. It was heard how she was sounding. She never thought it was connected to the vaccine and never expected this to last for this long. The patient asked whether it could be a residual side effects of the vaccine and questioned if this could have had any effect on the COPD. She stated she was not having any problems with it and she has had it for years. Her cough has been the same, she takes a dose of DM cough syrup or a cough drop during the day. Robitussin was working. She was drinking lots of fluids, between 74-96 ounces of water per day. The doctor told her she had A influenza, but she thought she had COVID because she had all the symptoms, but they said A influenza and treated her for influenza A. That morning she had difficulty breathing like bronchitis, her chest was burning inside and was always like that, her talking aggravates everything and she had deep breathing. Her physician said her chest was clear after she thought she had bronchitis at her previous visit. She does not have any questions, she was calling to report an event, she is calling her doctor for further guidance. Cough, difficulty breathing, voice changed required a visit at physician office. Onset date for hacking cough, voice affected, chest burning, difficulty breathing and chest congestion was 10mar2021, while onset date for the other events was unknown. Hacking cough, voice affected, chest burning, difficulty breathing and chest congestion were not resolved, outcome of the other events was unknown.