Age: 57.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Gait disturbance, Hypokinesia, Pain, Peripheral swelling
Clinical narrative: Trigeminal neuralgia; soreness at the injection site; pain in every single joint on that left side (pain in that left ankle, left knee, left elbow, left wrist); My ankle and my leg totally swelled up I couldn't even walk; the pain is originating right like my hip, not my hip bone more towards my buttocks but on the bone.; My ankle and my leg totally swelled up I couldn't even walk; the pain is originating right like my hip, not my hip bone more towards my buttocks but on the bone.; My right side of my body, my elbow my hands, its very, it's not like it hurts it's swell and its hurts.; All my veins were sticking out of my arm; could see my veins through my hand; see they were right under my skin on both sides in my hands and both sides my lower arm.; I couldn't even move my arm.; She weight 117lbs 3 days ago. She weighs 113lbs; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 57-year-old female patient received the first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Batch/Lot number was not reported), via an unspecified route of administration administered in left arm on 28Mar2021 at 12:30 (at the age of 57-year-old), as a single dose for COVID-19 immunization at Pharmacy/drug store. The patient medical history included ongoing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, anxiety, car accident (1998), bacterial pneumonia (2 years ago in November), pain, arthritis, anxiety and cannot sleep. When she was in a car accident and she had two surgeries on her and she needed a third surgery but she told the doctor no. She had a fusion, a laminectomy at C4 through C6. Her second surgery, her doctor told her that he couldn't fuse a plate to a plate in her neck, so the second surgery he removed the plate and fused C4 through C7. He told her if he fused C3 then she wouldn't be able to move her jaw. The doctor used cadaver bones on her first operation. She doesn't remember the doctor telling her if he fused C3 she wouldn't be able to move her jaw and the pain doctor put on 2 fentanyl patches and they were taking them off every 2 days and they kept doing epidurals and that's ridiculous. Her doctor asked her why she kept getting epidurals when her neck was fused. She reports this was in relation to a card accident she was in in Feb1998. In Nov2019, she went to sleep and she was throwing up in her sleep and she aspirated and she wasn't even sick. She went to bed and her husband woke up and heard her and called the ambulance and she ended up in the ICU for 3 days in a comatose state. She had no idea where she was. She didn't remember a thing. She woke up in the ICU and saw her daughter. She had to be sedated in the ICU, she reports she was punching the nurse. She was diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. She stated she had no symptoms of pneumonia at all and she would know because she gets pneumonia every single year. They never tested her for Covid 19 in Nov2019. Maybe they didn't even know about Covid 19 at that time. She had COPD and couldn't got the shot earlier but had go to doctor to fill out, because he fills out these forms but she guess he didn't have any form that was available to fill out so you gonna see it today like and does not now she was able to get vaccine. 2 years ago in November, she had Pneumonia and everyone said that it was impossible that you have COVID but was on deathbed she was actually didn't remember anything when she went the bed until she woke up 4 days later, was in I.C.U for 3 days and wasn't able to get new appointment to get an test to see if she has antibodies to that, if had antibodies to the COVID because she couldn't even take appointment because they are making it so hard on things they don't have computer themselves and don't know how to do that on her cell phone to attach that Medicare card so she wasn't able to get appointment her daughter had to do it for me. Both her husband and she had COPD and she's sure she has emphysema.She has not been diagnosed with emphysema but her mother had it and she knows so much about things. She was in a car accident while a long time ago and had all kind of pain killers, currently on morphine sulfate extended release from years (she takes morphine immediate release 30mg just once a day when needed. She reports the morphine immediate release makes her speed up, like speed talking like she's a crazy. The dose is too much for her. It was prescribed when she weighed 98 lbs., now she weighs more) taken for pain at a dose of 60 mg twice a day and morphine sulfate immediate release at a dose of 30 mg as needed (once a day), alprazolam (ZOLAM) taken for severe anxiety at an unknown dose for four times a day, amitriptyline but not for depression but for as sleeping pills at a dose of 100 mg once a day (before bedtime), diazepam at a dose of 10mg four times daily taken for muscle relaxant therapy (she can't sleep very well) from an unspecified start date and ongoing. The patient did not take any prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks). Patient was still using the products and further stated that they never even asked her if she was on any kind of medicine or if ever had like any kind of bleeding disorder or anything like that and when she got home she got to leave the whole thing and what do you call it, she had 2 things Trigeminal neuralgia, she hated its like you are getting brain freeze but it goes to eye and its one of those painful conditions known to mankind and like its kind a irrational but when its really cold or she was under lot of stress it it comes back and always have to check with doctor if it happens again and she had COPD, never been diagnosed but she knows she have because her grandmother did and the other thing was bleeding thing its called Von Willebrand factor and that causes easy bleeding and bruising and she did not bruise or bleed easily but she knowns because they had to test her son when he was young and her ex-husband didn't have it and her mom and aunt were twins and they used to bruise easily both of them all the time and knew her son got it from her. Patient did not receive any prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks) and did not had history of previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine. Patient reported that, it wasn't an allergic reaction where she had to go the hospital and get a EpiPen or anything like that but she got the shot in her arm on Sunday (28Mar2021). When she went to sleep everything was fine but when she woke up she couldn't even move her arm and on 29Mar2021, she had the mild reaction of soreness at the injection but it was considerably the most that with her leg, ankle and leg totally swelled up, and couldn't even walk, she was supposed to go to doctor, but anyway she can't, she was driving and her legs with whole ankle swollen and it also its not going down side arachnoid nerve but the pain was originating right like in hip, not her hip bone more towards my buttocks but on the bone, she forgot her anatomy and then its affecting all her joints, she had pain in that left ankle, left knee, left elbow, left wrist, she had pain in every single joint on that left side except her hip because she already has pain in her hip. Her joint pain and swelling started the next day after the Covid 19 vaccine. She had arthritis (Intent:History) too but never got affected like this where everything will joint on her right side of my body, elbow, hands, its very, it's not like it hurts it's swell and its hurts. After receiving vaccine patient went to the doctor, couldn't get a schedule for today, so in two days or so, she make sure and was able to get vaccine again. Since 10 years of age, due to her son marriage with all work she was on her feet like 3 days then had run out at the very last moment and couldn't even dance or walk on her leg and don't remember if it was my right or left but the same thing happened. Swelled her whole ankle got swollen up and couldn't walk for 2 or 3 days. Further stated that all gone away. It was just she couldn't move up her arm at all yesterday." When confirmed that she got the first shot on Sunday, (Later confirmed as 28Mar2021). Patient had swelling only on left side but not right side. When she woke up this morning it look like all her veins were sticking out of arm that say its very weird way to describe the blood in veins (stated she could see her veins through hand, as anyone couldn't see them but see they were right under her skin on both sides in hands and both sides of lower arm actually). She put her legs up and feel may swelling goes down little more, her husband keeps on telling to walk on it but if she walk on it, it swells more. Her weight was 112 yesterday (as reported as probably). Now it was 111. Patient was concerned over the lady at the (name) that gave the Covid 19 vaccine. The lady at (name) didn't even asked what medications she's on. She's not allergic to anything but she was in a car accident a long time ago. For everything to swell up like that was ridiculous. She got the Covid 19 vaccine on the left side and her joints on the left side were terrible. It was only on her left side. She reports the joint pain and swelling is gone and only lasted a couple days. She's supposed to be resting but that's impossible when you have a 10 year old and a 13 year old living with her. All the swelling and joint pain occurred on the left side of her body, nothing on the right side. The same side as she got the Covid 19 vaccine in her left arm. She had to wait until she was eligible for the vaccine when they opened it up for people over 50 years old. Patient weighs 117lbs 3 days ago (as per report), now she weighs 113lbs and that's in clothes. When the patient went for regular physician office visit but she mentioned about the reactions to the vaccine that was pain and swelling in her joints on the left side. Patient did not receive treatments for the events. She was worried about going back and having anaphylactic shock with the second Covid 19 vaccine. She enquired who is going to give her the epi pen if she needs it. Her doctor said if she has any doubts, if she goes into anaphylactic shock, will get an ambulance and told her to expect to have a severe reaction to the second vaccine Covid 19. The reporter assessed the events as non serious. The outcome of the event soreness at the injection site was recovered on 30Mar2021 and the rests of the events was unknown.