Age: 53.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Electrocardiogram abnormal, Hypoaesthesia, Illness, Illness anxiety disorder, Mastoiditis
Clinical narrative: Chronic mastoiditis; hurts to walk sometimes; numbness; a stress test done/Chronic anxiety; hypochondria; sick; hands also swell and look like they have edema; ECG go from normal to borderline; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 54 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 20Jul2021 (Lot number: FA7485) at the age of 53 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Pericarditis" (not ongoing), notes: did have pericarditis at the age of 21; "High cholesterol" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: diagnosed maybe 3 years ago and she was put on a statin; "anxiety" (unspecified if ongoing); "Depression" (unspecified if ongoing). There were no concomitant medications. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Dose:1, Batch/lot number:EN0168, Route, Anatomical Location: Arm Right), administration date: 25Jun2021, when the patient was 53 years old, for COVID-19 Immunization, reaction(s): "after she received the initial dose, her ankle swelled", "wasn''t feeling the same", "constipation". The following information was reported: MASTOIDITIS (medically significant), outcome "unknown", described as "Chronic mastoiditis"; PAIN (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "hurts to walk sometimes"; HYPOAESTHESIA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "numbness"; ANXIETY (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "a stress test done/Chronic anxiety"; ILLNESS ANXIETY DISORDER (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "hypochondria"; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ABNORMAL (non-serious) with onset Nov2021, outcome "unknown", described as "ECG go from normal to borderline"; ILLNESS (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "sick"; PERIPHERAL SWELLING (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "hands also swell and look like they have edema". The events "chronic mastoiditis", "hurts to walk sometimes", "numbness", "a stress test done/chronic anxiety" and "ecg go from normal to borderline" were evaluated at the physician office visit. The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: cardiac stress test: (unspecified date) unknown result; colonoscopy: (unspecified date) thinks all is well; (unspecified date) unknown result; computerised tomogram head: (unspecified date) unknown result; electrocardiogram: (21Jul2021) normal; (Nov2021) borderline; (01Mar2022) borderline; ultrasound scan: (unspecified date) didn't find anything at that time; (unspecified date) thinks all is well. Additional information: Caller states she is the patient calling in regards to the injection with the two vaccines. She clarifies she is referring to the COVID-19 vaccine. She noticed after she received the initial dose, her ankle swelled. She went to the doctor and ECG was done, and the doctor measured her ankle. Her doctor told her to go ahead and proceed with the second dose. The ECG/EKG came out normal. However, the caller knew something wasn't right wasn't. She wasn't feeling the same, her sides were bothering her. She had problems using the restroom clarified as constipation, and she noticed her ankles swelled. She again explains she went to have it checked out and an ultrasound was even done and they didn't find anything at that time. This is when she got her first shot. She was told to proceed with her second shot. The caller did have pericarditis at the age of 21. The pericarditis never returned, but she did have it, and she asked the Pharmacist when she went to receive her dose about that and the Pharmacist said it was okay to receive the vaccine even though she had pericarditis. However, the caller states after listening to the recording, its seems that its not a good idea to get the vaccine if you have had pericarditis. The recording said if you have myocarditis or pericarditis, which is inflammation of the heart, you shouldn't receive the Pfizer. As previously stated, her ECG was normal when she had it done on 21Jul2021. She had another done in Nov2021 and it says borderline. The last EKG was done on 01Mar2022 and the results also say borderline. The caller is obviously concerned. Her ankle is still swollen, she clarifies both ankles are swollen and it hurts to walk sometimes. She is noticing that feels pins and needles and some numbness. Her ankles swelled right away, clarified it started on 26Jun2021. The swelling has gone up and down. Right now, both ankles are actually swollen, but it's like being on a seesaw, the swelling will go up and down. However, it never completely goes down. Caller stated something isn't right. Her doctor told her and even put on the prescription pad that from her labs and exams, he can tell that she has a healthy heart and kidneys. The doctor wanted to check for Gilbert's syndrome which is in regards to her liver and bilirubin. She has never had liver problems before. She showed the doctor her test results and he said she did have something going with her bilirubin at that time. She came home and checked and nothing was going on with her liver/bilirubin. The caller believes the doctor misread the test results. She came home from the doctor's office this past Tuesday, 01Mar2022, and she checked the test results and nothing was there. She noticed the doctor took her ECG/EKG and she guesses he mistakenly didn't return it to her but she still had a copy of the test on her phone and she sees where she had the ECG done it, the result said normal. Now, both times when she had an ECG done in Nov2021 and Mar2022, both readings say borderline. Caller asked the nurse what is that supposed to mean and the nurse said it means she is stable. However, why would it say borderline? Nothing was wrong with her heart before. That is her concern. She also had a stress test done. She did do the stress test sitting down and her ankle was swollen, mainly her left ankle, it felt like her hand was going to blow off. Her hand was turning colors and everything then. When she returned to receive her results within a couple of weeks, the Cardiologist was acting a little strange. He sat down and she was waiting for him to advise her if she passed or failed and he paused and just sat there. The caller asked if she passed and what was going on and the doctor told her she passed and the circulation in her heart was okay. He told the caller she had chronic anxiety. Caller explains she didn't have chronic anxiety before she took the Pfizer shot. The caller is not saying she has never had anxiety before. She did lose her daughter and her parents within 20 months so obviously she has had anxiety and depression. She was sent and has been seeing a nurse practitioner, not even a  psychiatrist, that she found out through the receptionist and the provider diagnosed her with hypochondria. Caller states she is not a hypochondriac, she just wants to know what is going on with her body. Her hands swell, she has different things going on. Her left ankle swells, her sides are hurting. None of this goes away. She even had to go to an ENT doctor and she was sent for a CT scan of her head. She doesn't remember what she said she had or what they told her because she has been sent to so many places. She clarifies she was told she had chronic mastoiditis. Caller was also sent for a colonoscopy and she thinks all is well. The caller is supposed to be getting test results at the end of this month to go and find out, but from all the paperwork all is well. Caller states also when she had the CT scan of her head, they also checked her kidneys and her bladder and supposedly that's fine. She had the stress test done. She had so many test done. Caller states first they did the Echocardiogram where they use the monitor. Honestly, the caller wishes she never took the shot ever. Since she took the shot, she has not been well. She doubts she is lucky enough to receive physical treatment on her symptoms, but caller wants to know how does her ECG go from normal to borderline in Nov and Mar? What is going on? She is being told everything is fine but you can see it; in the caller's eyes, she is not fine. She looks sick. Her hands also swell and look like they have edema. Caller asks if Pfizer helps as far as any medical assistance? When they were doing the stress test, the last injection she was given they reversed it. Unable to clarify this statement further. Caller wants to know if Pfizer offers any medical treatment to help with her symptoms? She is obviously not looking to anyone nor could she if she wanted to, but her intentions are to seek medical help. She feels like her doctors are misleading her. She doesn't know. Her doctor is telling her everything is fine and she could live for decades with her heart the way it is, but after she was shoved out the door, she saw the results said borderline on her ECG.