Age: 58.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood pressure measurement, Blood test, Dizziness, Gait disturbance, Loss of personal independence in daily activities
Clinical narrative: dizzy; intensified the migraines; she wasn't functioning; couldn't walk really good; Left arm hurt like crazy; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 58 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm left, administration date 26Feb2021 (Lot number: EME198) at the age of 58 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "disc degeneration" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: disc degeneration; "cracked pelvic bones" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: cracked pelvic bones; "Fibromyalgia" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: Fibromyalgia; "Pinched nerve" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: Pinched nerve; "sciatic is in one of the bones" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: sciatic is in one of the bones; "blood pressure medications for unspecified" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: blood pressure medications for unspecified; "Obesity" (unspecified if ongoing). Family history included: "Crohn's" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Took because husband has Crohn's. He has an autoimmune deficiency disease. The patient took concomitant medications. The following information was reported: DIZZINESS (non-serious), outcome "not recovered", described as "dizzy"; MIGRAINE (non-serious), outcome "not recovered", described as "intensified the migraines"; LOSS OF PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY ACTIVITIES (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "she wasn't functioning"; GAIT DISTURBANCE (non-serious), outcome "not recovered", described as "couldn't walk really good"; PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious) with onset 26Feb2021, outcome "recovered" (2021), described as "Left arm hurt like crazy". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of dizziness, migraine.  Clinical course: Caller was calling regarding the Pfizer Covid 19 vaccination. Caller stated shortly after she got it, she was having trouble walking, she was real dizzy. She couldn't walk and couldn't function. She stated she received her first vaccine on 26Feb2021. After first shot, she felt real dizzy and couldn't walk really good. She had to have help going to the bathroom for a couple days since she could not walk and was so dizzy that she wasn't functioning. On 18Mar2021 she went back to get her second dose, because things subsided. A couple days after her second shot she had a stoke. She had a TIA and went to hospital for that. She went to her heart doctor and said that the vaccine caused the TIA and they recommend that she not take the vaccine again. Caller stated she had no problems. She had a physical and she had a heart check and everything before she had the injection and everything was normal. No medical problems. No nothing. Caller stated she called claims on the Pfizer paper that she was given. But she had not received any kind of paperwork or anything. This was the second time she had called and they had not sent her anything. They did call her, but they never sent any kind of paperwork or anything. They said they were going to send paperwork to fill out to give to her doctors but they never did. She does not remember dates or have reference numbers to provide. They just said they were going to send paperwork and when she receives it, to take it to her physician and have them fill it out and then return it back to Pfizer. Nothing was ever sent. It was something about compensation and they would be taking care of any and all problems pertaining to the vaccine. She never heard anything back so she went and let her doctor know and he said if she didn't hear back from them in a timely manner then maybe she should speak to a lawyer and have them take care of everything. Caller stated they put her on blood thinners. They ran all sorts of tests. MRI, X-rays, blood work and they said that it was due to the injection. And now she had to take blood thinners which she didn't have to take before. Caller stated when she called phone number on the paperwork that she was given and the guy did ask what happened, but she gave him just a quick rundown. She doesn't think she told him about the medicine. The first time it was a lady she spoke with and she said she was going to send her the paperwork and the second time it was the guy and he said he was going to send her the paperwork and that was over two weeks ago. She hadn't received anything. Caller clarifies that number she actually called regarding this belonged to (withheld). It was a federal program that will pay for cost of medical and other expenses for certain people who have been seriously injured by certain medications or vaccines. Including this vaccine. A claim must be submitted within one year of the vaccine. Then it had the phone number and it had the Pfizer number. She was on disability, she was on SSI, social security income, it was not for what happened to her. She had cracked pelvic bones, fibromyalgia and a pinched nerve, the sciatic was in one of the bones. That didn't attribute to the stroke or anything like that. It's what the doctor said. She had a complete workup before she took the vaccine and everything was normal. After she had the vaccine, she had the same workup and that's how they concluded that it was from the vaccine, not from anything else. She was not even diabetic or anything like that. They were real concerned and they told her she needed to let them know what happened so that they were aware of the situation. After providing HCP information, caller stated she would like to decline to provide details regarding HCP because she doesn't know what was going to happen from here. If she needs to contact a lawyer then she needs to be able to protect herself. She would like to skip over HCP details for now and stated she can give Pfizer that information after she speaks to whoever she needs to speak to. Dose 1 was really dizzy: She had to have help getting up, sitting down, and walking. From: Two or three days after first vaccine. The dizziness comes and goes. Treatment: Doctor gave medication for dizziness. She already had migraines and thinks the dizziness intensified the migraines. The migraines got worse after the first injection. After she had the TIA they intensified further. Couldn't walk happened the same day as the dizziness. All of it happened the same day. It was on and off and she kind of gets dizzy. The doctors had her check her blood pressure because they thought maybe her blood pressure was too low or too high, but her blood pressure was normal. She hadn't changed anything. It had kind of improved some. Sometimes she was ok and sometimes she was not. Clarifies it was persisting. Dose 1 was Migraines got worse and intensified with the dizziness. It was like a dull headache, it started that way and continued and got worse and worse. Her HCP ended up calling her in some anti- nausea medicine. Treatment: She called her in the dizzy medicine and anti nausea medicine. Clarifies migraines were persisting. She had been getting migraines since she had the vaccine doses. The migraines happened right away with the TIA. Blood thinners: Prescribed 24May2021 caller guesses and was prescribed to take as outpatient. After all the tests the doctors decided she need to continue on a blood thinner. She was on a blood thinner when she was in the hospital. Dates provided were discrepant and were clarified and documented as reported. Caller had a hard time remembering, she was having memory issues. Meclizine and anti- nausea prescribed on 12apr2021. Meclizine 25mg, reports this puts her sleep, 30 count. Ondansetron 4mg, every 6 hours as needed, 230 count. Medications came in pharmacy bottle. Caller does not have NDC, Lot and Expiry for either. Caller does not see an NDC or expiry for either vaccine dose. Arm hurt like crazy: sore a week or a week and a half. It was sore for a while. Concomitant Products: Caller stated she does take medications. She takes blood pressure medications, but declines to provide further details. Caller stated she had no major problems. The doctor said she was extremely healthy. Considering her weight other than what her cholesterol says. She also had disc degeneration. Investigations: Caller says she cannot remember all the tests.  Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.