Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Gait disturbance, Gait inability, Hypertension, Immediate post-injection reaction, Lymphadenopathy
Clinical narrative: she couldn't walk, clarifying that her legs were almost paralyzed feeling, and she couldn't get a walking gate on her legs; Immediate reaction "breathy"; from the injection site of the COVID-19 Vaccine, she immediately felt heat go down her arms and legs; she said she had "chemo shakes", clarifying she had a kind of shivering or uncontrolled shakes; she said she had "chemo shakes", clarifying she had a kind of shivering or uncontrolled shakes; she had loose bowels/bowel movements were not liquid, but the bowel movements were not normal; exhausted/feels worn out; flushing in her face; her face feels hot/warm in her chest; her nose and cheeks get a sunburn heat feeling, and the heat feeling is on and off/Feels like she has a sulfur burn on her face; her skin on her arms and legs starts to feel prickly when she has the heat feeling on her nose and cheeks; bitter taste in her mouth; her blood pressure goes up/her blood pressure was like 138 or 142 over 72; having a temperature of 99, and then the temperature starts to spike; nervous; sensitivity she is having to the COVID-19 Vaccine; Enlarged lymph nodes in her neck/attacking her lymph nodes; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 74-year-old female patient received her first dose of BNT162B2 (lot number: EL3246), via an unspecified route of administration in the arm, left upper on 09Jan2021 11:45 at single dose for Covid-19 immunization. Medical history included ongoing chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) from 2008, allergic to sulfur, chemo, doesn't have a spleen because she had a bad accident 25 years ago (unspecified date in 1996). Concomitant medication included ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA) for CLL. She has been taking IMBRUVICA, but not consistently. She said she doesn't take it when she is feeling good because IMBRUVICA has side effects. The patient had intolerance to ciprofloxacin (CIPRO). There were no additional vaccines administered on same date of BNT162B2. The patient white blood cell count is 68000 and a normal white blood cell count is 10000. She said all her other blood work is very good. She said if she takes IMBRUVICA her white blood cell count goes down to 30000. She said IMBRUVICA will initially quadruple her white blood cell count before the IMBRUVICA will make her white blood cell count go down. She said she is mostly on the IMBRUVICA. She said if she tries to go off IMBRUVICA her White Blood Cell count goes up. The patient is calling about the Pfizer COVID19 Vaccine. She received the first dose of vaccine 09Jan2021, and the patient had an immediate reaction "breathy". She said she had a reaction right when she got the COVID-19 Vaccine, and now it is the 11th day already and she is beside herself. The patient reported that on 09Jan2021 from the injection site of the COVID-19 Vaccine, she immediately felt heat go down her arms and legs. She said she was told to go sit for a while, and that what she was experiencing would pass. She said what she experienced didn't pass. She said she got "chemo shakes", clarifying she had a kind of shivering or uncontrolled shakes. Reported she had to go to the bathroom 3 times while she was waiting for her side effects to improve. She clarified she had loose bowels. She said her bowels were good after the 1st week of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine, but yesterday or 2 days ago, she had loose bowel movements. She said the bowel movements were not liquid, but the bowel movements were not normal. She had stayed at the vaccination facility site for over an hour after receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine. She said she couldn't walk, clarifying that her legs were almost paralyzed feeling, and she couldn't get a walking gate on her legs. She said after waiting for over an hour after receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine, she was exhausted and went home. Reported it took her at least 3 hours before some of her side effects started to go away. She said she is not finished with her side effects, saying it has been 11 days since she received the COVID-19 Vaccine, and she is still suffering. All events happened on 09Jan2021.She has CLL, clarifying she has Leukemia. On unspecified date in Jan2021, she found lumps (clarified as enlarged lymph nodes) under her neck 4 days after she stopped taking IMBRUVICA. She said the enlarged lymph nodes started to come back on her neck sooner than she expected. She clarified if she stops taking IMBRUVICA in preparation for a dental visit, she can be off of IMBRUVICA for 2 weeks and not have enlarged lymph nodes come back on her neck like after getting the COVID-19 Vaccine. She said the COVID-19 Vaccine is attacking her lymph nodes. She said she doesn't like mixing 2 medications (IMBRUVICA and COVID-19 Vaccine), but will have to go back on the IMBRUVICA, and hope her enlarged lymph nodes will go down. She said her cancer doctor told her not to take IMBRUVICA until she was feeling better. She clarified that IMBRUVICA is not a chemo medication. She said the last time she had chemo was when she had spiked in 2015 and had 4 chemo treatments. Also, it was reported that on 09Jan2021, she has flushing in her face, and her face feels hot, her nose and cheeks get a sunburn heat feeling, and the heat feeling is on and off, her skin on her arms and legs starts to feel prickly when she has the heat feeling on her nose and cheeks. As treatment, her cancer doctor told her to take Benadryl, she clarified she is taking Children's Benadryl, Cherry flavored. She said she has no idea how much Children's Benadryl she should be taking. She is taking Pedialyte and a (Pharmacy name) version of Pedialyte because she felt her whole system is off. She stated she has had no temperature, and her vitals were good, but yesterday on unspecified date in Jan2021, she got flushed, she gets nervous, and her blood pressure goes up. She said her blood pressure was like 138 or 142 over 72. She clarified her blood pressure was really good the first week after receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine (Jan2021). Reported her body feels like she went through something. She said her cancer doctor told her not to take the second COVID19 Vaccine dose. She said her cancer doctor recommended she get the COVID-19 Vaccine because all her blood work looked good before she got the first COVID-19 Vaccine dose. she doesn't have a spleen because she had a bad accident 25 years ago. She said maybe her not having a spleen creates the sensitivity she is having to the COVID-19 Vaccine (onset date in Jan2021). She said she doesn't get the flu vaccine. She said she looked at the papers she was given when she got the COVID-19 Vaccine and wanted to notify Pfizer and see if she could get some help as to what she should do. She said she asked her cancer doctor what she should do, and he told her he is not an expert. She said she has had every side effect listed on the COVID-19 Vaccine paperwork, but she doesn't have the blushing on her face that was listed on the paperwork. She said Pfizer should have a hotline for people to check in. She said she wants to know that she is doing the right thing, and that the COVID-19 Vaccine is not killing her. She asked if she is getting blood work in 3 weeks, will the blood work show if she has antibodies from the COVID-19 Vaccine. She was offered transfer to Pfizer Medical Information for further assistance. She forgot to mention that as soon as she got the COVID-19 Vaccine, she had a bitter taste in her mouth on 09Jan2021. She said when she starts getting hot in her cheeks, the bitter taste comes back in her mouth. Reported usually by 4:00PM she starts getting the heat in her face, but no temperature. She said she feels like she has a temperature now, clarifying it is like having a temperature of 99, and then the temperature starts to spike on unspecified date in Jan2021. She said if she did have a high temperature, she would put herself in the hospital immediately. She said she is sometimes warm in her chest, when she is having the feeling of a temperature spike. Reported she feels worn out. She said it is not like being tired where you go to sleep and wake up feeling better. She said her body is out of sync. She said it is like the body goes through shock and is trying to get back into balance. She called the specialty pharmacist to see if there was anything in the COVID-19 Vaccine that could interact with the IMBRUVICA. She said the specialty pharmacist told her there is nothing interactive with the COVID-19 Vaccine because the COVID-19 Vaccine is not a live vaccination. Reported she is allergic to sulfur. She said she feels like she has a sulfur burn on her face, if she didn't have the heat on her face too. She said the enlarged lymph nodes on her neck below her chin are very stressful. She said every side effect listed on the COVID-19 Vaccine paperwork; she has. She said the COVID-19 Vaccine paperwork mentioned lymph nodes. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of the following events: she couldn't walk, clarifying that her legs were almost paralyzed feeling, and she couldn't get a walking gate on her legs; immediate reaction "breathy"; from the injection site of the covid-19 vaccine, she immediately felt heat go down her arms and legs; she said she had "chemo shakes", clarifying she had a kind of shivering or uncontrolled shakes; she had loose bowels/bowel movements were not liquid, but the bowel movements were not normal; exhausted/feels worn out; enlarged lymph nodes in her neck/attacking her lymph nodes; flushing in her face; her face feels hot/warm in her chest; her nose and cheeks get a sunburn heat feeling, and the heat feeling is on and off/feels like she has a sulfur burn on her face; her skin on her arms and legs starts to feel prickly when she has the heat feeling on her nose and cheeks; having a temperature of 99, and then the temperature starts to spike. The outcome of the events Immediate reaction "breathy", nervous, sensitivity she is having to the COVID-19 Vaccine, her blood pressure goes up/her blood pressure was like 138 or 142 over 72, having a temperature of 99, and then the temperature starts to spike was unknown. The events she couldn't walk, clarifying that her legs were almost paralyzed feeling, and she couldn't get a walking gate on her legs and "chemo shakes", clarifying she had a kind of shivering or uncontrolled shakes recovered on 09Jan2021. The outcome of the remaining events was not recovered.