Age: 56.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Acoustic stimulation tests, Chills, Decreased appetite, Diarrhoea, Ear pain
Clinical narrative: left ear felt very sore; severe intestinal cramps; Severe diarrhea; mild hearing loss/partial hearing loss; fever; chills; headache; nausea; loss of appetite; Tinnitus/new tinnitus from the vaccine was much louder; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (patient). A 56-year-old female patient (not pregnant) received the second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, batch/lot number: EP7533 and expiration date: 31Jul2021), via an unspecified route of administration, in arm right, on 30Mar2021 15:45 (at the age of 56-year-old, not pregnant), at single dose, for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included myopic degeneration/glaucoma, mild tinnitus in both ears since childhood. Patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to vaccination. No other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine. Concomitant medications included brimonidine, timolol, latanoprost eye drops, and pramlintide. The patient previously took first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, batch/lot number: EN6202 and expiration date not provided), via an unspecified route of administration, in arm right, on 09Mar2021 15:45 (at the age of 56-year-old), at single dose, for COVID-19 immunization. Other past drugs included ciprofloxacin (CIPRO), cefprozil (CEFZIL), sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim (BACTRIM), azelastine nasal spray. The patient experienced tinnitus in left ear started about 30Mar2021 17:00 (reported as "1 hour after vaccination"), it was much louder on 31Mar2021 (reported as "the next morning") with mild hearing loss. Patient woke up in the morning with the fever and chills, and was accompanied by headache, nausea, loss of appetite. Patient had severe diarrhea on 03Apr2021, 04Apr2021, 05Apr2021, fever and severe intestinal cramps on 07Apr2021. All symptoms improved except for severe tinnitus in left ear. Sometimes it was so loud it feels like patient's whole brain was getting affected. Patient's blood vessel in left ear was pulsing too. Pulsing tinnitus. 5 weeks in from second COVID vaccine.Patient had a very loud tinnitus, ringing in the ear and the left ear felt very sore, it was like partial hearing loss, which lasted for few days. So, now the hearing came back and my hearing was normal. Patient visited Audiological/ENT on 14Apr2021 and had hearing tests, it was normal but patient had very loud tinnitus. Patient had a severe tinnitus. This new tinnitus from the vaccine was much louder with additional piercing hissing/whooshing sounds. Patient was still experiencing this discomfort, it is the same, this it is not getting better, it was very loudly.The adverse events result in doctor or other healthcare professional office/clinic visit. Patient stated she was finding that so many people those who have the same side effect (further clarification unknown), it was the tinnitus, the ringing in the ears and partial hearing loss either temporary or permanent and it is a pretty big side effect and its pretty much severe lasting many weeks and months. Patient had not been tested for COVID-19 Since the vaccination. The outcome of the event "tinnitus aggravated" was not recovered; of other events was recovering.