Age: 52.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: FLU3
Symptoms: Heart rate decreased, Laboratory test, Musculoskeletal discomfort, Musculoskeletal pain, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: I will start by saying the first symptom I had was approximately 7 hrs after the flu injection on the upper left arm. My left arm was sore and tender for 6 days. My right shoulder joint was very uncomfortable. Itching began in the AM Sept 23rd 2012. Both legs, stomach and arms started itching. The itching became very advanced about 1230 AM and my eyes were swelling. Please note that the pain in my right shoulder was the first symptom. The itching progressed over a 3 day period to where it got uncontrollable at 12:35 AM that I went to the store which is open 24/7 and purchased BENADRYL Allergy Liquid gels for my eyes and BENADRYL itch stopping pain, which did not work. I drank a lot of water after buying BENADRYL. I was trying to flush out any toxics in my body. I woke my husband up and told him I had to go to Urgent Care and he took me, because I could not stop itching. They gave me 2 pres. 1 Prednisone 10 mg and Hydroxyzine HCL 25mg which stopped the itching in about 45 minutes. The same morning going to Urgent Care we both seen bruising on my inner and outer sides of my legs. The Dr. seen the bruising and wanted to take blood work to rule out blood clots. The Dr seen how raw and red my stomach was from the itching. I was referred to Dr. by another doctor and I seen her only 3 times as she was my primary Dr. and she has made many mistakes regarding my health. On my 2nd visit she did an annual physical exam which I get once a year. She did a EKG on me and said a cardiologist would read it and get back to me in 2 days with the results. She called at 7:15 AM and said I had a blockage in my heart and she wanted to do a stress test as soon as possible. I decided to go to my family cardiologist to do the stress test. The first test was pictures and 2nd day I had a muscular injection done. My heart rate and pulse went down low and they stopped the test and got good pictures. The following day I got the results and my heart was fine and there was not any blockage at all. The nurse told me an intern read my 1st tests and made a big mistake. When I was told I had a blockage by the doctor it made me very upset and I had to get a pres. of valium temporary from another doctor. I am no longer on it. I called the Dr. and asked who read my EKG the 1st time and she said she was an internal medicine Dr. and she read it. She told me a cardiologist was to read it. She also said she didn't recall calling me at 7:15 AM and telling me about my blockage in my heart. She did not recall the conversation. Evidently she doesn't keep notes of her telephone calls. I called Sept 27th 1 week after my flu shot and talked to the person that gave me the shot and asked for the manufacturer lot number. The Center for Disease Control told me to get the lot number. I was never given the side effects paper from Dr. or nurse. On my receipt from the Dr. the flu shot was never checked off. I have dates, time and names of all involved in my 3 visits to Dr. My concern is did I really get a flu shot or something else or could it be from an old lot? The last 9 days I have been wearing a sling on my right arm and a constant tingling of pins and needles to my fingers and right shoulder. My mother is writing this for me as I am right handed and cannot write now due to the pain. I put a call into my neurologist this AM and I'm waiting on a call from him. I do not agree with the ER's doctor report and I will explain if someone from your office wants to call me.