Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Anosmia, Dysgeusia, Taste disorder
Clinical narrative: cannot smell right, can hardly smell at all; nothing tastes right, Some things taste so bad; metallic taste in his mouth with all types of foods, metallic taste never went away/cannot eat spicy food, spaghetti sauce, salad dressing, peanut butter; This spontaneous case was reported by a patient and describes the occurrence of ANOSMIA (cannot smell right, can hardly smell at all), TASTE DISORDER (nothing tastes right, Some things taste so bad) and DYSGEUSIA (metallic taste in his mouth with all types of foods, metallic taste never went away/cannot eat spicy food, spaghetti sauce, salad dressing, peanut butter) in an elderly male patient who received mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (batch nos. 051F21A and 001M21A) for COVID-19 vaccination.     The patient's past medical history included COVID-19 (history of mild COVID with runny nose and mild symptoms).   On 10-Nov-2021, the patient received third dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (unknown route) 1 dosage form. On 08-Apr-2022, received fourth dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (unknown route) dosage was changed to 1 dosage form. On an unknown date, the patient experienced ANOSMIA (cannot smell right, can hardly smell at all), TASTE DISORDER (nothing tastes right, Some things taste so bad) and DYSGEUSIA (metallic taste in his mouth with all types of foods, metallic taste never went away/cannot eat spicy food, spaghetti sauce, salad dressing, peanut butter). At the time of the report, ANOSMIA (cannot smell right, can hardly smell at all), TASTE DISORDER (nothing tastes right, Some things taste so bad) and DYSGEUSIA (metallic taste in his mouth with all types of foods, metallic taste never went away/cannot eat spicy food, spaghetti sauce, salad dressing, peanut butter) had not resolved.            No concomitant medication were reported.  Patient experienced the metallic taste in mouth with all types of foods. Patient said that the metallic taste never went away. Patient also said that he cannot smell right ever since he got the Moderna shots, in fact, he can hardly smell at all. His wife lit a candle the other day and he could not smell it. He cannot eat spicy food, spaghetti sauce, salad dressing, peanut butter because nothing tasted right. Some things tasted so bad, that patient cannot even eat them anymore. Patient felt that the taste of at least 75 percent of the food that ate was affected. Patient could taste and eat sweet and certain raw vegetables like cauliflower and carrot. Patient was concerned because the side effect has not gone away at all. No treatment information was provided by the reporter.  Company Comment:  This is a spontaneous case concerning a 70-year-old, male patient with medical history of mild COVID-19 , who experienced the unexpected non-serious AESI of anosmia, and non-serious of taste disorder and dysgeusia. Patient received five doses of mRNA-1273 vaccine, however it unclear after which dose the events began. Mentioned past medical history could be a confounder for the event. The benefit-risk relationship of mRNA-1273 Vaccine is not affected by this report.   This case was linked to MOD-2022-667034, MOD-2022-666960, MOD-2021-290650 (Patient Link).; Sender's Comments: This is a spontaneous case concerning a 70-year-old, male patient with medical history of mild COVID-19 , who experienced the unexpected non-serious AESI of anosmia, and non-serious of taste disorder and dysgeusia. Patient received five doses of mRNA-1273 vaccine, however it unclear after which dose the events began. Mentioned past medical history could be a confounder for the event. The benefit-risk relationship of mRNA-1273 Vaccine is not affected by this report.