Age: 79.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Eye contusion, Eye haemorrhage, Prothrombin time, Prothrombin time prolonged
Clinical narrative: prothrombin time was 16.2 seconds (standard: 11.9-14.5 seconds); Pfizer vaccine caused the bleeding around the eye/bleeding under her eye; Black eye/left eye was black. It is a purple eggplant in color.; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (patient). A 79-year-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EN6200, expiry date: 30Jun2021), via an unspecified route of administration in the right arm, on 28Feb2021 10:20, as single dose, for Covid protection, at the hospital. Medical history included atrial fibrillation and ablation. Concomitant medication included apixaban (ELIQUIS) taken for atrial fibrillation and to prevent stroke from 2019. The patient did not have prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. It was reported that the patient received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on 28Feb2021 and was scheduled to get the second dose on 21Mar2021 (Sunday). On 12Mar2021, her left eye was black, it was a purple eggplant in color. She wondered if she needed to tell the doctor and remembered her mother had blood vessel that burst. The patient clarified that it was to the side of her eye and not in her eye. It was bleeding under her eye. The nurse wanted the patient to stay so she could do some research. The nurse told her that the Pfizer vaccine caused the bleeding around the eye. The patient didn't want to have the second dose of the vaccine. She was told that she needed to report it. The nurse also told her that she needed to have her blood levels checked and that she does not need to take the second dose until she gets her blood levels checked. She went to her doctor's office but her primary care doctor and the other doctor were on vacation. She was seen by the nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner told her that she had to take the second shot and she might have to come off the blood thinner. She underwent blood work on an unspecified date with unknown results. She was told that the nurse practitioner has to study up on this and might have to come off of the blood thinner in order to get the second dose. She has been on blood thinner since 2019 after having an ablation. She has done wonderful. She is on this to prevent a stroke. She is on Eliquis. She is thankful for it. She has gone in and out of atrial fibrillation while taking Eliquis. The patient didn't want to take a chance on the second dose of the vaccine in case of hemorrhaging and was scared to take the second dose. Her blood clotting time was checked on 17Mar2021 and her prothrombin time was 16.2 seconds (standard: 11.9-14.5 seconds). She was hoping that Pfizer could advise her on taking the second dose. She thinks she will cancel her appointment for 21Mar2021. She is afraid to have the vaccine. The outcome of the events "Pfizer vaccine caused the bleeding around the eye/bleeding under her eye" and "Black eye/left eye was black. It is a purple eggplant in color" was not recovered; and "prothrombin time was 16.2 seconds (standard: 11.9-14.5 seconds)" was unknown.