Age: 55.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Computerised tomogram, Dizziness, Fall, Influenza like illness, Insomnia
Clinical narrative: DIZZINESS; FALLEN; COULD NOT SLEEP; DID NOT FELT GOOD; SLIGHT NAUSEA; FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS; This spontaneous report received from a patient concerned a 55 year old male of unspecified race. The patient's weight was 155 pounds, and height was 69 inches. The patient's past medical history included knee surgery, shoulder surgery, blacked out, and panic attacks, and concurrent conditions included arthritis, alcohol user: two beers, and smoker: four cigarettes. The patient received covid-19 vaccine ad26.cov2.s (suspension for injection, route of admin not reported, batch number: 1808609, expiry: 24-JUL-2021) dose was not reported,1 total, administered on 21-MAR-2021 on left arm for prophylactic vaccination. No concomitant medications were reported. Patient reported that he did not felt real good for the weekend after getting vaccine on 21-MAR-2021. He had Flu-like symptoms and nausea. Dizziness started approximately one week after the vaccine injection that came on but it hit like a freight train by the end of the week more moderate and continued to the degree that was consistent. He mentioned he could not eat marijuana gummies but due to the dizziness, he felt like he did. He described as if he took four hits off a joint and severe as if he took LSD. He had a fall on the golf course from the dizziness and since then avoided driving which impacted on work. He also mentioned that if he worked really hard like in construction, his dizziness had gone away but when he stopped or as soon as he stepped into his car, it came back. He said that he could not sleep. He said he did not wanted to lose his ever loving mind. Physician gave him a medication after hospital discharge but it made him felt off like a bad acid and he discarded it. Laboratory data (dates unspecified) included: CT scan (NR: not provided) was negative for stroke. He made a trip to the emergency room, and made several VA visits to try to manage the symptoms. VA physician cleaned his ears which did not helped. He mentioned among his medical history that he had almost ten surgeries mostly on his knee and on his shoulder and he had arthritis because of that. He stated that he had blacked out couple of times in the past prior to being vaccinated. Physicians thought that it was related to his heart but he said his heart was strong. It seemed from the conversation that he had panic attacks in the past but he knew what controlled them. The action taken with covid-19 vaccine ad26.cov2.s was not applicable. The outcome of the dizziness, flu-like symptoms, slight nausea, did not felt good, fallen and could not sleep was not reported. This report was serious (Hospitalization Caused / Prolonged). This case, from the same reporter is linked to 20210755402.; Sender's Comments: V0:20210754977-COVID-19 VACCINE AD26.COV2.S-Dizziness. This event(s) is considered unassessable. The event(s) has a compatible/suggestive temporal relationship, is unlabeled, and has unknown scientific plausibility. There is no information on any other factors potentially associated with the event(s).