Age: 79.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Chills, Pain in extremity, Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: sore arm; low fever; chills; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP from medical information team.  An elderly female patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), on 15Aug2022 as dose number unknown (booster), single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) at the age of 79 years for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "osteoporosis" (unspecified if ongoing). The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Vaccination history included: moderna COVID vaccine (DOSE NUMBER UNKNOWN, SINGLE), administration date: 22Jan2021, when the patient was 77-year-old, for Covid-19 immunization, reaction(s): "sore arm", "chills", "low fever"; moderna COVID vaccine (DOSE NUMBER UNKNOWN, SINGLE), administration date: 19Feb2021, when the patient was 77-year-old, for Covid-19 immunization, reaction(s): "sore arm", "chills", "Low fever"; moderna COVID vaccine (DOSE NUMBER UNKNOWN (BOOSTER), SINGLE), administration date: 14Aug2021, when the patient was 78-year-old, for Covid-19 immunization, reaction(s): "sore arm", "chills", "low fever". The following information was reported: PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "sore arm"; PYREXIA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "low fever"; CHILLS (non-serious), outcome "unknown".  Additional information: Patient stated that she received the Pfizer COVID vaccine on 20Sep2024 and after a couple of days after receiving the vaccine, started having rashes and swollen lymph nodes and it was itching and [inaudible]. Patient took prednisone but when she stopped taking prednisone, the rashes came back. Patient wanted to know what she needed to do after she stopped taking Prednisone and the rashes came again. Patient also wanted to know what component of the Pfizer COVID shot she allergic to. Patient mentioned that she had to go back because as soon as she stopped taking prednisone, the rash would came back and it was travelling higher up in her back. Patient mentioned that she had to go back as soon as she stopped taking Prednisone, the rash came but and it was travelling up her back and higher up, before it was in her trunk and started moving up and it was very itching and she noticed swelling of lymph nodes under arm. Patient added that she had the shot since COVID started, She has gotten shots every year, and she have had reactions but never like this, like she has had some sore arm, maybe chills, maybe a low fever for a day but she never had a rash, so she need to know obviously what was in there that would cause a reaction to be so severe. Patient confirmed that she received COVID vaccines yearly and this year, she got Pfizer. Her vaccination record indicated that on 22Jan2021, 19Feb2021 and 14Aug2021 she received the Moderna COVID vaccine and on 15Aug2022, she received a Pfizer COVID vaccine and after that she was no longer given the cards with information on the following immunizations she had received and she could not tell which one she received last year. Patient was assuming that she have a sensitivity and mentioned 'This was an absolute in the past to sulfa and to iodine. Now she was beginning to suspect could it be latex since it was, the band was sort of where her underwear itch but it wasn't exclusively at that. She saw in one of the questions they ask when you go for the shot if you have a sensitivity to latex and she never had in the past.' Patient wanted to know which component of the vaccine she was reacting to. Patient wanted to know if the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine contains latex. Patient mentioned that she already reached out to a doctor who prescribed her with prednisone had instructed her to call Pfizer. Patient mentioned that she was an 81-year-old woman and she felt like she was having a severe reaction from the vaccine. Patient got the reaction, she couldn't go to her doctor and had to go to a health stop because she felt like she was not being treated with the importance of her physical issues. 'Natural rubber latex was not used in the packaging or closure system that comes in direct contact with Comirnaty and/or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (2024-2025 Formula). Patient stated that when she finished her prednisone, her side effects came back again and she already have osteoporosis and prednisone was not good for her.   The information on the batch/lot number for BNT162b2 will be requested and submitted if and when received.