Age: 82.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Acoustic stimulation tests, Magnetic resonance imaging, Pain, Vertigo, X-ray
Clinical narrative: it hurt; Vertigo; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). An 82-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 2 intramuscular, administered on left arm on 17Feb2021 09:30 (Batch/Lot Number: EN6201) as single dose for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included quadruple bypass on Oct2020 with symptom of difficulty breathing. Patient was sent to heart system downtown and they cold not do an angiogram and stated she was filing a complaint against her original doctor because he sent her out to have a heart attack or stroke. The family doctor took an x-ray and said it was fine. The hospital kept her a week to get her restarted and doctors were worried of the artery involved, and was also worried if she would have a heart attack. Patient did not have pain, even now, except where surgery pain in legs was and her legs have scars. Other medical history included diagnosed allergies, compromised immune status, respiratory illness, genetic / chromosomal abnormalities, endocrine abnormalities (including diabetes) and obesity. Patient lost height; she was 5 foot 2 inches and was probably 5 foot 0 inches now but it has not been documented. Weight was about 102lbs. Concomitant medication included acetylsalicylic acid, clopidogrel bisulfate (PLAVIX) in which patient got black and blue marks along the way. Patient previously took flu shot in Oct2020. Three days later after vaccination, on 20Feb2021 patient developed vertigo and still had it. The doctors have been doing tests but haven't got the final report. Patient reported she had even had the make you dizzy test done. She has had vertigo before but it usually only lasts 3 or 4 days max. On 26Feb2021, patient went to urgent care to see a doctor and confirmed that patient had vertigo and that was all the doctor could do. Since then, patient has seen her regular doctor, heart doctor, had audio tests, MRI radiology and seen and ENT. Patient stated that this was very disturbing. She can't drive go to store to even get toothpaste and she was used to being independent and doing this. Initially she thought the vertigo was not related to the Pfizer Covid vaccine but since has heard from people in the groups that she was in that vertigo was a problem other people have had. Patient was pretty active, just had quadruple bypass and she has been walking and everything. This going on has limited her. The vertigo has changed but she still can walk around generally. If patient turned her head or looks up she gets dizzy. She can't do yoga exercises because she has to look up and she is sensitive to that. Laying down, head on pillow or headrest was bad. She has a leaning aspect and that leaning right or left feels like a balance problem. Treatment included Epley maneuvers which hasn't worked. Patient stopped taking Meclizine per doctor's order and has been taking gingko biloba. She was taking some medication that could make her dizzy, but it has not, and she was on them on for a while. They have a dizzy effect. However, patient did not think it was from the other medications. She thought it was triggered from the shot. Patient reported no immediate reaction Pfizer Covid vaccine except it hurt on an unspecified date. Outcome of the event of vertigo was not recovered while for the remaining event was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.; Sender's Comments: Linked Report(s) : US-PFIZER INC-2021392500 same reporter/drug/event, different pt