Age: 60.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Vaccination site swelling
Clinical narrative: Loss of taste and smell; Loss of taste and smell; Brain fog; Problems breathing/had some difficulty breathing that was not labored but it was hard to catch a deep breath; injection site pain; Strong fatigue/had tiredness and fatigue; had a minor headache; Muscle and joint pain; Chills; Muscle and joint pain; Fever; feeling unwell; Loss of appetite; later on had swollen lymph nodes under his left armpit; was sweating and sweating off heat; had soreness; definitely had weakness and if he had dizziness it was minimal or non-existent; definitely had weakness and if he had dizziness it was minimal or non-existent; injection site swelling; he is at a loss for words; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non health care professional. A 60-year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot number: EN6207) via an unspecified route of administration in arm left on 19Mar2021 13:00 as dose 1, single (at the age of vaccination of 60-year-old) for COVID-19 immunization. Historical vaccine included shingrix shingles shot, dose 1 administered on 07Nov2020 and dose 2 administered on 20Feb2021. Patient's medical history was none. Patient's COVID test was positive on 02Jan2021. On an unspecified date in Mar2021, experienced loss of of taste and smell, problems breathing and injection site pain. Patient stated that was part of the problem with his brain fog and he figured it was a bunch of things. Patient stated he had possible injection site pain which he was sure everyone had, stated he had tiredness and fatigue, had a minor headache, had minor muscle pain, chills definitely, had minor joint pain and certainly had a fever after receiving the bnt162b2 vaccine. Patient also stated he was sweating and sweating off heat and his girlfriend felt heat coming off of him; states he might have had injection site swelling but nothing that was unexpected; had soreness of course. Patient had nausea but was feeling unwell and absolutely loss of appetite and later on had swollen lymph nodes under his left armpit which was the side he had his bnt162b2 vaccine. Patient had some difficulty breathing that was not labored but it was hard to catch a deep breath; states he had no swelling of the face or throat, did not have a fast heartbeat and did not have a rash. Patient stated he definitely had weakness and if he had dizziness, it was minimal or non-existent and also clarified to state he had a lot of fatigue and overwhelming means he was in a coma and he was not in a coma. Patient stated his side effects were a bit more mental and he was at a loss for words which is more like the brain fog and honestly what he experienced after the bnt162b2 vaccine was like a mini COVID infection for like 30 hours and everything he experienced after the vaccine was like before when he had covid plus a few more things and then the side effects disappeared very suddenly and he would say in the morning (also reported as 06:00 am) on 22Mar2021. He was his old self and knew this was a possibility with the bnt162b2 vaccine. Events did not require emergency room or physician office visit. The patient underwent lab tests and procedure: patient's COVID test was positive on 02Jan2021. Outcome of all the events was recovered on 22Mar2021.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.