Age: 54.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoaesthesia, Inflammation, Irritability, Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Magnetic resonance imaging
Clinical narrative: diagnosed with transverse myelitis; paralysis/my legs became paralyzed/still partially paralyzed; had deep inflammation of the neck/developed inflammation of my cervical spine that was completely due to the COVID Vaccine; She can't use her right hand/she couldn't feel her right hand; still has pain in her left foot; It's numb/left hand numbness/numbness of the feet/numbness in right toes; tingling feeling; is just overall frustrated; The paralyses reached to my Bladder, where I could not hold my own urine/lost bladder control; couldn't walk anymore; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (Patient). A 54-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, solution for injection, Lot number: FD8448) via an unspecified route of administration administered at left arm on 20Aug2021 13:00 (at the age of 54-year-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included occasional asthma. Patient received someone unspecified inhaler for occasional asthma as concomitant medication. It was reported that Caller has taken the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and she is experiencing paralysis. She wants to talk to someone. She got disconnected before could transfer her. Caller reports she had the Pfizer Covid, first shot, on 20Aug2021 and ended up in the hospital for 6 days and she underwent a MRI and spinal tap and it was ruled out for any other possible reason/condition medically for her to have had deep inflammation of the neck, onset of paralysis. Attempt made to slow caller to clarify details. States just put that she was diagnosed with transverse myelitis and was hospital for 6 days and was discharged on 03Sep2021 and was sent home with a walker and crutches. She can't use her right hand and that is her bread and butter, she has been working from home and still has pain in her left foot and can't put weight on it without feeling any pain. It's numb, it's a nerve condition and hard to explain. Thinks they reported it to the CDC. Was put in for a MRI, a painful MRI and endured and had to go through a 2 hour brain scan, cervical (neck) scan, and thoracic area scan. Was put through a spinal tap. Before the Covid shot she was a 100% healthy 54-year-old. She would like some compensation, someone to help pay for her debt and time taken off work. She works for the government who forced her to do this, and it was encouraged that all government employees get it and it was against all her instincts and she did this and her employer will not pay for her sick time or medical debt. Is a good citizen. Has not left the house in 16 months. Patient did not receive any other vaccines given the same day or 4 weeks prior. No problems with vaccines in past. No flu shot in 31 years and has never been sick for 31 years or hospitalized in 31 years ans she was super healthy. Only carries an inhaler for occasional asthma and has not ever been hospitalized for asthma. Later says except with the flu shot 31 years ago. Does not know if she was really hospitalized and does not remember it well, but she had an asthma attack. Does not know if it was a result of flu shot, she probably never even had a flu shot. Again, stated that she was not sure. She further stated that she waited probably too long to go to the hospital. It was about a day and a half after the vaccine started having problems. Probably the 20th and it progressed slowly. She was communicated this with her doctor on Thursday, 26 August about the left-hand numbness and tingling feeling and numbness of the feet. It was progressing up the legs and by that Friday by 3pm she called the nurse and told her that she couldn't feel her right hand. Finally, she went at 2pm to the hospital on the 29th, Sunday. By then she had lost bladder control and couldn't walk anymore, and they had to do a spinal tap to rule out bacterial infection, which came back negative for bacterial infection. Then she was treated and started on a 5 day, 1 hour IV drip of Methylprednisolone steroid, a heavy duty steroid, enough for a horse and was 50% better and can feel her right legs. Still has 10% of the tingling and numbness in right toes. Right hand, index finger and thumb still are numb and tingling. Left hand is perfect especially with the numbness and tingling. Her whole left leg from the thigh to toes and foot has probably about 30% improved. There was nothing more than they could do for her so they discharged her home with a walker. She further mentioned that They did about 95 different kinds of blood work on her and DNA genetic testing at the hospital. Results stated she does not have Parkinson's, MS and does not even carry cancer cells. Does not have Lupus and was in perfect health before with no diabetes, in perfect health. Has been taking care of herself for years and exercises and she does not smoke. Is just overall frustrated. Again, mentions she needs some help with financially and hopes to get it from Pfizer. Has missed work for 2 weeks and the government was not going to pay for her sick time and they don't care. They just cared about uploading her Covid shot. Her doctors even have written letters to her employer not to force her to get the second shot because of what happened with the first one and it's now on her allergies list. Knows Pfizer may care what happens and she has not called anybody else. Called Pfizer since she took Pfizer shot. Patient did not visit the emergency room and physician office for the events. The seriousness criteria as hospitalization. Outcome of events: diagnosed with transverse myelitis, paralysis/my legs became paralyzed/still partially paralyzed, is just overall frustrated, It's numb/left hand numbness/numbness of the feet/numbness in right toes, still has pain in her left foot, She can't use her right hand/she couldn't feel her right hand not recovered while remaining all events was unknown.