Age: 71.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Mental impairment, Neck mass, Neck pain, Ocular discomfort, Palpitations
Clinical narrative: difficulty thinking; head pressure; pain in the neck; pressure and headache behind her eyes; pressure and headache behind her eyes; rapid heart beat/Increased heart beat, blood pressure; high blood pressure that wakes her up; high blood pressure that wakes her up; heart is pounding so hard enough to wake her up; fogginess/ Foggy thinking/Felt distinct wiggly/zig-zag line at the top of her hairline, pressure that just pushed on the top of her head; dizziness; Feeling tired all over; Numbness in left arm/lower left numbness of her face; Itchiness all over face; pain in her neck. It felt like a lump or gland; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) via a Pfizer sponsored program. A 71-year-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EL9269, expiration date: 31May2021), via an unspecified route of administration, in arm left, on 02Feb2021 (at the age of 71-year-old), at single dose, for COVID-19 immunization; second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Lot Number: EN6207, Expiration Date: 31Jul2021), via an unspecified route of administration, in arm left, on 13Mar2021 (at the age of 71-year-old), at single dose, for COVID-19 immunization. No vaccines administered on same date with the Pfizer vaccine. Medical history reported as "none". Patient stated she was pretty healthy. Concomitant medications included ascorbic acid (VITAMIN C), vitamin d nos (VITAMIN D), and "zinc". Patient stated she had been taking vitamins such as Vitamin C, Vitamin D, and Zinc even before COVID and continued taking it, but it didn't improve anything because her symptoms were getting worse. Vitamin C (Lot #: 11627, Exp: Jun2022, UPC #:729440860011). It's a combination of a tablet and a powder also. The directions say to take four per day, but she can't say if she takes four or two. She uses the Vitamin C powder- it comes in packets (like Kool-Aid), but she can't remember what it's call. She states she hasn't been super consistent with which bottle she took, but she tried to get it down every day. Sometimes, she puts the powder in her shake every morning. Amount per serving was 1551mg. It was recommended four per day, but she never took four because there are only so many she could swallow. She has to live besides taking pills, and she has plenty of pills to swallow. Vitamin D (Lot #: 192656, Exp: Jul2021, UPC: 818960013516). It's in liquid form, it's called "Liquid D"; the brand is Apex Energetix. The serving size was one drop sublingual, with a total in the bottle of 550 drops. The Vitamin D was 50mcg per serving. Caller states it's really good stuff, she has taken it from a doctor's prescription, that's how come she started taking liquid drops. Zinc (each serving was probably 50mg). No other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine. Patient reported pressure and headache behind her eyes since the 1st dose of the Pfizer covid vaccine. The patient also added that she had head pressure, a headache across the right side of her head, increased/rapid heart beat, high blood pressure (reported as ongoing and worsening) that woke her up, heart was pounding so hard enough to wake her up, fogginess, dizziness, difficulty thinking, pain in the neck within the 1st 5 minutes of receiving the dose. Since the first part of May it's been constant every night. Patient had both doses of her vaccine, and said within 5-15 minutes after her first dose, she had pain in her neck. It felt like a lump or gland. She had lower left numbness of her face and itchiness. She had pressure in her head, especially on the right side. She was experiencing dizziness, was a little foggy, and it's harder to think. Patient explained it wasn't lower left itching of her face, the itching was all over her face. Patient clarified the first thing she felt was within 5 minutes of getting the vaccine. She parked and felt pain in her neck. Immediately, she could feel a distinct wiggly line at the top of her hairline that slowly kept across her head, past the crown of her head a little ways. It felt like pressure that just pushed on the top of her head, and sort of created a light headache on the right side (reported was ongoing, persistent, and worsened). She also noticed pressure behind her eyes (reported as different than the pressure in her head, but it all comes together and all at the same time. The pressure behind her eyes is ongoing, persisting and getting worse. The pressure behind her eyes didn't use to be this strong), and felt a little dizzy, had foggy/difficult thinking, but it was not within the first 15 minutes. She had numbness in her left arm (it was minimized, improved, and more occasional). Ever since receiving the vaccine, patient's heart, blood pressure had gone up. Her usual range was in the 120s and the lower number was in the normal range, around 60-80's, she couldn't remember. Patient said she was 125 over a normal diastolic range (either 60 or 80, she can't remember what was the normal range). She bought a blood pressure cuff after this happened to observe. The first number was about 20-30 higher than normal, based on the day. The second number was between 77-80 and had been up as high as 89. Patient stated things were not doing well. The eye pressure was a big concern. She wanted to know why was her head hurting behind her eyes. Patient explained all of these things she had mentioned was what she can remember at this point, she was not excluding the possibility that she might remember another one because it has been a while. Some symptoms had minimized. Her concern was the foggy head and pressure would come and go at first and now as of two weeks ago, it had not relented at all. It's constant. Her heart seemed to be like it's pounding harder, she guessed that's her pulse, but she was not sure what it's called. It's to the point that it wakes her up. The earliest it had woken up her is 3:30, up to 5:30-6:00, and which was completely not a normal sleeping habit for her. It's a constant thing. Every day now, she wakes up. The pressure never goes away now, it was sporadic, and now its constant, which was an issue for her. As for "pain in the neck", patient stated the pain in her neck was the first thing she noticed when she received her first dose. Patient said the pain was sporadic, comes and goes. The pain in the neck was more seldom than regular at this point, but she can still feel it. She clarified sometimes when she wakes up, she can just feel sensitivity there, but it wasn't painful at this point. She explained the pain in her neck had improved and was persisting. As for "felt distinct wiggly line at hairline/ zig-zag line at the top of her hairline, pressure that just pushed on the top of her head", patient stated it felt like something was riding a zigzag line at the top of her head- it was very clear and it started moving backwards. Along with this came with the dizziness. She clarified she no longer feels the distinct line itself, but what it created (head pressure, fogginess, and achiness) has persisted with occasional breaks, it would go away and would come back. After the first vaccine, these symptoms were infrequent- she clarifies it was frequent but not constant. For two months, it was sort of pretty regular after the second vaccine. Around 01May2021 (around 3 weeks ago), the head pressure, fogginess (reported as ongoing, persisting, and worsened), and achiness started being constant. It makes her body overall feel like it's tired, it's hard to function. She clarified the wiggly line at the top of head and the head pressure was all related. It started with the line and proceeded back across her head. It's all one big symptom. She thinks that's the pressure was getting worse because it never goes away. She felt tired all over and dizzy (reported as ongoing, getting worse, and was associated with her head pressure). It felt like somebody is standing above her, pushing down on her head, and it's hurting inside like a mild headache. After the second vaccine, patient was told to park by the ambulance in case anything happened since these things had happened with her first dose. No emergency room involved. Patient stated she visited physician office for her primary care, the doctor had no knowledge or treatment in place for these symptoms. The outcome of the event "dizziness", "increased heart beat, blood pressure" was not recovered; of other events was unknown.