Age: 70.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Anxiety, Discomfort, Dry mouth, Pruritus
Clinical narrative: dry mouth; itching/ severe itching (Face-Nose); it was very uncomfortable; He's been anxious for days to talk to someone about this; The initial safety information received was reporting only non-serious adverse drug reaction(s). Upon receipt of follow-up information on 08Oct2021, this case now contains serious adverse reaction. Information processed together.  This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 70-year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 19Mar2021 11:00 (Batch/Lot Number: EN6205) (at the age of 70 years) as DOSE 1, SINGLE, dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration in Arm on 09Apr2021 12:10 (Batch/Lot Number: EW0151) (at the age of 70 years)as DOSE 2, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included blood pressure (abnormal), prostate enlargement from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing, myocardial infarction from 2002 to an unknown date (Stent inserted No heart damage), stent placement from 2002 to an unknown date, diverticulitis from 1991 (Removal of intestine 1/3 due to diverticulitis, Onset Date: 30 yrs ago), eye excision from 2011 (Onset Date: 10yrs ago), eye injury from 1991 (Onset Date: 30 yrs ago), nephrectomy from 2016 (Onset Date: 5 yrs ago), hernia repair from 2016 (Onset Date: 5 yrs ago), sleep disorder. Concomitant medications included losartan taken for blood pressure, start and stop date were not reported; clonazepam taken for sleep disorder from an unspecified start date and ongoing; acetylsalicylic acid (BABY ASPIRIN) taken for an unspecified indication from an unspecified start date and ongoing; tamsulosin hydrochloride taken for prostatic disorder, start and stop date were not reported; finasteride taken for prostatic disorder from 24Jul2021 to an unspecified stop date. Patient got the first dose of the Pfizer Biontech COVID19 vaccine on 19Mar2021 and the second dose was on 09Apr2021. Patient experienced dry mouth and itching which lasted for quite a few months already. Patient was not sure if it was after the first or second one. Patient said his doctor already gave him lozenges and it had been two months already (as reported). Patient also reported that his arm was being injected, as soon as he got injected, his mouth got very dry, it felt like cotton was in it, it was very uncomfortable. So he has been hanging it out, he told his primary, the doctor told him to suck on lozenges, which he's done, lemon, and went to the dry mouth shelves and bought all the medications. He stated he had temporary relief from things like hot water, baking soda and water, but he's afraid he's going to hurt himself. His question was, nobody seemed to understand or know anything other than do lozenges, so it leaves him questioning what he should do next. He was inquiring when it was going to stop. It was reported that it was not something that's disabling but it's aggravating. He stated that it's been 3 months, he doesn't know what to do now. He also has itching all over his body, very slight, all over, face, neck, arms, since the day he got the shot. He's been anxious for days to talk to someone about this. He stated during the shot, for the second shot, he's only guessing; he was not sure if it was after the first or second one. He confirmed it began in Mar2021 or Apr2021, confirms it did begin in 2021. Itching and dry mouth were ongoing and persistent. As of 08Oct2021, patient reported that severe dry mouth and severe itching (face-nose) was confirmed with onset of 19Mar2021 and was now considered as serious due to Persistent/ Significant disability/ Incapacity and medically significant. Severe dry mouth required treatment of mouth drops (Biotene), and severe itching required treatment of Infusing finasteride + Flo-max. Patient reported these for finding cure for symptoms (dry mouth + itching). These were reported as experiences patient had after taking Pfizer vaccines 1 and 2. The events all required physician office visit. The outcome of events was not recovered.