Age: 78.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Acoustic stimulation tests, Blood test, Dysphagia, Tinnitus
Clinical narrative: a "patter" in her ears that occurred when chewing or swallowing, and only lasts about 4-5 seconds at a time/she had a soft patter sound in her ears that happened when she burped or bent over; she developed a "patter" in her ears that occurred when chewing or swallowing; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 78 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm left, administration date 01Mar2021 13:00 (Lot number: EN6200) at the age of 78 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "AFib" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: either 2015 or 2016; "right shoulder replacement", start date: 2020 (unspecified if ongoing); "Breast cancer", start date: 2001 (unspecified if ongoing); "Osteoporosis", start date: 2020 (unspecified if ongoing); "Cardiac ablation" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: about 3 years ago. Concomitant medication(s) included: ELIQUIS; PROLIA, start date: Jul2020, stop date: 18Mar2021. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Dose 1, Single, Lot No: EL3427, Expiry Date: Unknown, Route: Intramuscular, Anatomical Location: Arm Left), administration date: 05Feb2021, when the patient was 78 years old, for Covid-19 immunization. The following information was reported: TINNITUS (non-serious) with onset Mar2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "a "patter" in her ears that occurred when chewing or swallowing, and only lasts about 4-5 seconds at a time/she had a soft patter sound in her ears that happened when she burped or bent over"; DYSPHAGIA (non-serious) with onset Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "she developed a "patter" in her ears that occurred when chewing or swallowing". The event "a "patter" in her ears that occurred when chewing or swallowing, and only lasts about 4-5 seconds at a time/she had a soft patter sound in her ears that happened when she burped or bent over" was evaluated at the physician office visit. Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section.  Additional information: The patient reported that about 3-4 days after her second dose of the Pfizer-Biontech Covid19 vaccine, the adverse events started. She said when she spoke with her ear doctor about the soft patter sound in her ears coming back, her ear doctor was rather flip, and asked her if she would rather have the COVID-19 Virus, or the soft patter sound in her ears. She said the first time she went to her ear doctor, on 15Mar2021, she had her hearing tested, and nothing had changed with her hearing. She said she thought her left ear hearing had changed slightly. She clarified her hearing was very good. She said she had no blood work done with her ear doctor. She said her ear doctor cleaned the wax out of both ears, and checked her ears, nose, and throat. She said the second time she went to her ear doctor (on 07Apr2021), her ear doctor dug out a skin flap in her right ear. She said her ear doctor told her the skin flap in her right ear may have been what caused the soft patter sound she was experiencing in her ears. She said the removal of the skin flap in her right ear did not take care of the soft patter sound in her ears. She clarified her hearing was very good, and nothing had changed with the soft patter sound in her ears. She said the soft patter sound in her ears was no worse, or no better, and was kind of an annoyance. She said her ear doctor was sending her for a sleep study because he thought she snored. The patient stated that she was a breast cancer survivor and was considered cancer free 5 years past her diagnosis. She said her oncologist followed her for 15 years because the oncologist had got aggressive with her treatment and medications. She said her prior bone density test was boarder line. She said her last bone density test must have pushed her over the line. The patient reported she had been on a Eliquis 5mg tablet, twice a day, for about 3 years. She said she was put on Eliquis when she was first diagnosed with AFIB to avoid blood clots. She said her Eliquis 5mg tablet was dispensed in a white manufacturers bottle. The report was not related to a study or programme. Additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect were none. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks) were none.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.