Age: 80.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Back pain, Blood pressure increased, Blood pressure measurement, Feeling cold, Headache
Clinical narrative: his neck was stiff; it was very, very cold; a lot of pressure on his eyes; pain in arm the injection was given in; I got a lot of headaches and I still have them./unbelievable headaches; More back pain than usual; My blood pressure went up a little bit but not much; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). Follow-up information received on 17Feb2021 was processed together with initial information. A 80-years-old male patient received first dose of BNT162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection, Lot Number: EM9809, Expiration date: UNKNOWN), via an intramuscular route on 08Feb2021 (at the age of 80-years-old) as single dose in the left arm for covid-19 immunization. The patient medical history included and back pain. The patient concomitant medications were not reported. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine. On 08Feb2021, the patient experienced blood pressure went up, More back pain than usual and on unspecified date experienced Stiff neck, Headache, pain in arm the injection was given in, pressure on his eyes, cold. The clinical course of the event was as follows: blood pressure went up a little bit but not much. It was reported that blood pressure was up which he was told by the nurse was normal. It was just a little bit high. The nurse at the facility said it was not that concerning and that it was fine. The facility let him stay a half an hour and then he was able to driven home. He hadn't wanted to stayed long because it was very, very cold. He had a lot of back pain. He does have back pain all the time, but not that much. It was more back pain than usual. The pain in his back increased/doubled, and the pain is still high. He clarifies he has had problems with his backed and have had backed pain normally, but after the shot it was liked a lot of pain in his backed and his neck was stiff very, very stiff hasn't knew if it's from vaccine or what. Patient stated that before the vaccine, he was okay and was able to worked in his house and outside. He believes the stiff neck began after 2 or 3 days of receiving the vaccine and it have had worsened. Patient stated that pain in his armed where he received the shot went away completely. He clarifies further the pain in his armed went away the second day. He got a lot of headaches and he still had them. The headaches began right away, and the headaches still c continued. He mentions the headache got a little better last night. He was really worried about it and hadn't knew what to did. It was reported that he told his son everything and his son said to not went to hospital because there was a lot of people that had been in contact with covid and it's going to have been worse. He states his son told him to drink a lot of water and saw if he got better. He did that and he did got a little better but not that much. Patient mentions that he had a lot of pressure on his eyes. The patient did not went to emergency room because he was told it was normal to had headaches but they went away and his should went away in 2-3 days. His armed where he received the vaccine was also okay the next day. The patient did not visit to physician office. Patient mentions that he took blood pressure medication, and everything was under controlled and he took 10mg of a cholesterol medication. Patient declined to include these medications for the report, stating he gave all of this information at the facility he received the vaccine at. He had to filled the paperwork out. He confirms he hasn't had any NDC, lot number or expiry date for these medications at this time. It was reported that patient had a blood tests done about 3 weeks before he received the vaccine and the doctor said everything was okay at the time. The outcome of the events headache was recovering, backed pain and neck was stiff was not recovered and other events was unknown.