Age: 60.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Abdominal discomfort, Acoustic stimulation tests, Hypoacusis, Tinnitus
Clinical narrative: sensitive stomach. She reports that this can happen not only with the Pfizer vaccine; significant hearing loss; ringing in the ears; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 60-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), via an unspecified route of administration on 12Apr2021 (Lot number was not reported) as single dose (at age of 60-year-old) for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. On unknown date in Apr2021 patient experienced significant hearing loss, ringing in the ears, also reported as ear ringing like crazy and lost significant hearing. On unknown date she experienced sensitive stomach (she reported that this can happen not only with the pfizer vaccine). Patient stated that after receiving the first dose of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, 10 hours later she developed a ringing in the ears (also reported as her ears started buzzing like ringing like crazy) to which she has seen her health care professional (HCP) and an ear specialist and has under gone hearing tests and states "has significant hearing loss" to which she is on steroids to help, she would like to know if Pfizer had any documented cases on this and what she needed to do about this. She has been going to an ear specialist and he said that she lost significant hearing in that ear where she heard the noise. For treatment, they are doing an injection into her ear. She is still having to go for injections but it does not sound like anything. She researched the internet and there is a whole group of people who experienced this with the Pfizer and Moderna and the other vaccine. Patient added that a doctor did not want to give an opinion or say anything. They did not know if this was permanent or will go away. Patient stated that a lot of people are out there, there are a lot of people with the same problem.  She does not know which vaccines they got. She is halfway vaccinated because she is afraid to take the second one. She read comments of people who took the second, and people say it was worse. They discussed with doctors that it should go away eventually. Some say it went away in 9 weeks, some still had the hearing problem and it is uncomfortable. Patient added that it is all day ringing in the air, in her left ear. She went to the emergency room because it was so unbearable, and they did not know what to do. Patient did not take any medications like she did not have any issues, no blood pressure or nothing. Patient said that she cannot take steroids by mouth because she has a sensitive stomach. She reports that this can happen not only with the Pfizer vaccine, it happened with people taking Moderna, Astra Zeneca and Johnson and Johnson reported that. It is all over the internet. A bunch of people are having this problem. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of significant hearing loss and ringing in the ears. Outcome of the events was unknown. Patient skipped the second dose because she does not want to make it worse.  Information on the lot/batch number has been requested.