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Low grade fever; Headache; Weakness; Nauseous; Difficulty breathing; Dizziness; and the stomach ache; real tired; had the normal arm soreness; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non-healthcare professional. A 13-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Batch/Lot number was not reported), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration on 23Jul2021 (at the age of 13-year-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunisation. No medical history and concomitant medications were reported. Report is not related to a study or programme. No investigation assessment was reported. Historical vaccine given to patient previously was HPV vaccine in Jun2021 for Immunisation. On 24Jul2021, the patient experienced real tired, had the normal arm soreness. On 27Jul2021, the patient experienced low grade fever. On 26Jul2021, the patient experienced headache, weakness, nauseous, difficulty breathing, dizziness, and the stomach ache. It was reported that the caller said that she just wanted to report that her daughter had the vaccine on Friday, and she was just real tired and had the normal arm soreness and then by Monday, 48 hours after, she was short of breath and was dizzy and felt like she was going to vomit, but she never vomited. But for this whole week she has been dizzy and weak and today was Thursday, so the caller wanted to be sure that she called and reported everything. Her daughter just turned 13 and the caller wanted to make sure that Pfizer was aware of this. The tiredness and the normal arm soreness began Saturday, the day after, confirmed to 24Jul2021, she was just real tired for probably a few hours after her shot and then she was really tied on Saturday, like lethargic, and then Sunday she felt fine. By Monday was when she went downhill, and she has been in bed ever since Monday. The arm soreness ended on 25Jul2021. She was still tired, but it was getting better, it was not as bad as the first three days on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday but the biggest was her being dizzy and the stomach ache and being nauseous from the stomach ache. Caller was looking at the sheet that she has from the vaccine that the side effects that her daughter does not have are the chills, the joint pain, she did have a fever on Tuesday, but it was just a low-grade fever, she has no itching, hives or swelling in the face. She just has a headache, tiredness, weakness and nauseous. She had difficulty breathing on Monday and dizziness and weakness. Caller confirmed that these all began on Monday, confirmed to 26Jul2021 and the being dizzy and weak are still there and she still has a headache that has been there but everything else seems to be better and she has not had any more shortness of breath. She confirmed 27Jul2021 for when her daughter had a fever, it was a very low-grade fever, it was not spiked high it was just low grade and that was gone. Reporter gave consent to contact and did not gave consent to contact healthcare professional. The outcome of the event real tired was reported as resolving. The outcome of the events Headache, Weakness, and Dizziness was not resolved. The outcome of the events Nauseous and the stomach ache was unknown. The outcome of the event the normal arm soreness was reported as resolved on 25Jul2021 and outcome of the event Low grade fever reported as resolved on 27Jul2021 and outcome of the event Difficulty breathing was reported as resolved on 26Jul2021.
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RECVDATE: | 16 September 2021 |
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RECOVD: | N |
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V_ADMINBY: | UNK |
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HISTORY: | Comments: List of non-encoded Patient Relevant History: Patient Other Relevant History 1: None |
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SPLTTYPE: | USPFIZER INC202100969744 |
FORM_VERS: | 2 |
TODAYS_DATE: | 15 September 2021 |
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