Adverse Event Reporting

VAERS ID 2550969
Gender Male
Age 40
StateCode AR
Pharmaceutical Company PFIZER\BIONTECH
Lot Number FR2587
Number of vaccinations 1
Vaccinated 2022-12-30
Onset 2022-12-30
Condition Permanent Disability
Symptoms
  • Visual impairment
  • Lacrimation increased
  • Eye pain
  • Photophobia
  • Vision blurred

Current Illness

Preexisting Conditions

Medical History/Concurrent Conditions: COPD; Hepatitis C; Rheumatoid arthritis

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Write-up

his vision in his left eye is now minimal; his left eye watering uncontrollably; his left eye hurt really bad/His sight in his right eye hurts his left eye; It was very blurry and can't make out much; light hurts more than anything; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter (Consumer).
The reporter is the patient.
A 40-year-old male patient received BNT162b2 (COMIRNATY), on 30Dec2022 at 13:15 as dose 1, single (Lot number: Fr2587) at the age of 40 years, in right arm for covid-19 immunisation.
The patient's relevant medical history included: "Copd" (unspecified if ongoing); "Hepatitis C" (unspecified if ongoing); "rheumatoid arthritis" (unspecified if ongoing).
The patient's concomitant medications were not reported.
The following information was reported: VISION BLURRED (disability) with onset 30Dec2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "It was very blurry and can't make out much"; EYE PAIN (disability) with onset 30Dec2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "his left eye hurt really bad/His sight in his right eye hurts his left eye"; LACRIMATION INCREASED (disability) with onset 30Dec2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "his left eye watering uncontrollably"; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (disability) with onset 30Dec2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "his vision in his left eye is now minimal"; PHOTOPHOBIA (disability) with onset 30Dec2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "light hurts more than anything".
The events "his vision in his left eye is now minimal", "his left eye watering uncontrollably", "his left eye hurt really bad/his sight in his right eye hurts his left eye", "it was very blurry and can't make out much" and "light hurts more than anything" required emergency room visit.
Therapeutic measures were not taken as a result of visual impairment, lacrimation increased, eye pain, vision blurred, photophobia.
Clinical course details: 5 minutes after the shot was given, his left eye hurt really bad and watering uncontrollably, and has been like that since his vision in his left eye is now minimal.
It was very blurry and can't make out much.
He had a 20/20 vision prior to this and light hurts more than anything.
His sight in his right eye hurts his left eye.
The patient has no known allergies.
The patient has not been test post vaccination for covid.
The patient has not had covid prior to vaccination.