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Report #2826176

Received Feb 13, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
Age unknown
State
LA
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
—
Onset
—
Days to onset
—
Hospital days
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Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECH3——

Symptoms (1)

Therapeutic response unexpected

Symptom narrative

After getting Pfizer Covid Shot Psoriasis was better; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP. A 68-year-old female patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), in 2021 as dose 1, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown), in left arm, in May2021 as dose 2, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) and as dose 3 (booster), single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "Psoriasis" (unspecified if ongoing); "arthritis in the spine" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: takes medicine for this; "low thyroid" (unspecified if ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: MELOXICAM oral taken for spinal osteoarthritis (ongoing); SYNTHROID oral taken for hypothyroidism (ongoing). The following information was reported: THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE UNEXPECTED (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "After getting Pfizer Covid Shot Psoriasis was better". Additional information: She clarified the positive feedback as she has and suffered from Psoriasis. When she first got the COVID shots it was the two shots, it was the original one and the one afterwards. She later clarified and confirmed, this report as regarding her as the patient. She is the one with Psoriasis and have the positive feedback. She explained she had Psoriasis and after getting the first shot it was 10-15 percent better. Then got the second shot and it was 30 percent better. She later got the first booster, and it got better. She went recently and got the last booster in November and now cannot tell where she had it on her arm. No one else can see it. Whatever we put in it is working for her psoriasis. She is not on any other medication for psoriasis. She did not see a dermatologist about it. When she got the vaccine, she noticed a big difference with the psoriasis. She got the first shot in 2021. After getting the first one, she did not really notice a difference a whole lot. She was thinking it was due to less stress initially. This comes and goes. The second one, she noticed the benefit more. It was sometime in May 2021 when she got the second shot and noticed this. The information on the batch/lot number for BNT162b2 will be requested and submitted if and when received.

Medical history

Medical History/Concurrent Conditions: Psoriasis; Spinal osteoarthritis (takes medicine for this); Thyroid function decreased

Other medications

MELOXICAM; SYNTHROID