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Report #2838127

Received Apr 25, 2025

Office visit
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Overview

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

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECH1——

Symptoms (1)

Seizure

Symptom narrative

patient ended up in the hospital after each one because patient had a very bad seizure; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP. A patient (age and gender not provided) received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2 NOS), as dose 1, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "had epilepsy" (ongoing). The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: SEIZURE (medically significant), outcome "unknown", described as "patient ended up in the hospital after each one because patient had a very bad seizure". The event required physician office visit. Clinical course: The patient has epilepsy history and when patient had the Covid vaccine (Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine), had three of them, patient ended up in the hospital after each one because patient had a very bad seizure. Patient have not had any more of those because the doctor told the risk was not worth the benefit. Patient was only in the hospital for maybe six hours with each of them and the neurologist has said the patient has not have any more of those because it's not good for people with epilepsy. Patient was asking if the Pneumonia vaccine a onetime vaccine and the other is have there been any report of side effects like seizure with the Pneumonia vaccine. No follow-up attempts are possible. Batch/lot number is not provided, and it cannot be obtained.; Sender's Comments: Linked Report(s) : US-PFIZER INC-202500087405 Same patient/event, different dose;US-PFIZER INC-202500087406 Same patient/event, different dose;

Current illness

Epilepsy