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Report #2850943

Received Jul 24, 2025

Life-threateningHospitalizedER / ED visitDisabled
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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
39 yrs
State
NC
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Nov 8, 2021
Onset
Nov 8, 2021
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
7

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECH2—IM

Symptoms (29)

AgnosiaAnxietyAphasiaBalance disorderC-reactive protein increasedConversion disorderDepressionDizzinessDysgraphiaDysphemiaElectromyogramEndotracheal intubationFacial paralysisFatigueFeeling abnormalFibrin D dimer increasedGait inabilityHeadacheHypoaesthesia oralImmediate post-injection reactionImmunisation reactionMagnetic resonance imaging head normalPain in extremityPneumonia aspirationRespiratory disorderThrombosisUnresponsive to stimuliVisual impairmentWalking aid user

Symptom narrative

After her second injection she immediately stated that the arm she received the injection in started with unbearable pain, then terrible headache later that night. The next day was having breathing issues, had to call the rescue squad, told her to go to the hospital, became unresponsive, had to intubate her, stayed for several nights, then discharged her with adverse reaction to the vaccine, one doctor admitted it, after discharge fatigued, respiratory , vision started changed, got pneumonia in the hospital but they said was aspiration pneumonia, took a long time to see specialists like pulmonologist, 3 weeks Dec 4 visiting the mom, looked like having a stroke, went to the hospital, was stuttering really badly, started left face drooping, was fine that morning, out with her kids, went to put something in the garbage, lost her balance and realized she was not ok, felt dizzy, her grandma helped her then mouth started going numb, then couldn't talk or write, looked spacy, failed the test for a stroke, by the time she got to the hospital, couldn't recognize objects, they gave her TPA to flush out a blood clot, transferred to another hospital. Later that morning starting talking a little better, did an MRI and that was normal, says didn't have a stroke, they tried to discharge her before they even tried to get her to walk, realized she couldn't walk, Tuesday they brought her a walker and discharged her to home, dx'd with conversion disorder, Mom had to fight for her to get better care, due to lack of insurance coverage in spite of working for the federal government. once they realized things changed completely, they assumed she didn't have any coverage. Then got her PT, then stayed two more weeks, no PT though only when the requesting facility were asking for the PT notes but there were none, psychiatry came and talked to her. She says her speech was worse so hard to advocate for herself. After discharge saw two psychiatric doctors outside the hospital, they said she had depression and anxiety but only developed this due to the treatment, she says they never requested her previous records from when she was intubated, wasn't depressed then but now is depressed. Says then was still hopeful because she didn't understand the magnitude of what happened. The whole left side is in pain, the stuttering comes and goes but worse when anxious, angry, or tired, doing speech therapy, learning to slow down, Since then went to neurology who is calling it conversion disorder, has found now there are cases like hers with the same side effects. They are new to the area, found a new PCP but they never touched her after 3 visits. mom kept having to ask for help but no referrals made, the doctor only gave a few weeks off with no restrictions, doing PT, OT, ST, went to ortho who says she looks like a stroke but he felt like he couldn't go over the Neuro or PCP, needs to do EMG test prior to her next MRI.

Current illness

No.

Medical history

None.

Other medications

None.

Allergies

Shellfish.

Lab data

MRI 11/08/21, intubation 11/09/21, TPA to flush out a blood clot, 8/28/23, MRI, PT, OT, ST, EMG test, 5/23/23 elevated D-Dimer and C-reactive protein