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Report #2873210

Received Nov 17, 2025

Hospitalized
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
70 yrs
State
CT
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Nov 3, 2025
Onset
Nov 5, 2025
Days to onset
2
Hospital days
3

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECH1NA4459LA

Symptoms (4)

Body heightDisease recurrenceGeneralised tonic-clonic seizureWeight

Symptom narrative

Grand mal seizure; Grand mal seizure; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP. A 70-year-old male patient received BNT162b2 omicron (lp.8.1) (COMIRNATY (2025-2026 FORMULA)), on 03Nov2025 as dose 1, 0.3 ml single (Lot number: NA4459) at the age of 70 years, in left arm for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "Epileptic" (ongoing), notes: He is epileptic and has been for 45 years or a long time/very controlled epileptic; "heart stent", start date: 2021 (unspecified if ongoing), notes: heart stent put in 3 or 4 years ago, thinks it was 4 years ago; "stage 4 lymphoma" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: roughly 7 or 8 years ago; "kidney transplant" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: received a kidney about 15 or 16 years ago. The patient took concomitant medications including anti rejection drugs for his kidney transplant, blood thinners. Vaccination history included: comirnaty (2024-2025 formula) (DOSE 1, 0.3 ML SINGLE; Lot: LM2215; left arm; grand mal seizure the next morning of vaccine), administration date: 06Sep2024, when the patient was 68-year-old, for COVID-19 immunization, reaction(s): "Grand mal seizure"; Flu shot (unknown manufacturer), for Immunization; Rsv shot (unknown manufacturer), for Immunization; Covid-19 vaccine (received since it came out for the last roughly 5 or 6 years; unknown manufacturer), for COVID-19 immunization, reaction(s): "fever that historically always get with the covid vaccine". The following information was reported: GENERALISED TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURE (hospitalization), DISEASE RECURRENCE (hospitalization) all with onset 05Nov2025, outcome "unknown" and all described as "Grand mal seizure". The patient was hospitalized for generalised tonic-clonic seizure, disease recurrence (start date: 05Nov2025, discharge date: 07Nov2025, hospitalization duration: 3 day(s)). The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: Body height: little over 5'11'', notes: close to 6 feet; Weight: 200 to 202. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of generalised tonic-clonic seizure included extra doses of Dilantin. Clinical course: The patient had another grand mal seizure that occurred Wednesday first thing in the morning on 05Nov2025. He received the Pfizer covid 19 vaccine last Monday 03Nov2025. He went to the hospital and same thing happened where he had a grand mal seizure at home and then a very bad grand mal seizure while he was admitted to the hospital. He was discharged from the hospital Friday afternoon, so states he was admitted for about 3 days. No investigations.

Current illness

Epilepsy (He is epileptic and has been for 45 years or a long time/very controlled epileptic)

Medical history

Medical History/Concurrent Conditions: Cardiac stent placement (heart stent put in 3 or 4 years ago, thinks it was 4 years ago); Kidney transplant (received a kidney about 15 or 16 years ago); Lymphoma (roughly 7 or 8 years ago)

Lab data

Test Name: Height; Result Unstructured Data: Test Result:little over 5'11''; Comments: close to 6 feet; Test Name: Weight; Result Unstructured Data: Test Result:200 to 202 lbs