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She noticed some shortness of breath upon exertion, especially after her walk; I am not sleeping well, but I don't sleep well anyway and don't think it's related to the vaccine.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 83-years-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm right on 28Feb2021 at 13:20 (at the age of 82-years-old) (Batch/Lot Number: GN6202) as DOSE 1, SINGLE for covid-19 immunization. Vaccination facility type was Physician Office. Vaccine was not administered at Facility. The patient's medical history was not reported. Concomitant medications included a lot of unspecified pills. History of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect was none. Patient had no other vaccines on the same day as the suspect product. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks) was none. Patient stated after her first vaccine dose, over last 5 days on an unspecified date in Mar2021, she noticed some shortness of breath upon exertion, especially after her walk, she wanted to know if it was normal because it only occurred during exertion. Patient also stated that other than that I haven't had any side effects, I am not sleeping well, but I don't sleep well anyway and don't think it's related to the vaccine, she also stated her second dose was scheduled on the 24th day instead of 21st day. Patient stated that she was prescribed an inhaler by her doctor a couple years ago, but she never used it before, but she tried using it yesterday but she did not know if it helped or not, since she only felt the shortness of breath when she was doing a brisk walk. The patient would call doctor will call she would probably just tell me to take my inhaler.Caller states that she noticed that when she takes her 30 minute, daily walks, she is getting some shortness of breath. Caller states that she got her Pfizer COVID vaccine shot, a week and a half ago, and she is wondering if that could be a side effect of the product, or if it is a symptom of COVID. The events did not result in emergency room/ physician office visit. The patient was not admitted to hospital due to events. Relevant test reported as none. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of she noticed some shortness of breath upon exertion, especially after her walk (dyspnoea exertional). The outcome of the events was unknown. No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.