Age: 68.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dizziness, Head discomfort, Muscular weakness, Nerve injury, Vaccination site pain
Clinical narrative: Vertigo; Soreness at the injection site/Left arm injection site pain; It felt like the needle hit a nerve; Dizziness; Whole arm feels limp, and heavy as if it's detached from her body, and hanging; Heaviness of head; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 68-year-old female patient received BNT62b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), administered in arm left, administration date 13Mar2021 at 15:24 (Lot number: EN6207) at the age of 68 years, as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Spinal cord damage", start date: 2011 (ongoing), notes: Spinal cord damage from a car accident, affecting left side; "Car accident", start date: 2011, stop date: 2011, notes: Causing spinal cord damage affecting left side; "Thyroid disorder" (ongoing). Concomitant medication included: SYNTHROID taken for thyroid disorder, start date: 2001 (ongoing). The following information was reported: VACCINATION SITE PAIN (non-serious) with onset 13Mar2021 at 15:24, outcome "recovered" (16Mar2021), described as "Soreness at the injection site/Left arm injection site pain"; NERVE INJURY (non-serious) with onset 13Mar2021 at 15:24, outcome "unknown", described as "It felt like the needle hit a nerve"; DIZZINESS (non-serious) with onset 13Mar2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Dizziness"; MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (non-serious) with onset 13Mar2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Whole arm feels limp, and heavy as if it's detached from her body, and hanging"; HEAD DISCOMFORT (non-serious) with onset 13Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Heaviness of head"; VERTIGO (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "Vertigo". The events "soreness at the injection site/left arm injection site pain", "it felt like the needle hit a nerve", "dizziness", "whole arm feels limp, and heavy as if it's detached from her body, and hanging", "heaviness of head" and "vertigo" were evaluated at the physician office visit. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of vaccination site pain, nerve injury.  Additional infotmation: The patient said she has spinal cord damage from a car accident she had 10 years ago. Due to that, her left side, including her left arm, was compromised. When she received the 1st dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine on 13Mar2021, the patient said the one who administered it hit a nerve. She said she experienced soreness at the injection site for 3 days with which she treated with ice. Overtime, she started to feel dizziness causing her to be unstable, and everyday it was getting a little bit worse. She said her whole arm felt limp and heavy as if it's detached and hanging from her body, completely overriding the sore feeling. She also said her head felt heavy. Vertigo was also reported. At the time of the last reporting the feeling of the arm feeling limp, heavy, detached, the heaviness of head, the dizziness causing her to be unstable had all worsened. No emergency room visit was needed for the event, however the patient saw a doctor on 30Mar2021. There were no prior vaccinations within 4 weeks from the BNT162b2 vaccination.   No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.; Sender's Comments: Linked Report(s) : US-PFIZER INC-2021510551 same reporter/drug, different patient/event