Age: 70.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoacusis, Paraesthesia, Pruritus
Clinical narrative: intermittent tingling in her fingers on her left hand; I am having really hard time hearing you; the itch that I had after my second Covid vaccine; itching under the skin of her left hand; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 70-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot number: not reported, expiry date: not reported, Age at vaccination: 70-year-old) via an unspecified route of administration on 09Mar2021 as DOSE 2, SINGLE for COVID-19 immunization and received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot number: EN6199, expiry date: not reported, Age at vaccination: 70-year-old) via an unspecified route of administration in arm right on 16Feb2021 as DOSE 1, SINGLE for COVID-19 immunization. The patient medical history included blood pressure high, which was ongoing, blood cholesterol, anxiousness, Lipitor taken for cholesterol, which was not working. Concomitant medications included Metoprolol, started 1 year ago, taken for high blood pressure, Amlodipine, started 1 year ago, taken for high blood pressure, Rosuvastatin, started 1 year ago, taken for cholesterol, Sertraline, taken for anxiousness. On an unspecified date, patient experienced intermittent tingling in her fingers on her left hand, I am having really hard time hearing you, the itch that I had after my second Covid vaccine and on 10Mar2021, experienced itching under the skin of her left hand. Patient stated when she had her first one, she didn't realize it was connected to the shot, but she had tingling in her fingers. She states that it wasn't too bad. However, with the second shot, she had intermittent tingling and itching under the skin of her left hand. She states that you can't see anything on her hand, no rash, no redness, it is from underneath. She states that tingling and itching is not always at the same time but she has both everyday. It was reported that Intermittent Tingling in fingers on her left hand started in the middle of Feb. States that she had a little tingling after the first vaccine, but she wasn't connecting it, but after the second, she had a lot more tingling and the itching started. States she just had tingling with the first. Itching started twenty-four hours after her second vaccine. She states that it has been a week, she thought it would be there for a couple of days and go away. She stated that she tried vinegar, old fashioned remedy. She also tried lidocaine, which works for a couple of minutes. States she tried ice too. It was clarified that it is not the type of itch that you have to scratch, she just circulates her fingers over it to make it feel better. Patient stated that she doesn't normally do vaccines, not the flu or any vaccines and she does take medication but she doesn't know if it is relevant. The outcome of events I am having really hard time hearing you, the itch that I had after my second Covid vaccine was unknown and for other events, it was not recovered.   Follow-up (19Mar2021): New follow-up information received from a contactable consumer (patient) included: event information added.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.