Age: 77.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Abdominal discomfort, Burning sensation, Fatigue, Limb discomfort, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: she had 5 days of exhaustion where she felt like she couldn't get out of her chair; she was also very aware of her stomach; two twinges in her arm; she couldn't even stand clothes on her legs; skin on her left leg started to hurt so much that it reminded of her of having a neuralgia; She had stinging on the top and behind her knee and it traveled down towards her ankle and up towards her upper thigh/stinging in certain parts of her leg; skin on her left leg feels burning; left leg felt like it needed cold and not heat; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 77-year-old female patient received the first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: EW0178; Expiration Date: 31Aug2021), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 25May2021 at 14:30 (at the age of 77-year-old) at a single dose for covid-19 immunisation at Clinic. Medical history included ongoing high blood pressure, high cholesterol and it runs in her family (She has tried all the different "statin" medications and she couldn't tolerate any of them. Her cardiologist told her there was an injection she could take for her cholesterol every two weeks and it was supposed to be like a "liquid plumber" for your veins. She is so sensitive to medications including all these "statin" medications, there is no way she can take the bi-weekly injection. It might have a much more profound negative affect on her. She was so leery of taking medications, even over the counter medications), gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GERD), 4 cardiac stent placements in 2015, blood pressure abnormal, allergies (unspecified), sinus are swollen, neuralgia, cataract surgery (a year and half ago), retina had swelled and sensitivity to heat. Concomitant medications included acetylsalicylic acid (ASPIRINE) chewable tablets at a dose of 81 mg daily for sinuses are swollen (her sinuses are not swollen at this time), loteprednol etabonate (LOTREL) for blood pressure abnormal. The Lotrel keeps her blood pressure around 120/70mmHg, famotidine (PEPCID) for gastrooesophageal reflux disease. The patient previously took tylenol and experienced allergy and giant hives. Aspirin give her hives but usually a hive here or there, not real big hives, ilevro for retina swelling and affected her skin on her face (She did have a problem while she was taking the steroid eye drops. They made her feel very unwell. She does not take Prednisone for the same reason. She had tried many different steroid eye drops and so many of them gave her a problem. She ended up taking Ilevro. She had no choice but to take it. The Ilevro affected the skin on her face. Her retinas had to stop swelling. Everything is fine now. She has no glaucoma or macular degeneration. This occurred a year and half ago when she had her cataract surgery). She had given the nurse who gave her the injection a list of all her allergies and sensitivities and the nurse reviewed the list and didn't see anything in the Covid 19 vaccine that would cause the caller harm based on her list of allergies and sensitivities. The caller took a deep breath and prayed while she received the Covid 19 vaccine. After the vaccine she waited at the facility and she was fine and then she left to go home. She ever had an adverse event with any other vaccines she reports she has not been vaccinated with anything since she was a child. She didn't even have the Polio vaccine. The patient did not receive any other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration of the suspect vaccine. After getting the Covid 19 vaccine, on an unspecified date, the patient had 5 days of exhaustion where she felt like she couldn't get out of her chair and she was also very aware of her stomach. Her stomach wasn't upset but she was aware of it. That slowly passed and she started doing the things she needed to do. She needs to walk because of her heart stents. She had been fine after the Covid 19 vaccine until last night on 10Jun2021 at 21:30 the patient skin on her left leg started to hurt so much that it reminded of her of having a neuralgia. She provides an example of her sometimes feeling a draft and she can develop a neuralgia from the draft for a day or two. That's what her leg felt like initially. As the night wore on, around 22:00, she realized she couldn't even stand clothes on her legs. She wears nightgowns, not pajamas and she had to take her nightgown off her leg. The sensation in her leg started changing, she could feel that she not only had the skin hurting sensation but now she had stinging in certain parts of her leg. She had stinging on the top and behind her knee and it traveled down towards her ankle and up towards her upper thigh. It was bizarre. She thought about it this morning, 11Jun2021, what it felt like. She remembered way back, long ago, and she was not a sun person, but it felt like how a sunburn would feel. The skin on her left leg feels burning. She used Aspercreme on her leg thinking it will help with the pain. She wiped all the Aspercreme off her leg. She could not cover her left leg. Her left leg felt like it needed cold and not heat. She does have a history of sensitivity to heat. She runs her air conditioner, and she had a ceiling fan above her bed. She had her left leg exposed and out of her bed covers to try and get the cold air on her hot leg. Finally, around 23:30, her leg still bothered her, but she was able to go to sleep. She twisted and turned at night but was finally able to put her bed cover back on her leg but lightly. The sensation was still there in her leg. She was so sensitive. On an unspecified date, the patient had two twinges in her arm and then her arm never hurt again. The events did not result in emergency room or Physician Office. She is due for her second Covid 19 vaccine on 15Jun2021. The outcome of the events she had 5 days of exhaustion where she felt like she couldn't get out of her chair, she was also very aware of her stomach, two twinges in her arm was unknown and the rest of the events was not recovered.  Information on lot/batch number was available. Additional information has been requested.