Age: 72.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Cellulitis, Erythema, Peripheral swelling, Pruritus
Clinical narrative: I am a 72 year old woman in very good health. I received the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination on March 8, 2021 and everything was fine. I then received the second vaccine on March 29, 2021.  The day after I received the 2nd Pfizer vaccine I developed scalp psoriasis. (I only had this once about 6 years ago). I fought it for 2 1/2 weeks. It cleared up on April 21, 2021.  That evening my right wrist  began to itch terribly. Within a couple hours my right hand and arm swelled and got red up to just below my elbow. I went to the doctor 2 days later on April 23, 2021. I had gotten poked by a cat claw the day this started and was told it was cellulitis even though cellulitis does not itch like that and there was no pain nor soreness. I have had cats for over 35 years and been poked, scratched, and bit many times with no reaction. Two hours after leaving the doctor?s office, the rash and swelling progressed up to the inside of my elbow. I went to emergency and was told again it was cellulitis. They gave me iv anitbiotics and sent me home with a prescription for amoxicilan. Three hours after returning home, my left hand started itching. It then also became inflamed and swollen like the right hand. The swelling went down within 2 days and I continued talking the prescription for the 7 days. I had a follow up visit with my doctor on April 30, 2021, and all looked well. Two days later the itching began again on my right arm in the bend of my elbow. This was May 3, 2021.  I went back to emergency and was admitted to the hospital where they were giving me iv vancomycin. I had no pain nor fever. On the 3rd day, May 5, 2021, my right knee and left foot began itching. Both areas then became inflamed and swelled.  I saw 6 doctors during this hospital stay and they were all perplexed. They sent an Infectious Disease Specialist who said it was a reaction to the original iv antibiotic that I was given on April 23, 2021, for what was diagnosed as cellulitis.  I was released on day 4, May 6, 2021.  I never felt comfortable with any of the diagnosis. I was never in any pain, had no fever, nor any other indications of cellulitis except for the rash and swelling. Cellulitis does not go from the right hand to the left hand, to the right elbow, to the right knee, to the left foot! I didn?t agree with the diagnosis of being allergic to the first antibiotic I was given. The only thing I have ever shown a reaction to is Tetnus. Granted we can develop allergies in life but this is a stretch.  Upon returning home I called a friend of mine who said that her husband had the same thing happen to him after the second Pfizer vaccine! He scratched the effected area so much he broke skin. He went his doctor and she was smart enough to guess it was a reaction to the vaccine but his scratching may have caused a bit of cellulitis. He was given an anibiotic ointment to use on his scratches and told to take Zyrtec during the day and Benadryl at night. That cleared him upI   I have to wonder now how any people are experiencing this after being vaccinated and their doctors are misdiagnosing it as cellulitis. My experience resulted in days of misery and probably around a $20K hospital bills for nothing. I think that people and doctors especially, need to know that the vaccine can cause this to happen so it can be treated correctly without what I was put through.  We are not being given all of the information that we should know. I realized no one wants to start a panic about being vaccinated but this is just WRONG. Wrong and causing a lot of unnecessary misery along with costing tens of thousands of dollars in unneeded medical costs. I can be reached by phone to discuss with more detail . Please give this serious consideration. Thank you!