Age: 67.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Off label use, X-ray
Clinical narrative: Bell's palsy; got second dose early on 11Mar2021, it was originally scheduled for 14Mar2021; got second dose early on 11Mar2021, it was originally scheduled for 14Mar2021; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient's daughter). A 67-year-old female patient (mother) received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), second dose intramuscular, administered in the left arm on 11Mar2021 at 19:20 (batch/lot number: EN6207) as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included ongoing high cholesterol. Concomitant medications included ongoing high cholesterol meds (unspecified). The patient had no vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine. The consumer was calling on behalf of her mother who doesn't speak English who got the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine second dose on the 11Mar2021 then was admitted to the hospital on 17Mar2021 with a diagnosis of Bell's palsy. She said that her mother's vaccine card was handwritten and does not provide NDC/EXP. She said that the LOT for her mother's first dose was EN6203, which she got on 21Feb2021 at 02:30PM. She said that the second dose for her mother was injected at 07:20PM 11Mar2021. She said that her mother was admitted to the hospital at 03:00PM 17Mar2021 after she took her to the emergency room. She said her mother was prescribed steroids and antivirals. She said for diagnosis at first they did CAT scan, X-ray, MRI, and an echo to verify not a stroke, which those were negative for stroke. She said that her mother was discharged from the hospital yesterday on the 18th at about 03:15PM. She said her mother was currently feeling about the same right now, she has no issues with motor skills, it was primarily facial droopage. She clarified that the steroids her mother was prescribed for treatment was Prednisone 20 mg, that came in a pharmacy bottle that does not provide NDC/LOT/EXP on the label. She said the label says discard by 18Mar2022. She said her mother was prescribed to take Prednisone 20 mg tabs, 3 tabs by mouth in the morning for 6 days. She says for the antivirals for treatment, her mother was prescribed Valacyclovir HCl 1 gm tab twice a day morning and night for 7 days. She said this was also dispensed in a pharmacy bottle without NDC/LOT/EXP provided on pharmacy label. She said her mother has not had any other recent vaccinations or started any new medications. She asked if the purpose of calling was just to give information about what had happened, since the hospital said to report it to Pfizer, and she was not sure exactly why. She said her mother was on insurance plan and she doesn't know if there was any assistance with that for hospital bills, but they didn't say if there was anything towards that. She said she wonders if there was information with medical bill assistance for this being kind of diagnosed or someone to notify. She said she would also like to know if this could be because her mother's second dose was early, it was originally scheduled for 14Mar2021, but due to the weather there, the blizzard, they had her mother come in early to get shot. The seriousness criteria of the event Bell's palsy was hospitalization, duration of stay was overnight: 17Mar2021 to 18Mar2021. The outcome of the event Bell's palsy was not recovered.