Age: 59.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoaesthesia, Hypoaesthesia oral, Paraesthesia oral, SARS-CoV-2 test
Clinical narrative: both sides of her face, lip and tongue went numb; both sides of her face, lip and tongue went numb; About an hour later her tongue tingled for a while; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 59-years-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), intramuscular, administered in Arm Left on 10Mar2021 11:52 (at the age of 59-years-old) (Lot Number: EN6202; Expiration Date: Jun2021) as single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included blood pressure, allergies, Heartburn. Concomitant medication(s) included hydrochlorothiazide taken for blood pressure from 03Mar2021 and ongoing; atenolol (TENORMIN) taken for blood pressure from 03Mar2021 and ongoing; loratadine (CLARITIN) taken for allergies from an unspecified start date 10 years ago and ongoing; pantoprazole sodium sesquihydrate (PROTONIX) taken for heartburn from 03Mar2021 and ongoing. The patient did not receive any prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks). The patient received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID on 10Mar2021. On 10Mar2021 12:22, about an half hour after receiving the vaccine, both sides of her face, lip and tongue went numb. She stated the numbness in her face came back after 5 minutes, numbness in her lips came back after 10 minutes and the numbness in her tongue came back after about an hour. She never had any swelling, trouble swallowing or breathing. Caller states everything just went numb after the injection and she has had no problems since. Caller says that she was trying to get information on whether she should get the second dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine because she had an adverse event with the first dose of the COVID vaccine. She was wondering what the guidance is that Pfizer is providing. She received her COVID vaccine on 10Mar2021 and 30 minutes after the COVID vaccine her face, on both sides, went numb, then her lips went numb and then her tongue went numb. She had no droop, her face just froze. About 5 minutes later her face came back, 5 minutes after that her lips came back, and then her tongue slowly came back over the next hour and it slowly got better and better. It was like she had gotten 2 shots of Novocain in both sides of her face. She was trying to decide if she should get the next dose of the COVID vaccine. Caller said that she will email her provider about this but she wanted to see if the medical information department has any general guidance on this to provide to her provider. She says that she went to the VAERS site and had what she experienced sent on that site so that what she experienced would be recorded. She has had nothing new that has occurred since then. 30 minutes after 1st dose face, lips and tongue went numb about 10-15 minutes later the feeling in her face came back. Another 10 minutes her lips she could feel. About an hour later her tongue tingled for a while and then went back to normal. She consulted her primary care doctors who made an appointment with an allergist to confirm if she should get the 2nd dose. The doctor said to get it and received second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), intramuscular, administered in left upper arm on 31Mar2021 11:58 (Lot Number: ER8732; Expiration Date: Jul2021) for COVID-19 immunization. The patient did not receive any treatment for the events. AE required visit to: Physician dept. virtual. The patient underwent lab tests which included Covid test rapid on 25Mar2021 to travel out of state which was negative; Covid test PCR on 12Apr2021 in order to get endoscopy for heart burn which was negative. Outcome of the events was recovered on 10Mar2021.  Follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.