Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Pain in extremity, Paraesthesia, Pruritus, Pyrexia, SARS-CoV-2 test negative
Clinical narrative: flu symptoms; fever for 7 days; tingling and pins & needles in my hands; dull crushing feeling in arms; hot burning sensation in hands up to shoulders; nervous system reaction; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp (patient). A 33-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2 PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, solution for injection, Batch/Lot number: UNKNOWN), via an unspecified route of administration on 06Mar2021 as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunisation. The medical history included asthma and minor heart arrhythmia. The concomitant medications of the patient were not reported. On 09Mar2021, the patient experienced tingling and pins & needles in my hands, dull crushing feeling in arms, hot burning sensation in hands up to shoulders, nervous system reaction 3 days after the vaccination and the patient experienced flu symptoms after 7 days, fever for 7 days on an unspecified date. The patient reported she had vaccine dose 1 on 06Mar and had a bad reaction to it. In addition to having flu symptoms (for much longer than she heard others experience them, ie, fever for 7 days she had to take antibiotics for she also had nervous system reaction primarily in her hands and arms. That was still going on. It began 3 days after her shot, with tingling and pins & needles in her hands, dull crushing feeling in arms and hot burning sensation in hands up to shoulders both arms. She stated could she get the second dose and wanted to know more information about the adverse event that she experienced. She said she had seen reports about a similar experience to what she had. Their doctors had recommended to not take the second dose of the vaccine. She also has spoken with someone in the FDA and they had advised her to not take the second dose of the vaccine since the adverse events after the second dose are generally worse. She also said that according to VAERS, there are 30,000 cases of her experience with the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Her arms just felt like they were being simultaneously crushed, burned, and stabbed. It was so strange, and persistent. After a few weeks it subsided so she would only have a flare up every day, or maybe a couple times a day. she made a VAERS report. She also called the FDA and talked to a virologist she advised her not to take second dose as she said her nervous system reaction would be stronger the second time. Could they weigh in with their opinion. What was the max efficacy she looking at with only one dose. No other important information available. The health authority was notified. The enquiry did not involve a report of exposure during pregnancy. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of fever for 7 days she took the antibiotics. The outcome of the events nervous system reaction, hot burning sensation in hands up to shoulders, dull crushing feeling in arms, tingling and pins & needles in my hands was reported as not resolved ands the patient recovered from fever for 7 days, flu symptoms on an unspecified date.  Follow up (03Apr2021): This is a follow up spontaneous report based on information received by Pfizer from LP-BioNTech (report number 35-6969). This consumer reported for herself that includes: New information received.  No follow-up attempts are possible; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.