Age: 60.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Feeling hot, Flushing, Oropharyngeal discomfort, Thirst
Clinical narrative: Hot; Thirsty; Flushed; Feeling in the back of your throat like post nasal drip. Strange sensation in the back of her throat; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable reporter (Patient). A 60-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: EW0153, Expiry Date: Unknown), dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 14Apr2021 at 10:39 (at the age of 60-years-old) as DOSE 2, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. The patient medical history included a reaction to iron transfusion in the past on an unspecified date. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient previously received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: ER8730), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered on left arm on 24Mar2021 as a DOSE 1, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. Patient had flushed on 24Mar2021 after first dose which was recovered on 24Mar2021. Vaccine was not administered at   Facility. History of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect were none. Additional Vaccines Administered on Same Date of the Pfizer Suspect were none. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks) were. Event following prior vaccinations were reported as Sore arms, Reporter confirms that she does not have any information to provide on vaccines that gave her this reaction. Patient's Medical History (including any illness at time of vaccination) was none. Family Medical History Relevant to the events were none. Other Products and patient History was none. On 14Apr2021, after second dose the patient experienced flushed and Feeling in the back of your throat like postnasal drip, strange sensation in the back of her throat. On an unspecified date she felt hot and thirsty. Reporter stated that she got the second dose of the pfizer covid 19 vaccine today. She waited thirty minutes at the facility after the vaccine and then went to her car. She looked flush and felt flush. She was hot and thirsty. She drank some water and started driving home and that is when it all started all of a sudden. Reporter stated she felt like she had to clear her throat. Reporter described it as a strange sensation in the back of her throat and was very unusual noting that she did not experience this after the first dose. Reporter described this like postnasal drip sitting in the back of your throat, but she did not have postnasal drip because nothing came up. Reporter stated that she called the pharmacist on the way home and was told if it was an anaphylactic reaction it would happen in 15 minutes. Reporter wanted to know if this is related to the vaccine or not or is this something she should be concerned about. Reporter reported about the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Reporter stated that she just had 2nd dose and she waited a half an hour versus the standard 15 minutes, because she has had a reaction to iron transfusion in the past. She stated that she knows that they are not the same ingredients, but her doctor told her to wait for 30 minutes to be sure. She waited a half an hour and she felt fine, she went to her car and drank some water. She stated that while driving home she started to get a sensation in back of throat like when you get postnasal drip. She called the pharmacy and they told her that they don't think it is related to the vaccine and that if she was having an anaphylactic reaction, it would have happened in the first 30 minutes. She said they advised her to call the number for Pfizer to report it and ask if this was related. She stated that she did get flushed after the first and second vaccine. She doesn't know if the feeling in the back of her throat a coincidence is or if it's just allergies. Reporter stated that she noticed the flushed feeling after the first dose when she went back to the car and took off the mask. She stated she thought is she flushed, was it the mask or the vaccine? She stated that she got her first dose on 24Mar2021 and that the flushed feeling started a few hours after the injection. She confirmed that she recovered completely from it on the same day. She stated she got the vaccine because she has health issues which would if she did get COVID, would put her at a higher risk of increased health issues. She reached out to her Specialists and Primary Care doctors, and they all agreed she should get the vaccine. She stated that she has been on medications for a long time, and she has never had this reaction like she is having now. For first dose, she stated she got a little hesitant on whether or not she was going to go through with getting it because she thought she was getting Moderna vaccine, but this pharmacy was giving out the Pfizer vaccine, she decided to get the vaccine and it was about 20 minutes after her scheduled appointment, so around 11 am. Event did not require a visit to emergency room or physician office. Relevant Tests done were none. Reporter seriousness for the event was unspecified. Outcome of the flushed and feeling in the back of your throat like postnasal drip, strange sensation in the back of her throat were not recovered whereas, outcome of the hot and thirsty were unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.