Age: 62.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Skin disorder, Swelling, Vaccination site pruritus
Clinical narrative: itching on the shot side and then spread to the other side and upper body; itching on the shot side and then spread to the other side and upper body/her whole body started itching; swollen; tingling in her fingers; skin broke open; orange under her skin for a day .where the vaccine shot was given; tired; five lumps came up on her arm at that same time; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient herself). A 62-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection; Lot Number: EP7534), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 20Mar2021 (age at vaccination: 62 years) as DOSE 2, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's medical history included allergy to chemicals. She was allergic to all generic Zoloft, Lexapro, Quetiapine, and Moban. The Moban makes her run in place. It has been like 5 years or more since she took one of those and had reactions. One was even 20 years ago and one of the others was probably 15 years ago. She stays away from generic antidepressants because they all caused a great deal of pain. She tried 14 to be exact. She cannot sit still. She was also allergic to canned crab meat she thinks it was the Formaldehyde. She didn't take anything old. She was on psych meds. She had bad reactions to the generic antidepressants. She has no problems on the medications she was on now. On an unknown date, reported as next day, the patient experienced itching on the shot side and then spread to the other side and upper body/her whole body started, itchy and swollen for 2 weeks after the shot, tingling in her fingers, the itching was so bad at her injection site, she scratched it and when the skin broke open, she noticed it was orange under her skin for a day where the vaccine shot was given, tired and five lumps came up on her arm at that same time. They were itchy, but not real big. They were itching like crazy . She couldn't take it. She was given her second injection on the side of her arm and not in the middle of her arm like everyone else; states she believes it definitely went into a muscle. The itching went away. After the vaccination she was very tired and came home and didn't think about it. The next day, she took the band aid off. She noticed the shot was on the side of her arm instead of the middle of her upper arm. She thought it was weird. She got the shot in her left arm. She saw other people get it right in the middle of their arm on TV and stuff. Hers was to the side. The shot swelled up about the second day, and by the third day, it was more swollen. It stayed that way 2 weeks. The swelling finally went down after 2 weeks. Then, five lumps came up on her arm at that same time. They were itchy, but not real big. They were itching like crazy . She couldn't take it. She had to scratch them, and she broke the skin a little. She tried not to itch them at all. She noticed that the broken skin was orange where it was broken. It was really weird. Then, she noticed another cut on her arm which had nothing to do with the shot. It was there before the shot. It was weird because that normal scratch was reddish pinkish like expected. The one where she got the shot was orange. It was really weird. She thought something had to be wrong. The orange had to be from the COVID shot. The breaking of the skin made the itchiness gradually subsided. The bumps and the swelling started to go down. They were firm, but not real large. They were small, but not real small. That was when they were starting to go down. All of this was on her left side. Then, her left hand started itching like crazy especially on her middle and ring finger. Then the ankle on her right side started itching like crazy. It was itching so bad. It was worse than anything. The skin broke open as well. That seemed to help some of the itchiness. It subsided as a couple of days went by. It was relieved some. She cleaned the areas and put some Vaseline on it. She couldn't find her neomycin or antibiotic ointment. The Vaseline did seem to soothe it. It was still a little itchy, but it was getting better. Then, the next day, her other hand started itching too. It was driving her crazy. Her elbow was itching on the right side . Then, the next day, her left arm was itching. Then, her whole body started itching. Her whole upper body was itching. Her legs seemed okay. She decided to take a bath to calm down. She did take a warm one. Her body started itching like crazy. So she used her scrub brush to scrub her skin top to bottom. She got out of the tub, and for an hour and a half there was no itching. She even scrubbed her hands and everything. She had a tingling feeling and a slight burning but it was very mild. She has scrubbed herself before . She has done this scrubbing on a regular basis. But this itching was severe she did it to herself 2-3 times over and over. She thought something was wrong. She wanted to see the doctor but couldn't get her sleep schedule turned around. Then, the itching started up again. She had no idea what was happening. She tried not to scratch, and she tried to stay calm. She tried to zone out of it. She distracted herself, but then broke the skin on her finger from itching. The next day, she only had itching on her hand and her right hand was a little less. The itching was still on her elbow, but now today she was completely itch free. Yesterday, her elbow and hand were itching. Today she was fine. She doesn't have a prescribing doctor. The end of yesterday night she started to feel better. Today she only has a little tingling in her fingers. They are barely tingling though. She thinks it was getting better. The outcome of the event pruritus was recovering; mass was recovered on an unknown date and all the other events were unknown.   No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.