Age: 49.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Influenza like illness, Magnetic resonance imaging, Pain, Pain in extremity, Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: memory loss; sweats; she got sick on April 7th; Experienced severe flu like symptoms; dizziness; body aches; sleeping all the time; bone aches; tired; chills; fever; She was very weak; A few days after the same arm where she got the vaccine developed carpel tunnel pain that has continued to last for 3 months.; brachial neuritis; A few days after the same arm where she got the vaccine developed carpel tunnel pain that has continued to last for 3 months.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (Patient). A 49-years-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (BNT162B2, Solution for injection, Lot number: EP7534), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered on Arm Left on 20Mar2021 (age at vaccination: 49 years) as DOSE 1, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included ongoing hypothyroidism Diagnosed in her early 20s, over 25 plus years ago. She stated that she does not take medication, except Excedrin if she has a headache. Concomitant medications included levothyroxine sodium (SYNTHROID) taken for hypothyroidism from an unspecified start date and ongoing. On an unspecified date in Mar2021, the patient experienced a few days after the same arm where she got the vaccine developed carpel tunnel pain that has continued to last for 3 months and her arm is still sore today and is still very difficult for her to wear clothes and do things. On an unspecified date, she experienced memory loss and the first week after the shot she does not remember. On an unspecified date in Apr2021, the patient experienced She was very weak. Pain was described as shooting up her arm starting with the hand and wrist. On 07Apr2021, the patient got sick after receiving her first dose of the vaccine and experienced severe symptoms very close to COVID symptoms and experienced severe flu like symptoms, chills, sweats, Dizzy, fever, body aches, aching, sleeping all the time, bone aches, couldn't carry herself. Her body was really tired and Her whole body was falling apart and sitting on the couch all day. Due to this sickness her HCP advised she wait 90 days before receiving her second dose of the Pfizer BioNtech covid 19 vaccine on 11Apr2021.The patient inquired if other patients who received the Pfizer BioNtech covid 19 vaccine also experienced nerve pain as per described in hand/arm and if this could potentially by brachial neuritis. Response provided as "New or worsened  joint pain" in reference to nerve pain specifically. The patient wanted information on why individuals with hypothyroidism were not included in the clinical trials for the Pfizer BioNtech covid 19 vaccine. The latest test she did was the antibodies test and it was positive, and she is not sure why, if this was due to the first shot or because she actually had COVID. Her doctors don't know, nobody knows.  She was told to wait 90 days after the antibodies test to take the second shot. However, she was looking and reading and was wondering if this was applicable to her.  The people who should wait 90 days are the people who were treated with antibodies when they had COVID with plasma. She didn't have COVID and did not get treated with antibodies. She is also wondering if she should start over and take shots one and two again. or should she take antibodies before and just take shot number 2. She stated her other problem is that she got sick from the side effects. She has never ever had this type of cold or flu. Since receiving the shot she has had an issue with the arm she received the shot in, her left arm. The nerves of her arm. She states her whole arm isn't functioning. All of the sudden she started having carpal tunnel and shooting pains. Nothing is back to normal. She has completely recovered. It took a month and half or 2 for her to get back to normal activities. She has been reading about brachial neurosis, caused by vaccines that have caused damage to nerves in her arm and hand. Nobody knows what is wrong with her arm. She is experiencing carpal tunnel in her hand and up to her shoulder. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included antibody test: positive on 19Apr2021, magnetic resonance imaging: unknown on an unknown date, sars-cov-2 test: negative on 10Apr2021, sars-cov-2 test: negative on 12Apr2021, sars-cov-2 test (Rapid): negative on 08Apr2021.Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of a few days after the same arm where she got the vaccine developed carpel tunnel pain that has continued to last for 3 months and included muscle relaxer that did not make the pain go away. Was referred to an orthopedic doctor for an MRI to further evaluate. The outcome of the event carpel tunnel pain, She was very weak was not recovered, Events she got sick, Experienced severe flu like symptoms, body aches, sleeping all the time, chills, sweats, fever, tired, bone aches was recovered on an unspecified date, while event memory loss was unknown.  Follow up attempt is excepted. Further information is requested.