Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Hypoaesthesia, Limb injury, Paraesthesia, Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: facial numbness on lower left portion of lip and face "felt like novocaine injection from dentist."; wrist tingling (described as pins and needles) on left side/feeling pins and needles up to her left elbow; feverish; left shoulder blade pain; she still feels numbness in left wrist; feeling pinky finger, thumb; This is a spontaneous report from a non-contactable consumer (patient) reporting herself.  A female patient of an unspecified age received bnt162b2 (PFIZER- BIONTECH COVID- 19 VACCINE, Solution for injection), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm left on 29May2021 (Batch/Lot number was not reported) as 1st dose, single dose for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. On 29May2021, the patient felt pinky finger, thumb, feverish, left shoulder blade pain, she still felt numbness in left wrist, immediate pins and needles sensation throughout her left arm and left hand and numbness around the left side of her mouth. On 30May2021, her wrist tingling (described as pins and needles) on left side/feeling pins and needles up to her left elbow. On 31May2021, she experienced facial numbness on lower left portion of lip and face "felt like novocaine injection from dentist. It was reported that patient experiences neuralgia every month. On 29May2021, after administration patient describes feeling pinky finger, thumb, wrist tingling (described as pins and needles) on left side. Patient also stated she experienced neuralgia once a month. Patient stated she had typical feverish symptoms that night but states she did not take anything. Patient described feeling pins and needles up to her left elbow the next morning. On the second morning, patient experienced facial numbness on lower left portion of lip and face "felt like novocaine injection from dentist. Currently, patient stated she was not taking anything else for symptoms. Patient stated she still feels numbness in left wrist, but facial numbness has subsided and stated she does not have a rash and did not lie on left side. Patient also states feeling left shoulder blade pain during administration of vaccine and was asking if she should receive her scheduled second dose. She stated she had (her first COVID-19) Vaccine on 29May2021 and was due to get her second (COVID-19 Vaccine) dose on 12Jun2021. She said her husband (doctor, who does anesthesia) said that maybe when she was given her first COVID-19 Vaccine dose that the COVID-19 Vaccine was administered a little too far back. The caller clarified that she had an immediate pins and needles sensation throughout her (left) arm and (left) hand, and also a numbness around (the left side of) her mouth (by her lips). She said her symptoms have subsided after a week. She said her husband told her that maybe the COVID-19 Vaccine was administered near her radial nerve. She said her husband told her he thought she should get the second COVID-19 Vaccine dose, but in her other arm. Clarified that the numbness had resolved around her left lip area, but she still felt her left wrist was a little numb. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of facial numbness on lower left portion of lip and face. Facial numbness started to subside after taking Benadryl. Took Benadryl for 4 days immediately after onset of described facial numbness. The outcome of the events she still felt numbness in left wrist and immediate pins and needles sensation throughout her left arm and left hand was not recovered. The outcome of the events numbness around the left side of her mouth was unknown and recovered for other events on an unspecified date.  No follow up attempts are possible; No follow up attempts needed.