Age: 73.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Erythema, Loss of personal independence in daily activities, Peripheral swelling, Pruritus
Clinical narrative: itchiness in her groin area/itchy in her groin area; itchy all over; rash and hives and her feet; rash and hives and her feet/broke out in hives; hands were swollen/feet are swollen /hands are swollen; hands were swollen/feet are swollen /hands are swollen; My feet are swollen and they get red and most of the time it is hard to wear shoes. I cant wear my rings. My pants are tight around my waste.; My feet are swollen and they get red and most of the time it is hard to wear shoes. I cant wear my rings. My pants are tight around my waste.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp.  A 73-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2 PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE; Solution for injection), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 25Feb2021 13:10 (Batch/Lot Number: EN6203) as 1st dose, single for covid-19 immunisation.  Medical history included cardiac disorder from 2017, heart problem Heart stent in 2017, ongoing sjogren's syndrome. Additional Information for Other Conditions: in her 20's, ongoing arthritis. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient did not receive any other vaccine in four weeks. Prior to vaccination patient was not diagnosed with COVID. Post vaccination patient did not test for COVID. It was Reported, she received her first Covid-19 vaccine on 25Feb2021. She had no problem that day. A couple days later she started to get itchy in her groin area. Then a week had passed, and she's been itchy all over. On her trunk, between her legs and her groin. She broke out in hives. The itchiness moved to her trunk and it been going on. She says her feet are now swollen too. The hives are finished it seems. But her hands are swollen. She was supposed to get her second Covid-19 vaccine today but she's afraid to get it. She got this number for Pfizer after talking to her doctor. She is asking is there something she can do or something she should know about the Covid-19 vaccine. She was seen at her doctor and he sent her for blood work. It's been 3 days and she's waiting on the blood work results. She received a prescription for an anti-itch drug. During the day she was taking Pepcid and Zyrtec, those help her get through the day. After a shower she gets even more itchy. She has another appointment with her doctor this Monday. She's very concerned. She's afraid she'll be stuck like this forever. When probing for specific event details she states she doesn't remember when her symptoms started, like specific dates. She received the first Covid-19 vaccine on 25Feb2021 and about a week later the itching started in her groin, in her pubic area. The hives and rash came at the same time. The rash was on her stomach around the navel and on her one breast and on her waist right around where her underwear and pants would rest. She just noticed that her shoes and rings were getting tighter. Her feet are swelling then going back down, then swelling up again. She can't wear her ring but her hands swell and then go back down again, then swell up again. The rash will be gone then the rash comes back then it goes away again. She's left now with some of the rash, like it popped, like the rash is scabby. The outcome of the events was unknown on an unspecified date.   No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.