Age: 60.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dehydration, Erythema, Headache, Neck pain
Clinical narrative: face had turned completely red; sore neck; Headache; Dehydrated; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 60-year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot number: EL9263), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm left on 20Feb2021 14:13 (at the age of 60-year-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunisation at Public Health Department. Medical history included type 2 diabetes mellitus for a long time. He took medication for his Type 2 Diabetes mellitus and was on the medication for a while. The patient concomitant medications were not reported. The patient had not administered additional vaccines on same date of the Pfizer suspect. Prior vaccinations within 4 weeks was none. History of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect was none. On 20Feb2021, patient experienced face red, sore neck, headache immediately after receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine. The patient and his wife both got their first Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine shot last Saturday (20Feb2021). He clarified he and his wife are scheduled to get their second COVID-19 Vaccine on 18Mar2021. He said when he got his COVID-19 Vaccine, his face had turned completely red, and then he went to having a sore neck, and had a headache for 2 days. He said his wife woke up yesterday morning (25Feb2021), 5 days after getting the COVID-19 Vaccine, with a stiff neck, and a sore left arm pit, and a swollen bump in the middle of her left arm pit. He clarified his wife received her COVID-19 Vaccine in her left arm. The patient said his wife wanted to know if anyone else had reported the same side effects that she had. The patient did not go to a doctor or an emergency room because he had to be monitored for 15 minutes after he received his COVID-19 Vaccine. He notified the COVID-19 vaccination site staff he had an issue and was sent to EMS staff to be monitored further. He said the EMS staff told him he was probably dehydrated. He told the EMS staff what medications he had been taking and the EMS staff had told him his medications were not a problem. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of face had turned completely red, sore neck, headache. The patient took 2 Tylenol, clarified as generic brand Acetaminophen 500mg tablets (NDC Number: 30142-507-83, Lot Number: OBRO474, Expiration Date: Nov2021). His face stayed red for about 45 minutes to an hour, his sore neck was gone by Saturday evening at about 8:30PM-9:00PM, and his headache was gone by Monday, 22Feb2021. He said his wife declined to complete a report over the phone because she had to go to work. The caller said since his wife had to leave for work, she did not have the time to be transferred to Pfizer Medical Information to have her question answered. He said his wife would call back Pfizer Medical Information tomorrow to ask her question. No relevant tests were done. The outcome of the event face red sore neck was recovered on 20Feb2021, headache recovered on 22Feb2021 and unknown for dehydrated.   Follow-up attempts completed. No further information expected.