Age: 50.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Feeling abnormal, Hypoaesthesia, Hypoaesthesia eye, Hypoaesthesia oral, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: felt growing numbness throughout the entire left side of the body; numbness affected the left side of the body, exactly, including the left side of tongue; numbness affected the left side of the body, exactly including the left eyeball; tingly feeling throughoutLast to feel tingly: eyeball; touched the skin of left body it felt like patient body was puffy (to touch), but there was no change visibly or physically, no swelling; sense of feeling was altered.; Last to feel tingly: tongue; pain in left arm (site of shot); slightly strange feeling radiating down to fingers; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer, the patient. A 50-year-old non-pregnant female patient received the first dose of BNT162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Lot Number: UNKNOWN) via an unspecified route of administration in the left arm on 22Mar2021 at 15:15(at the age of 50-year-old) as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), allergy to latex, allergy to most antibiotics eventually cause an intolerance/rash/reaction. The patient previously took capsaicin (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), gabapentin (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), for unknown indication, on an unknown date and experienced drug allergy.  Prior to the vaccination, the patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19. Concomitant medications included fish oil (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), vitamins (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN) and daily probiotics (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN) and OBC (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN); all for an unknown indication from an unknown dates and unknown if ongoing. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination. On 22Mar2021 patient waited for 15 minutes at CVS before leaving, as instructed, patient experienced a bit of pain in the left arm (site of shot) and a slightly strange feeling radiating down to her fingers but she felt fine. Patient assumed this was expected. About 30-45 minutes after the shot, patient felt growing numbness throughout the entire left side of her body, as if the entire left side of her body had been given half a dose of Novocaine. It only affected the left side of her body, exactly including the left side of her tongue and left eyeball. Patient had a tingly feeling throughout. When patient touched the skin of her left body it felt like her body was puffy (to touch), but there was no change visibly or physically, no swelling. Exactly like the feeling of Novocaine, only half as numb as would be needed for dental procedure. Motor ability remained but movement was not noticeably hindered, but the sense of feeling was altered. Reached a peak approximately 1.5-2 hours after the vaccine, then very slowly returned to normal 7 hours later. Last to feel tingly tongue and eyeball. The events did not result in doctor or other health care professional office/clinic visit, and emergency room/department or urgent care. Therapeutic measures were not taken as a result of the reported events. Since the vaccination, the patient had not been tested for COVID-19. The clinical outcome of the events pain in the left arm, slightly strange feeling radiating down to her fingers, felt growing numbness throughout the entire left side of the body, body was puffy (to touch) and the sense of feeling was altered, last to feel tingly tongue and eyeball were recovered on an unknown date in 2021.  No follow-up attempts are needed; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.