Age: 53.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain in extremity, Paraesthesia, Peripheral swelling, Pruritus
Clinical narrative: her hands and feet became extremely tingly and itchy; her hands and feet became extremely tingly and itchy; her joints and muscles hurt/arthritic joint and muscle pain/arthritic feeling, where her joints and muscles hurt; her joints and muscles hurt/muscles aches; arm was a little sore; feels like the "nerves are on".; arthritis feeling in her hands and feet; hands are swollen; allergic reaction; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) via Medical Information team. This consumer reported for herself and another one patient (friend). This is 1st of 2 reports (for reporter).  A 53-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, formulation: Solution for injection, lot number: EL3249, Expiry Date: May2021) dose 1 intramuscular in left arm (Left arm, upper arm. It was not in the shoulder but up high) on 29Jan2021 at 20:10 (at the age of 53-year-old) as dose 1 single for COVID-19 immunisation. Patient's medical history (including any illness at time of vaccination) was none. Concomitant medications were none. Historical Vaccine included influenza vaccine (FLU shot) in Sep2020 for immunization. No prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks). She received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on 29Jan2021. She is due to get another one on 23Feb2021 (tomorrow as reported). In Feb2021, she explained her hands and feet were tingly and itchy 1.5 weeks after the injection. She then specified it felt more like a "needle prick pain" than a tingly sensation and described it as "acute". She said this symptom is gone now but when she "open and close [her] hands" she feels an "arthritic joint and muscle pain". After receiving the first vaccine, she had no symptoms. Her arm was a little sore, but she did a couple of push ups and was fine. It was barely anything. A week and a half in, her hands and feet became extremely tingly and itchy from the inside. She has come close to frostbite a lot, and it kind of felt like that. Like when a person is outside where its super cold and your extremities freeze and then come inside to warmth and it feels like the "nerves are on". This kind of feeling was acute for 2-3 days and then it kind of went through her whole body. She tried to read and see if anybody else had anything like it. It started to feel like an arthritis feeling in her hands and feet with muscles aches. She even has taken her rings off of her hands because her hands are swollen. She doesn't take medicines. She is really healthy and she can't imagine how this isn't related to the vaccine. She mentions she did go through a litany of questions with a nurse. It was more so to diagnose if she should go to the ER or not. Once she informed the person it had been more than 3 days, she was told it wouldn't count as anything and it couldn't be attributed to the vaccine if it had been more than 3 days. She explains her hands and feet are still slightly tingly. However, it was more of an arthritic feeling, where her joints and muscles hurt. She read joint and muscle pain is more common. The tingliness is still occurring slightly. She makes the comment she took all of her rings off of her fingers but it frightened her, the itching. She still has them off of her hands. She didn't have if it was like an allergic reaction to the metal. She wasn't sure so she took off all metal. The lady she spoke to when she called (withheld) said typically with this type situation to wait 2 weeks and see if it goes away and the caller went with her recommendation. She never had a COVID test or any other test related to the vaccine. She asked if she could receive the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after her reaction to the first dose. A visit to Emergency Room or Physician Office was not required. The outcome of events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.; Sender's Comments: Linked Report(s) : US-PFIZER INC-2021197083 same patient, different drug/AE