Age: 54.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Dysphagia, Odynophagia, Oropharyngeal discomfort, Swollen tongue, Throat tightness
Clinical narrative: problems with her throat; swollen tongue; issues with my throat, difficulty swallowing with pain; throat was in the process of closing; issues with my throat, difficulty swallowing with pain; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) via medical information team. A 54-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection, lot number: EW0151), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 16Apr2021 07:30 (at the age of 54 years) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. The patients medical history included allergic reactions from unspecified date in feb2021. She has gone through allergy tests, but no one has been able to tell her in the past if she was allergic to anything. The patient stated she was taking supplements and her reactions stopped. The patient also mentioned she had fibroids, she had her mammogram in September. The patient's concomitant medication included supplements which she was taking about 2 months ago when she was having allergic reactions, and it totally stopped what was going on and she didn't have reactions again until after the vaccine. The patient stated she had started no new medications and didn't have any other vaccinations the day of getting the COVID-19 vaccine or recently. On 17Apr2021 the patient experienced issues with her throat, difficulty swallowing with pain and her throat was in the process of closing, so she took Benadryl (formulation: gel capsule) and then it didn't hurt anymore. She waited an hour, and it helped a little but not much, so she took another one and then 6 hours alter that she took a third one. On 21Apr2021 she woke up with a swollen tongue, she drank water, and it went down. The patient stated she may have been dehydrated. On 23Apr2021 she began having issues again with her throat but no pain. Her throat had the sensation that if she sent the wrong thing down her throat that it could close, but it didn't. On 25Apr2021 the patient stated then again yesterday her throat was bothering her again. She had the sensation again, that felt like it was the beginning process of closing again, so she took Benadryl last night. She says she also took Claritin first last night, since she didn't know if this was something else or the process or not, but her throat started hurting more so she took the Benadryl then. The patient also took supplements, but that was one of things that helped calm the reaction that Saturday or Friday on the 23Apr2021, which is maybe why it didn't go fully, she says it was one of two of those that calmed it down to where they didn't flare anymore. The patient stated she has fibroids and wonders if all of this was connected to that. She also wanted to know if she should get her 2nd vaccine dose since she had these side effects. Benadryl, Claritin and supplements were taken by the patient as a therapeutic measure for the events. Outcome of all the events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.