Age: 73.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Chills, Headache, Lymphadenopathy, Nausea
Clinical narrative: itching around/at the injection site; redness around the injection site; rash around the injection site only; Knot at the injection site: It is now a very tiny bump.; Pain and soreness at the injection site; Joint pain; Chills; Fever; Nausea; Swollen lymph node in same arm as injection; Headache; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (the patient). A 73-year-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162B2(PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Lot number: FR8727 or ER8727. She did not know if the first character is a F or E. She had difficulty reading the handwriting on her patient record card), via an unspecified route of administration in left upper shoulder on 06Apr2021 between 6:00-7:00PM at age of 73-year-old at single dose for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included ongoing rheumatoid arthritis and various allergies to prescription medication (does not specify). She had no hives or rashes, only itching. There were no concomitant medications. No prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. No additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect. No family medical history relevant to AE(s). The patient had mild side effects that were on a sheet of paper. She experienced itching around/at the injection site that lasted one or two days longer than a week. Clarified that it lasted for one week, and one or two days. She said that itching was not listed in the list of side effects she was given and she wanted to make sure there isn't any cause for concern. She also had redness around the injection site. She did not have a full body rash, like a normal allergic reaction. She had a rash around the injection site only. She was due to receive the second dose of the COVID vaccine next week. She wanted to call Pfizer to see if she needed to worry about that or not. She had not saw her primary care physician since receiving the COVID vaccine. She was going to see her physician next week. Itching at the injection site: Began the next morning after she received the COVID vaccine, on 07Apr2021. She could not remember if it lasted for one week and one day or one week and two days. She was afraid to put Benadryl or anything on it, because she did not want it to interfere with the COVID vaccine. The itching was hard for her to ignore. Redness at the injection site: It disappeared in about a week. Knot at the injection site: It was currently a very tiny bump. Pain and soreness at the injection site: It disappeared in about a week. Joint pain: She has rheumatoid arthritis. She expected to have joint pain. She read that joint pain could occur with the COVID vaccine. It lasted for several days. Her normal joint pain comes and goes because of the weather with her rheumatoid arthritis. Chills: It lasted for about three days. Fever: It lasted for about three days. Nausea: It lasted for about three days. Swollen lymph node in same arm as injection: It lasted for about three days. Headache: It lasted for about three days. All of her mild side effects symptoms began the next morning after she received the COVID vaccine, on 07Apr2021. She did not know any exact end dates. She did not keep a note of it. Her symptoms may have begun during the night while she was sleeping. But she did not notice symptoms beginning until the morning of 07Apr2021. She has rheumatoid arthritis. She does not think anything else is relevant to this report. She talked to the pharmacist before receiving the vaccine, about her medications and allergies. The pharmacist had no problem with her receiving the COVID vaccine. The AE(s) not require a visit to Emergency Room or Physician Office. The outcome of event knot at the injection site: It is now a very tiny bump was recovering, the outcome of event rash around the injection site only was unknown, the outcome of other events was recovered in Apr2021.  No follow-up attempts are needed; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.