Age: 48.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Hypoaesthesia, Insomnia, Lethargy, Pain
Clinical narrative: She was having excruciating pain; her arm continued to hurt not just at injection site/shooting pain down to her elbow in the injection arm/shoots down to her fingertips/pain was in all of her hand/ pain from shoulder to elbow; her arm continued to hurt not just at injection site/shooting pain down to her elbow in the injection arm/shoots down to her fingertips/pain was in all of her hand/ pain from shoulder to elbow; had a pain from my shoulder to my elbow, lot of my elbow, lot of my arm and lot of my fingers; She was lethargic; there is tingling in two of her fingers the ring finger and pinky finger/tingling and it goes from her shoulder to her neck on the injection arm side; Her hand was almost always numb; developed a rash in the area where her blood vessels are and the rash is in a spider honeycomb pattern; Hardly any sleep in night; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer via Medical Information Team. A 48-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2, Solution for injection), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration on 13Apr2021 around 10:30 AM (Batch/Lot number was not reported) as DOSE 1, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included hypertension from unspecified date (I do take water pills). The concomitant medication included "vitamins" on an unspecified date. On an unspecified date in 2021, the patient experienced her hand was almost always numb, hardly any sleep in night, developed a rash in the area where her blood vessels are and the rash is in a spider honeycomb pattern. On an unspecified date in Apr2021, she was having excruciating pain, had a pain from my shoulder to my elbow, lot of my elbow, lot of my arm and lot of my fingers, her arm continued to hurt not just at injection site but it was a shooting pain down to her elbow in the injection arm and it also shoots down to her fingertips/pain is in all of her hand/ pain from my shoulder to my elbow, she was lethargic and there is tingling in two of her fingers the ring finger and pinky finger/tingling and it goes from her shoulder to her neck on the injection arm side. It was reported she received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine on 13Apr2021 and scheduled for the second dose on 04May2021. She reported that after receiving the first dose of the vaccine she was lethargic and achy and had the common side effects that are to be expected. She stated those symptoms went away after the first 24 hours and her arm continued to hurt not just at the injection site but it was a shooting pain down to her elbow in the injection arm and it also shoots down to her fingertips. She had no redness or swelling. She stated that the pain was in all of her hand and it is almost always numb and there was tingling in two of her fingers the ring finger and pinky finger and the only way to try and relieve the pain when sleeping was on her back. She also reported that sleeping on her side or stomach intensifies the pain and tingling and it goes from her shoulder to her neck on the injection arm side. She had been using a heating pad and since using she developed a rash in the area where her blood vessels are and the rash was in a spider honeycomb pattern. Her doctor did an ultrasound to ensure she did not have a blood clot and she was prescribed steroids and she took two of them and then noticed that it could possibly stop the effectiveness of the vaccine so she stopped taking them. She also read that you should not take pain relievers before receiving the vaccine. She had a COVID vaccine almost 3 weeks ago and I am due for my second shot on Tuesday in my hand I was having excruciating pain since I received the shot. I have a pain from my shoulder to my elbow, lot of my elbow, lot of my arm and lot of my fingers and my fingers are numb and tingly and it is been going, which is one of the only things that stops, help reduce the pain and I get this rush that 'honeycomb' up and down my arm like, my vein. My general doctor has advice to report the adverse effect but I would also like to know, what a doctor can get to see because my general doctor prescribed the steroid and when I read that steroid, you should not take that with vaccine, and 17 medicine seems to reduce the effect of vaccine and they not to take the medicine before the vaccine I am schedule to get my second one but I mean my, the pain in my arm, hardly any sleep in night. She stated that second shot was on 04May2021. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of arthralgia and pain in extremity. The clinical outcome of the event her hand is almost always numb, pain in extremity, arthralgia and vaccination site pain were not resolved, and lethargic was resolved on an unspecified date in 2021 and excruciating pain was resolved on an unspecified date in Apr2021 and for other events was unknown. No follow-up attempts are needed; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.