Age: 52.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dysphagia, Headache, Nasal congestion, Neck pain, Throat tightness
Clinical narrative: Nose started to get a little stuffy; Throat feels thick or full; Tender to press on neck; A little headache behind the eyes; not quite tight but kind of tight, swallowing a little difficult; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (patient, self-reported).  A 52-years-old female patient received a first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number: ES305 and expiration date was not reported), via an unspecified route of administration in right arm on 30Mar2021 at 13:30, as single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The patient's medical history included nodule on thyroid, hysterectomy and allergy to crab. The patient concomitant medications included estradiol 3/1 mg cream, once daily. The patient reported that she went and got the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and waited the allotted time period after getting the vaccine. she left the vaccination facility and went to the grocery store and was doing shopping, about 45 minutes after she received her Covid-19 vaccine, she noticed that her nose started getting a little stuff and her throat was feeling funny, throat felt thick or full and she drank some water. Patient read a little something about nodules and how they can enlarge after the Covid-19 vaccine, she worried if that's what was happening. she thought to herself to just breathe, it felt like her throat was not getting tight, but maybe thick or fuller. it was definitely tender to press on her neck. Patient reported that her concern was that she did not know if the tight and full feeling in her throat was an allergic reaction or if the nodule on her thyroid enlarged and it took a little while for the full, thick feeling to go away after 1.5 to 2 hours her throat was more normal and side of the nodule continued to hurt for a little while. Couple of hours later, she took her son back to the vaccination facility so that her son could get the Covid-19 vaccine and reported that the lady she was talking to at the vaccination facility told the patient that she was probably having an anxiety attack and that was why her throat felt full or thick. The second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine coming up next week, she wanted to check into it and see if there's something different she should do before her next dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. The full, thick feeling in her throat that she wouldn't say that it felt like she couldn't breathe. The stuffy nose subsided within an hour of beginning. Throat felt full or thick feeling in her throat was not quite tight but kind of tight due to it swallowing was a little difficult. The tenderness in her neck pretty much subsided 2-3 days after it began on 10Apr2021. The patient had a headache on and off for a few days. She reported that she would say that the headaches are not still ongoing and she noticed the headache several days after she received the Covid-19 vaccine on 30Mar2021, she gets headaches occasionally but this was a different type of headache. The patient never verified the placement of the Essure coil and reported that the doctor that performed the hysterectomy took a picture and the Essure coil was visible poking out of the caller's fallopian tube. Patient reported that the physician took everything out all at once and that the physician didn't want to cut anything out due to PEP fibers. No additional vaccines administered and adverse events does not require a visit to emergency room or physician office. There was no prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. The outcome of the event Nose started to get a little stuffy was recovered on the same day (30Mar2021) and the outcome of the other events, throat feels thick or full, tender to press on neck and little headache behind the eyes was recovered on an unknown date and the outcome of the event difficult in swallowing was unknown.  Follow up(15Apr2021): This is a additional information related to source document which included that: Please see the attached source docs for auto accepted case 2021417626 which was found to be a follow up to AER 2021423964. SRD: 15-APR-2021.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information was expected.