Age: 31.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoaesthesia, Injection site hypoaesthesia, Injection site reaction, Metabolic function test, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: redness on chest as well as left arm; throat and facial swelling; Allergic reaction; left arm went numb to her fingertips/right hand was numb/numbness of her left arm has moved through all of body; coldness to whole left arm/right hand went cold; tingling; Dizziness; rash on chest and left arm; throat and facial swelling; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient herself). A 31-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), via an unspecified route of administration at site of left arm on 17Dec2020 at single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included colitis ulcerative from Mar2018 and ongoing. Concomitant medication included mesalazine (LIALDA) from 2017 and ongoing (had been taking for three years) for ulcerative colitis. Clinical course: Patient said the allergic reaction happened five minutes after she got the vaccine, and she had the numbness and coldness to her whole left arm, numbness from her arm to her fingertips, and her right hand went numb and cold. She said that this was still going on. She said that the numbness of her left arm has moved through all of her body, the numbness and tingling, she had dizziness, it came and went and had not gotten better or worse, she had rash on her chest and left arm, it is red but it is not bumpy, she had no hives, just redness on chest as well as left arm. she also had throat facial swelling that has been going on since 17Dec2020 that had been progressing, it went down but it was not going away, her face was swollen then it went down a bit. She said they thought it was because of the steroids, but she was not on the steroids anymore and she is still swollen. She got treatment in the emergency room immediately right after, and took diphenhydramine hydrochloride (BENADRYL, 25mg tablets) and intravenous prednisone (20mg tablets). She also had a prescription for diphenhydramine hydrochloride and prednisone to take by mouth at home, she thought they gave her diphenhydramine hydrochloride dose of 50mg IV there and follow up dosing prescription by mouth for later of 25mg tablets from 18Dec2020 to 20Dec2020. she was supposed to take diphenhydramine hydrochloride every 6 hours by mouth. She says she took all three of the prednisone that prescribed. She was not admitted to the emergency room, and she went home after being treated. on the 17Dec2020, they did a lab for basic metabolic panel CBC auto-differential but all it said lab was completed and did not provide results. She had her vitals from the 17Dec2020. She said her blood pressure was 129/88, her temperature was 98.2 degrees Fahrenheit, her respirations were 18, her oxygen saturation was 100%, her pulse was 72, and her BMI was 23.5. The outcome of event 'allergic reaction and redness on chest as well as left arm' was unknown; of event 'rash on chest and left arm' was recovered on 21Dec2020; of event 'throat and facial swelling' was recovering; of rest events was not recovered.  Information about lot/batch number has been requested.