Age: 77.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Neck pain, Pruritus, Urticaria
Clinical narrative: Itching/She was itching on her knee, leg, arm, neck, and ears.; She had hives on the knee; The two that had her most worried was the memory loss and chest pain; Chest pain; It was like she went blank. She was looking around and she could not remember names she was trying to figure out name street; Spasms/spasms were like in her back where her shoulders were and it was bulging; It hurt from her neck and up into her head.; It hurt from her neck and up into her head.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 77-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; lot EL3246, expiration date unspecified), via an unspecified route of administration on 10Jan2021 (around noon) at single dose (left arm) for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included ongoing diabetes, ongoing blood pressure high/blood pressure, ongoing heart problems; heart disease, kidney disease, history of itching, fluid (imbalance), stroke so taking for clotting, history of neck issues and she was allergic to a lot of medications. Ongoing concomitant medications included ubidecarenone (COQ-10), zinc, torsemide for fluid, clopidogrel for had a stroke so taking for clotting, insulin glargine (LANTUS) for diabetes and isosorbide mononitrate, carvedilol, irbesartan and amlodipine, all for blood pressure. Patient reported that she got the injection on Sunday and then later she started to get spasms on 12Jan2021. These spasms were like in her back where her shoulders were and it was bulging and it hurt from her neck and up into her head. She mentioned she was 77 years old and sometimes she has to think about a word before she gets it out, but yesterday (14Jan2021) it was different. It was like she went blank. She was looking around and she could not remember names she was trying to figure out name street on and this lasted 15 minutes and then it went away. She confirmed she does not have it right now. It did not last a long time, but it scared her so bad. Then yesterday evening (14Jan2021), she started to have funny chest pain. She told her husband if it did not go away she would go to the ER. However, after an 1 hour it went away. It was like a sticking pain. The chest pain lasted for an hour and started around 18:00. On an unspecified date, she started itching at night. She has a history of itching, but this was out the box. She had hives on the knee. It was crazy. She itched all over. She had to get out of bed and sit in a chair until 1:30AM. She was still itching, but it was not as bad. Patient reported that due to the kidney disease she has itching, but the itching she was having after this COVID Vaccine was different and more. It was out of the box. She confirmed this was the first injection and now she was scared to get the second injection. Patient reported that the itching started when she went to bed. She went to bed around 21:00 and around 21:30, she got out of bed because she was itching so bad. She stated there was not anything different on the bed. It was the same thing that was up there the night before. She did not change the sheets or anything. She had to get up and sit in a chair and she could not believe how bad her knee was itching. She was itching on her knee, leg, arm, neck, and ears. She stated she takes a lot of medications. She was very funny with medications and they have to work with her to get the right one for her. Due to having these other conditions was why she wanted to get the COVID Vaccine. She reported she will have her blood drawn next week. The two that had her most worried was the memory loss and chest pain. However, these passed and she did not go the ER or physician office. She was afraid if she gets the second injection this will happen again and she may not come out as well form it. Prior vaccinations within 4 weeks was none. Outcome of events spasms/spasms were like in her back where her shoulders were and it was bulging and itching/itching on her knee, leg, arm, neck, and ears was recovering; chest pain was recovered on 14Jan2021 at 19:00; and outcome of the rest of events was unknown.