Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pharyngeal swelling, Skin burning sensation
Clinical narrative: burning sensation under the skin; very sore and warm; very sore and warm; roof of her mouth became sore/ pain in the area on the left side of her upper cheek; Overwhelming exhaustion; received the first dose of the vaccine on 29 Apr 2021 and experienced a burning sensation where she had shingles before; swelling in throat area; Based on follow-up information received invalid case was updated as valid.  This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. A 77-year-old female consumer (patient) reported for herself that she received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; Solution for injection; Lot number: ER8729) via an unspecified route of administration on 29Apr2021 at 08:30 hours on left arm as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization.The patient's medical history included shingles that she had prior that started in Oct2020 was on the left side of her head, ear, jaw, face, cheek, and lower lip and allergic to a lot of medication. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. It was mentioned additional vaccines administered on same date of the pfizer suspect was reported as none. The relevant tests were reported as none she was still in quandary about if she would get a shingles shot after the second dose. Her doctor was not sure. She does not know if she needs it since she had shingles in the past. She does not know if people can get shingles more than once. She wanted to add that Moderna did have a number of people report that they had their shingles reactivated after the vaccine. This is why she opted for the Pfizer covid vaccine. She had not heard of studies for Pfizer but she knows Moderna has some studies regarding shingles. The patient received the first dose of the vaccine on 29 Apr 2021 and on 14May2021 she experienced a burning sensation where she had shingles before. When she got the shot on an unknown date, she had a reaction where she felt it in her throat and has had a number of other reactions that lasted 2-3 hours and then would go away. After receiving the vaccine, the caller stayed for about an hour for observation. On day 15 after the vaccine she had a reaction that concerned her where she previously had shingles on left face, her head and along her jaw. She had a burning sensation under the skin and was very sore and warm. It eventually went away after a couple of hours when treated with cold compresses. The caller was scared of getting the second dose and reactivating the shingles. She stated she had a number of unusual things occur since she had the vaccine. Her doctor stated that was overwhelming that there are a lot of people that got sick after the second shot, so she was worried about getting sick. She mentioned that was allergic to a lot of medication and they tried to figure out the ingredients of the vaccine, but she still carries the Epipen. Stated that she had a number of thing that were mentioned in the fact sheet. One was right after the vaccine, it affected her throat, she had swelling in the throat area, a lot of people there experienced the same thing. She stayed for an hour and a half and drank cold water, which reduced the feeling on her throat. She stated that the exhaustion level was overwhelming and that she has to lay down and go right to sleep after doing things. Also, she has experienced soreness on the roof of her mouth for a whole day. By the next day it had reduced but it was tender. She said that every day there has been something that lasts for 2 or 3 hours and then goes away. For the throat swelling she clarified that she does not know if what she felt was swelling, she explained it to the nurse, she could feel it rising in throat area, medicinal kind of hive swelling kind of feeling. within 10 minutes of getting the vaccine. It recovered within a hour and a half while she was there and really cold water helped. For the overwhelming exhaustion she mentioned that she had exhaustion since having shingles but it was much more noticeable since having the first dose of the covid vaccine. Her shingles started in Oct2020 after having a large area on her cheek froze off by dermatologist. She had sore roof of mouth started within the last week. One day it was very sore and the next day it was tender and then the next day it was gone. She also stated her doctor is looking into her allergies to compare the ingredients in what she is allergic to with the vaccine's ingredients. He mentioned PEG and polysorbate but she stated she is not sure if this is something she was allergic to because she had having difficulty getting the records from her revious doctor's offices. She stated she was scheduled for a shot tomorrow but her vaccine has been put off a number of times because of concerns the doctors have with her immune system coming off shingles the last 8 months. The caller is scheduled to get the second dose on 21May2021. The patient did not require emergency room visit. She went to physician office to ask questions but he was not able to answer the majority. On 29Apr2021 swelling in throat area was recovered. The outcome of received the first dose of the vaccine on 29 Apr 2021 and experienced a burning sensation where she had shingles before, burning sensation under the skin, very sore and warm, very sore and warm, roof of her mouth became sore/ pain in the area on the left side of her upper cheek and Overwhelming exhaustion was unknown.   The caller remotely disconnected the call prior to providing full details of the report. Caller given hours of operation and telephone for Medical Information before disconnecting the call. The caller stated she was late for an appointment and declined transfer, she requested call back but then stated she would call back at her convenience. Information about batch/Lot number has been requested.