Age: 59.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dizziness, Fatigue, Paraesthesia, Somnolence
Clinical narrative: Tingles, in her feet, toes, fingers, on the same side of her body as the shot, on her arm and tongue; sleepy; she felt woozy/Lightheadedness; Tiredness; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer(patient). A 59-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, formulation: solution for injection, Batch/Lot number was not reported), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 06Apr2021 09:00 (age at vaccination 59) as 1ST DOSE, SINGLE DOSE for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included ongoing high blood pressure, ongoing high cholesterol, her cholesterol may have been a little high, for years, from her 20 or 30 and then it balanced out, or improved. she has no history of Diabetes or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Concomitant medication(s) included lisinopril (LISINOPRIL) taken for high blood pressure from an unspecified start date and ongoing; diltiazem (DILTIAZEM) taken for high blood pressure from an unspecified start date and ongoing; atorvastatin (ATORVASTATIN) taken for high cholesterol from an unspecified start date and ongoing; acetylsalicylic acid (BABY ASPIRIN) taken for high blood pressure from an unspecified start date and ongoing. Patient was not administered any additional vaccines on same day of vaccination. The patient previously took tetanus vaccine for tetanus and experienced injection site swelling and experienced erythema (red, was swollen and painful, with a red circle). Patient was not received any other vaccine prior four weeks of vaccination. On 06Apr2021 the patient experienced tingles, in her feet, toes, fingers, on the same side of her body as the shot, on her arm and tongue, sleepy, tiredness and she felt woozy/light-headedness. Patient not visited to Emergency Room and Physician Office for the events. Clinical information included: she has extended the time to take her second shot so she can speak to her doctor about the side effects that she had, after the shot, she felt woozy, lightheaded, and tired. Caller reclarifies these descriptors later in report. At night, she started to feel tingles, in her feet, toes, fingers, on the same side of her body as the shot, on her arm and tongue. She did not tell anyone or let them know, and then fell asleep. She felt the effects until the next morning and they went away and did not come back. She did not tell her family, until it was time to get the second vaccination. She did speak to her doctor and the doctor felt it was some type of reaction. Caller states the doctor recommended that she take two Benadryl and two Tylenol, when she goes for the second vaccination. Caller states she will not have any side effects, because she will not be awake to know, because both of those medications might make her sleepy. Reclarified later in report. She spoke with a health nurse, who thought that she had some type of reaction, to the vaccine. Caller states the nurse did tell her that her immune system could be elevated and wanted her to check with her doctor. The nurse told her she does have some coverage, from the virus, with the first vaccine. Caller states that last week she had another doctor appointment, and the doctor told her that if she had a reaction with the first vaccine, she would probably have a reaction with the second vaccine. The doctor told her that if she does not take the second dose, she cannot be around other people and will be restricted, according to the guidelines. She had rescheduled her vaccine for Thursday, but pushed it out until next week, so she could take a day off from her job to recover, if needed. She wanted to report, her events. She is sceptical, to take the second vaccine, and she states she wants to take it, but does not want to put herself at risk. Caller states, reclarified, that she knows a few people that also had tingles. Caller cannot provide specifics about these people. Caller identifies one person as a female who had a tingle in her throat. Caller states she cannot provide specific details. Caller reclarifies that she is calling about the Pfizer Covid 19 vaccine. Caller reclarifies that she never took the Benadryl or Tylenol after her vaccine, and states that she did not have a reaction to these medications. Caller confirms these events are after the first vaccine. Her description of light-headedness, was really tiredness, and describes the tiredness as woozy and sleepy. Start: caller answers as the same date of her first shot. Caller states she left her vaccine card in the car. Caller later reclarifies the date as 06Apr2021. caller states her vaccine appointment was at 9 am and she felt the effects in the first 15 minutes after the vaccine tingles, in her feet, toes, fingers, on the same side of her body as the shot, on her arm and tongue. Caller states two of her medications were at one time one pill, and because of the cost, her doctor gave her two separate medications. The outcome of the event was reported as recovered on 07-APR-2021.   Follow up attempts needed. Further information is expected.