Age: 69.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Pain, Pain in extremity, Paraesthesia, Physical disability
Clinical narrative: was in both hands, that numbing sensation; painful arm, so painful she couldn't even lift it or move it; she could not get up; Nauseous was reported as worsened; the palms of her hands turned very red, it looked like she had a glove on; felt pins and needles in her hands; severe left sided arm pain; arm pain which radiated to her shoulder blades, neck, back under her am/ she feels all painful and achy/ the whole area was so severe; thought the vaccine might have hit a nerve; The shoulder, neck, back, shoulder blade, it just feels like it's burning; severe left sided arm pain which radiated to her shoulder blades; severe left sided arm pain which radiated to her shoulder blades, neck; severe left sided arm pain which radiated to her shoulder blades, neck, back under her am/ upper back; severe left sided arm pain which radiated to her shoulder blades, neck, back under her am, and left breast; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) reporting herself. A 69-year-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, lot number EW0169) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 27Apr2021 at 14:15-14:30 (age at the time of vaccination was 69-years-old) as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. She did not take any medication. No other products were administered. There were no any history of all previous immunizations with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect and no additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect. No prior vaccinations within 4 weeks and no any other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine. No adverse events following prior vaccinations. There was no patient's medical history (including any illness at time of vaccination) and no family medical history relevant to adverse events. No relevant tests. It was reported that, after receiving first dose, the patient has felt pins and needles in her hands. Aside from this, she had severe left sided arm pain which radiated to her shoulder blades, neck, back under her am, and left breast. She was feeling all these stabbing pins and needles in her hands, worse in her left hand. She said this has been going on for 2 weeks now. Nauseous was reported as worsened. She wanted to know if this was a known side effect associated with the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine, and if it would go away. Consumer also wanted to know if this might had been caused by the vaccine not being administered properly and did not go into the muscle. She thought the vaccine might have hit a nerve, but she did not that the pins and needles in her hands have already subsided. She stated her hands, the palms of her hands turned very red. She stated it looked like she had a glove on but she experienced such a painful arm, so painful she could not even lift it or move it, it was been severe, it was into her shoulder, neck, shoulder blade, upper back, the whole area was so severe. She stated into the back of her neck, shoulder, her whole back, shoulder blade on left side, under her arm, and into the breast on her left side. She was supposed to go back for another shot, she did not think so. She stated at that point, it was in both hands, that numbing sensation and she was showing to her husband her hands, and he said it looked like she had a glove on. She was trying to stay calm. She told her husband to get back to the car and she had some water so she drank a little bit of water. She sat in the car a little bit and they started to slowly head home and it just continued as far as the arm pain just kept getting worse. It was very painful and had been since the beginning. The pain seemed to get worse every day and went to the neck, back, and shoulder. As far as the redness, that seem like that had gotten better, that had improved. Pins and needles had gotten better. The first week and a half with pins and needles was very bad, but every day, it had started to get a little bit better. She was not having as much, not like it was at all, she was happy about that, that it was improved. The shoulder, neck, back, shoulder blade, it just felt like it was burning. The next day, her husband had to lift her up out of bed, she could not get up. She felt all painful and achy, it was that kind of thing, it came and went. She would say today she had it pretty much on the day of reporting, but she was having a lot of burning in the neck and the back of the shoulder blade, almost like up or down the spine just all over there and the arm and shoulder in the front. She was never even had a flu vaccine but they were vaccinated through childhood for everything but had no real problems with anything. She did not even want to take Tylenol because she did not know what she heard she did not know if she heard they were advising not to take anything like that. She did not visit emergency room and physician office. The outcome of events severe left sided arm pain which radiated to her shoulder blades, neck, upper back under her am, and left breast/ she feels all painful and achy/ she feels all painful and achy/ the whole area was so severe, nauseous was reported as worsened, the shoulder, neck, back, shoulder blade, it just felt like it was burning were not recovered, outcome of events felt pins and needles in her hands, the palms of her hands turned very red, in both hands, that numbing sensation were recovering and outcome of other events were unknown.   No follow-up attempts were needed. No further information was expected.