Age: 42.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoaesthesia, Hypoaesthesia oral, Lip swelling, Nausea, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: trouble speaking; her lips felt swollen and numb; her lips felt swollen and numb; slurring words last night and had trouble making words; anxiety; left cheek around her mouth and chin are numb and radiating to the back of her head stating it is numb and tingly at the same time; feeling emotional; Headache; she might be having an allergic reaction; tiredness; fatigue; left arm, leg and face went numb and it has not gone away; ring finger and her pinky finger felt dead and this was radiating down to her left arm; whole back side of her left leg in to the left foot are feeling numb and kind of tingly sometimes; diarrhea; fever; chills; felt like her stomach flipped; nausea; left cheek around her mouth and chin are numb and radiating to the back of her head stating it is numb and tingly at the same time; Has extreme pain at her injection site in her left arm.; restless; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp.     A 42-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2(Batch/Lot Number: ER8736), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 29Apr2021 11:00 as 1st dose single for covid-19 immunisation. The patient medical history was not reported. It was reported that, Caller reports she just got back from urgent care. She received her 1st Pfizer Vaccine yesterday at 11 am. After that she reports she got a fever, chills, diarrhoea, headache and all that. At about 4 o clock she reports she could not feel her arm, face and left leg. Her and her husband thought she maybe having an allergic reaction. She got ready to go to Emergency Room but, she decided to call the pharmacist first. The pharmacist said it is a very rare group of side effects and they were going to report it to the CDC. They informed her to give it 12 hours and she should be better as she was probably at her peak time at that moment. The caller noticed this morning it was getting worse and she started panicking and so she called the pharmacist again. The caller reported to the pharmacist that she does not have a primary doctor. She then asked the pharmacist if they thought a Teledoc would be ok, and they said yes. She called the Teledoc, and she told them her symptoms. They called her back and she was informed to go to the emergency room because she may nerve damage or had a small stroke. She then got more numb because of how upset she was. So she went to the Urgent Care and they ruled out stroke. They informed her if she does not get better she should go to the ER and get a CT scan. They also said after the weekend, next week she should follow up with a Neurologist if she is not better. She staying with water right now but, doing ok with.  The diarrhea was going every 15 minutes before, but it is better. If she puts anything in her body it is like it does not want to be there. Fever chills diarrhea started at 1pm the day she got the shot.Her fatigue has set in more today. The fatigue hit really hard with the numbness. She felt so restless even though she was so tired. The restlessness, tiredness and fatigued started at 4 pm the day she got the shot. She was unsure if this was related to her nerves as she is nervous and so upset right now. Could not feel her left arm where she got the injection, face and left leg, they were numb. Thought she might be having an allergic reaction additional information: She felt like she was underwater and everything was like a dream. She was slurring her words not sure if it was from the numbness or what. She is having trouble making her lips work right now while talking to the call handler. She feels like she is not speaking right. She reports this all accompanied the numb feeling, happened about the same time. She reports everything is staying the same, but when she gets worked up, upset and emotional it gets worse. Everything is still there though. She then starts getting really panicked. Panic, anxiety and feeling emotional: This started after the getting the Pfizer COVID Vaccine, the same day. It is made worse because of not knowing if this is going to be permanent or how long she was going to be like this. This paralysis going on.  It is persisting, it gets worse with everything going on. As she is talking to the call handler her face is getting more numb, like it is enveloped in numbness. However, she is trying to remain calm. She reports she just got back from urgent care today at 11 am, 30Apr2021. She went because of the numbness she experienced. The Urgent Care ruled out stroke but, they told her these are severe adverse side effects. The Urgent care gave steps to take if it did not get better or worse. The Tele doctor appointment was at 9:15 am this morning, 30Apr2021. They advised her to get a physical exam to rule out stroke or nerve damage. On 29Apr2021 13:00 patient had Diarrhoea, fever and chills with outcome of recovering, Fatigue, left arm, leg and face went numb and it has not gone away, has extreme pain at her injection site in her left arm, restless with outcome of not recovered. The events nausea, trouble speaking, , her lips felt swollen and numb, slurring words last night and had trouble making words, ring finger and her pinky finger felt dead and this was radiating down to her left arm, whole back side of her left leg in to the left foot are feeling numb and kind of tingly sometimes, anxiety, , left cheek around her mouth and chin are numb and radiating to the back of her head stating it is numb and tingly at the same time, feeling emotional, headache with outcome of unknown, Fatigue, left arm, leg and face went numb and it has not gone away, has extreme pain at her injection site in her left arm, restless with outcome of not recovered. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included cerebrovascular accident: negative for stroke on 30Apr2021.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.