Age: 62.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood test, Pain in extremity, Peripheral swelling
Clinical narrative: Arm soreness; swelling of the feet/swelling is ongoing and got worse after the second vaccine.; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 62 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 01May2021 08:45 (Lot number: EW0173) at the age of 62 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "high cholesterol" (ongoing), notes: has been diagnosed for about 4 years; "high blood pressure" (ongoing), notes: has been diagnosed for about 4 years; "degenerative spine disease, neck and back" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: diagnosed about 10 years ago; "Flu shot" (unspecified if ongoing); "she always wears glasses, she is supposed to also wear glasses for distance" (ongoing); "skin and hair got so dry and bad" (ongoing); "skin and hair got so dry and bad" (ongoing). Family history included: "diabetes" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: caller states no - not unless she has developed diabetes, which does run in her family. Concomitant medication(s) included: LORTADINE taken for hypersensitivity (ongoing); AMLODIPINE taken for hypertension (ongoing); OMEPRAZOLE taken for gastrooesophageal reflux disease (ongoing); SIMVASTATIN taken for blood cholesterol increased (ongoing); VITAMIN E [TOCOPHEROL] taken for supplementation therapy (ongoing); COLLAGEN taken for supplementation therapy (ongoing); HYDROCODONE/ACETAMINOPHEN taken for neck pain, back pain, spinal cord compression. Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Batch/lot number: EW0151, Dosage text: first dose 9:00   , Anatomical Location of Administration: right arm), administration date: 07Apr2021, for COVID-19 immunisation. The following information was reported: PERIPHERAL SWELLING (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "swelling of the feet/swelling is ongoing and got worse after the second vaccine."; PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious), outcome "not recovered", described as "Arm soreness". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Therapeutic measures were not taken as a result of peripheral swelling, pain in extremity.  Additional information: Caller states that after her first shot, she started having swelling in her feet and then she got the second shot on Saturday and yesterday her feet were as swollen as could be. Caller states she will file report, as long as it is quick. Caller clarifies that she has had the swollen feet continually since the first vaccine, and it got really bad after the second vaccine. Caller adds she originally noticed the swelling the next day after the first vaccine. Confirms that she received the vaccines on 07Apr2021 and 01May2021. The swelling is ongoing and got worse after the second vaccine. Caller adds that her right is worse than her left. Caller adds that her skin and hair got so dry and bad. She started taking the Vitamin E and Collagen. Caller confirms the skin and hair getting dry and bad was before receiving the vaccines, and that it has been ongoing for a while. Investigations: caller states not for her feet, she did have some blood work taken last month and today the doctor is going to go over the results. The caller confirms this bloodwork was after receiving the second vaccine. She does not know any results as the doctor is going to go over this today at her phone appointment. All vaccines administered on same date with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect was none. The AE does not require a visit to physician office/emergency room. Any other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine(s) was none. No AEs following prior vaccinations. She gets the same soreness in her arm with the flu shot as she got with this vaccine. Arm soreness: caller states that this occurred with her first and second vaccine. She adds that it is almost gone today and she just got the second one two days ago. It took three or four days to go away after the first vaccine. She adds that it was later that day after the first vaccination that she noticed this. The second vaccine, it was also later in the day after a couple of hours she noticed it was a little sore. Caller confirms that the soreness went away between the first and second vaccines. It came back after the second vaccine and is still there. Arm soreness with the flu shot: Caller does not know NDC, LOT, expiration, or manufacturer for this flu shot. She states that the pharmacy has her records for that. Every time she gets the flu shot, she has soreness in her arm. The first one was really bad. This one goes away after a couple of days. Caller clarifies that she means that after her very first flu vaccine, she could not lift her arm for days and it was very bad, and it is less bad now each time she gets the flu shot.   No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.