Age: 69.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Nasal discomfort, Oropharyngeal discomfort, Swollen tongue, Tongue blistering, Tongue disorder
Clinical narrative: bump on her tongue and it looks like she has a "U" on tip of her tongue; 6-8 hours later her tongue began swelling and her nose and back of throat felt funny.; nose and throat felt funny; nose and throat felt funny; tongue became like misshapen, it has an extra point on it, that is like a blister or something, but it is not really a blister, but it is definitely not normal; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) reported for herself. A 69-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, (Batch/Lot number was not reported) via an unspecified route of administration in Arm Left on 24Feb2021 as 1st dose, single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The patient medical history was not reported. Patient has lots of medicine allergies years ago she took Advair discus inhaler. Patient had no other vaccines on the day of COVID vaccine. Concomitant medications included cetirizine hydrochloride (ZYRTEC) (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), via an unspecified route of administration on an unspecified date at unknown dose and frequency for unknown indication and diphenhydramine hydrochloride (BENADRYL), via an unspecified route of administration on an unspecified date at unknown dose and frequency for unknown indication. Patient states she had an adverse event when she got her first dose of the product last Wednesday (24Feb2021). She is a little nervous about getting her second dose on 18Mar2021. On 24Feb2021 about 6-8 hours after first shot her tongue got swollen/began swelling, nose and throat felt funny. She took Benadryl and same symptoms occurred next day. She states that her tongue became like misshapen, it has an extra point on it like a blister or something but it is not really a blister but it is definitely not normal. She has a bump on her tongue and it looks like she has a "U" on tip of her tongue. She states that her niece is a Nurse Practitioner and she talked to her niece about it. She took Zyrtec D in the morning and her niece told her to also take regular Zyrtec at night. She has been doing that for a few days and it is about 80-85 % better. She states that the little blister thing is gone, but her tongue is still misshapen. The swelling went right away after her Benadryl and Zyrtec D, and no more swelling issues, but her tongue is still misshapen and tender. She would like to report her side effects but also wants to know if she needs to do anything special for the second dose, like should she get an Epi Pen. She also reports that in the past she had a reaction to the Advair Discus inhaler and experienced "tongue swelling". ER gave Benadryl shot and symptoms calmed down. She then got virus and had tongue thing for 8 months. She was given Benadryl and prednisone, saw an allergist, and stated no one knew what to do. It ended up worked itself out. She would like to know if there are any similar ingredients with that or if it plays a part in the vaccine. The clinical outcome of the events were unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible; information about lot/batch number cannot been obtained.