Age: 67.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Movement disorder, Myalgia, Nausea, Nervousness, Paralysis
Clinical narrative: Shaky; Muscles and nerves seemed to be locking up like almost paralyzed; swollen lymph nodes; injection site redness; severe allergic reactions; slight dizziness; severe headache; nausea; weak; tired; feverish; sweat; had pain at the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine injection site; right arm started to swell; chills; extreme muscle pain; certainly extreme and joint pain; Heart beat seemed to speed up; Has not been able to walk or move body in normal fashion; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient herself)  A 67-year-old female consumer received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, lot number: EP7533) a week ago via an unspecified route of administration on 02Apr2021 at 13:45 hrs on the right upper arm as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient's medical history and concomitant medications were not reported.When caller was 18 they required a booster for Small pox and caller received the small pox booster on the leg in the same site where it was given at age 5. Caller's leg swelled up to 5 times the normal size, at the time caller was 18 years old.Took a long time for swelling to go away, a couple weeks. Caller requires it hindered sports activities during this time.  On 02Apr2021, the patient started reported slight dizziness, severe headache, Shakiness, nausea, weakness, tiredness, have been feverish, pain at the injection site and stated that her right arm started to swell. The patient stated that through out the night of 02Apr2021, she had extreme muscle pain, certainly extreme and joint pain that was also extreme and heart beat seemed to speed up within the first hour and by the end of the hour. On 03Apr2021, the patient stated that her muscles and nerves seemed to be locking up like almost paralyzed. The patient described the events she experienced slight dizziness and didn't worry because it wasn't major and caller was driving herself and with in an hour the dizziness got worse. Caller had severe headache and had to drive home a significant distance and the time the caller got home, she reports being shaky, dizzy, had headache, nausea, was weak and tired and must have been feverish. Caller reports she must have been feverish because she was drenched in sweat by the time she got home and it was a 2 hour drive home from the vaccine administering facility. Caller had pain at the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine injection site, and caller's right arm started to swell.Caller clarified that the injection site was in the right upper arm, doesn't know what the muscle is called. Caller says she couldn't see if her arm was getting red, caller has some discs out in her neck and is unable to look at the arm. Caller could feel the injection site on her right arm was swollen and swelling. Caller reports fever was gone and fever got replaced with chills later on. Caller reports there was progression of the symptoms after the first hour. Caller states the information provided thus far was the first hour of her experience and through the night a lot of other things changed and added.Through the night caller had extreme muscle pain, certainly extreme and joint pain that was also extreme. Muscles and nerves seemed to be locking up like almost paralyzed: By the next morning, after caller had the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccination, states she was not a doctor but all of her muscles and nerves seemed to be locking up like caller was almost paralyzed. Caller reports she couldn't move, couldn't get out of bed. It took a long time to get caller's fingers and toes moving and the rest of the body, but fingers and toes were the first ones. Caller was able to kind of release from muscle cramping. Whatever was going on, caller says can't tell exactly what was going on, does not have a Doctor in the home. States the information given should cover that part of the experience. Through the night had extreme muscle pain, certainly extreme and joint pain that was also extreme: Reports since the morning after receiving the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine, caller has had continued muscle pain, although not as extreme, its pretty extreme, and join pain. The patient has not been able to walk or move body in normal fashion. The patient stated that she had every side effect listed on the fact sheet at the top minus the swollen lymph nodes and injection site redness and she had two of the side effects listed under the severe allergic reactions. The patient wanted to know whether it is safe to receive the second dose of the vaccine. The patient lives in an isolated area where all through COVID-19 she tried to get information from the local medical clinics and they did not seem to stay informed. Caller states she has a doctor's appointment, and she will let them know the side effects she experienced after the first dose but she is not confident in the recommendations they might provide. Patient was given a list of side effects to look for, ones they were assuming, doesn't know if the hand out was published by Pfizer or not.The hand out listed emergency kind of side effects people were experiencing.Caller reports they are over age 65 range and knew a lot of people before her who had the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine and said they only had injection site soreness. Caller was expecting the same reaction, caller was told by the Doctor she was in pretty good shape. Caller reports she had most all of the reactions except anaphylactic reaction of not breathing after receiving first dose Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine. Caller is nervous about going for the second round of the Pfizer Covid Vaccine, is not sure how to proceed and would like that information. The case was assessed as serious medically significant for the event paralysis. It was reported that patient took Aspirin as treatment medication for pain. The outcome of the events was resolved for fever and nausea, resolving for swelling arm, unknown for swollen lymph nodes, Chills , Vaccination site pain, injection site redness, severe allergic reactions, sweat, shaky feelings, heartbeat increased, movement disorder and not resolved for all other events.