Age: 54.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Back pain, Hypoaesthesia, Myalgia, Nerve injury
Clinical narrative: Felt a pain in my upper left back shoulder area, shooting pain down my arm and fingers numb/tingle. It felt like nerve damage; Felt a pain in my upper left back shoulder area, shooting pain down my arm and fingers numb/tingle. It felt like nerve damage; Felt a pain in my upper left back shoulder area, shooting pain down my arm and fingers numb/tingle. It felt like nerve damage; Felt a pain in my upper left back shoulder area, shooting pain down my arm and fingers numb/tingle. It felt like nerve damage; Felt a pain in my upper left back shoulder area, shooting pain down my arm and fingers numb/tingle. It felt like nerve damage; feeling of pins and needles in her left hand; Shoulder and back pains; Muscle pain that radiates down her arm; Muscle pain that radiates down her arm; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (the patient). A 54-years-old non-pregnant female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number: EP7533), via an unspecified route of administration, in left arm on 14Apr2021 at 09:45 (at the age of 54-years-old) as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient's concomitant medications included vitamins (unspecified). The patient was not allergic to any medications, food, or other products. No other vaccines in four weeks. Prior to vaccination, the patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19. The patient was not pregnant at the time of vaccination. On 14Apr2021 (reported as approximately 30 minutes after), the patient felt a pain in her upper left back shoulder area, shooting pain down her arm and fingers numb/tingle. It felt like nerve damage. On an unspecified date in Apr2021, she had shoulder and back pains, muscle pain that radiates down her arm. She will not be getting the second dose because of these. Clinical course included: the patient reported that she had a pain in back by shoulder by muscle that radiates down her left arm like stinger. She had shoulder and back pains. Stated that her fingers have feeling of pins and needles in left hand (numb). She wanted to find out what can be done to get pain to go away and if this is normal for her to experience. Stated that it brought her to tears. Stated that she has a muscle relaxer and a steroid, that both she has been on for three days and it still hurts on the pill. Later clarified muscle relaxer as methocarbamol (expiry date: 04Aug2022) pills in an orange-coloured bottle and the steroid as prednisone (expiry date: 20Apr2022) pills in an orange-coloured bottle. Stated that she normally uses her glasses to read the labels. It has been 8 days and she was still in pain. The adverse events resulted doctor or other healthcare professional office/clinic visit. The patient received treatment for adverse events with doctor prescribed methocarbamol pills and prednisone pills for pain. Since the vaccination, the patient has not been tested for COVID-19. The outcome of events was not resolved.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.