Age: 59.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19-2, FLU4, COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoaesthesia, Lacrimation increased, Mastication disorder, Pain in jaw, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: Caller states that her previous Covid Vaccines were all Moderna Covid Vaccines/booster dose on 05Aug2022; Date and Time of Start of Drug: 26Sep2022; Bell's Palsy; Felt her face turning; she thought she was having a heart attack or a stroke; she can hardly eat or drink.; she can hardly eat or drink.; Little by little she felt tightness in the jaw; She thought she was having a heart attack or a stroke; She thought she was having a heart attack or a stroke; Sluggish; Pressure behind her ear on right side and neck on right side; Pressure behind her ear on right side and neck on right side; Thought she was just tired; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 59-year-old female patient received BNT162b2, BNT162b2 omi ba.4-5 (BNT162B2, BNT162B2 OMI BA.4-5), on 26Sep2022 as dose 4 (booster), single (Lot number: GH9703) at the age of 59 years, in arm for covid-19 immunisation. The patient had no relevant medical history. There were no concomitant medications. Vaccination history included: moderna coviD-19 vaccine (Dose 1), administration date: 12Mar2021, when the patient was 58-year-old, for COVID-19 Immunization, reaction(s): "sluggishness"; moderna coviD-19 vaccine (Dose 2), administration date: 19Apr2021, when the patient was 58-year-old, for COVID-19 Immunization, reaction(s): "sluggishness"; moderna coviD-19 vaccine (Dose 3 booster), administration date: 05Aug2022, when the patient was 58-year-old, for COVID-19 Immunization, reaction(s): "sluggishness".  The following information was reported: EAR DISCOMFORT (non-serious), MUSCULOSKELETAL DISCOMFORT (non-serious) all with onset 26Sep2022, outcome "unknown" and all described as "Pressure behind her ear on right side and neck on right side"; SLUGGISHNESS (non-serious) with onset 26Sep2022, outcome "unknown", described as "Sluggish"; FATIGUE (non-serious) with onset 26Sep2022, outcome "unknown", described as "Thought she was just tired"; BELL'S PALSY (hospitalization, medically significant) with onset 17Oct2022, outcome "not recovered"; FEELING ABNORMAL (hospitalization, medically significant) with onset 17Oct2022, outcome "unknown", described as "Felt her face turning; she thought she was having a heart attack or a stroke"; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (medically significant), MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (medically significant) all with onset 17Oct2022, outcome "unknown" and all described as "She thought she was having a heart attack or a stroke"; INTERCHANGE OF VACCINE PRODUCTS (hospitalization, medically significant), outcome "unknown", described as "Caller states that her previous Covid Vaccines were all Moderna Covid Vaccines/booster dose on 05Aug2022; Date and Time of Start of Drug: 26Sep2022"; MASTICATION DISORDER (medically significant), DYSPHAGIA (medically significant), outcome "unknown" and all described as "she can hardly eat or drink."; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "Little by little she felt tightness in the jaw".  The patient was hospitalized for interchange of vaccine products, bell's palsy, feeling abnormal (start date: 17Oct2022). The events "bell's palsy", "felt her face turning; she thought she was having a heart attack or a stroke", "she thought she was having a heart attack or a stroke", "she can hardly eat or drink.", "sluggish", "pressure behind her ear on right side and neck on right side", "thought she was just tired" and "little by little she felt tightness in the jaw" required physician office visit and emergency room visit. The report was assessed as non-serious. Patient reports having had the Pfizer COVID 19 Vaccine, Bivalent product on 26SEPT2022 and developed Bell's Palsy. The consumer wants to know what she can do for her symptoms as she can hardly eat or drink. Consumer states that she was wondering how she could file a claim.  She was in the emergency room on Monday and has Bell's Palsy from the Pfizer Shot.  The day after the emergency room she went to her primary care provider, and he told her that her Bell's Palsy was probably due to the Covid shot. Consumer states that she is still struggling with it. Caller mentions that she went to both the urgent care and the emergency room on Monday, and they said her symptoms were probably due to her Covid shot. Consumer states that she visited these providers on Monday, 17Oct2022. Consumer states that her symptoms started the same day as her vaccine. That same day, she felt sluggish, felt pressure behind her ear on the right side and in her neck on the right side. She thought she was just tired. Caller states that little by little she felt tightness in the jaw and her ear was like it wanted to start hurting, but it was echoing from then on. Caller states that on Monday 17Oct2022 she felt her face turning and she told her husband to take her to the hospital as she thought she was having a heart attack or a stroke.  States they went right away to the hospital and the doctor's looked her over and told her it was Bell's Palsy. Those doctors asked her if she had gotten a Covid shot lately, and they told her that is probably what caused the Bell's Palsy. The next day she went to her primary care, and he told her the same thing after he checked her over. Consumer states that her previous Covid Vaccines were all Moderna Covid Vaccines.  She received them on the following dates: 12Mar2021, 19Apr2021, and a booster dose on 05Aug2022. Additional Vaccines Administered on Same Date of the Pfizer Suspect was none. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks)  no other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine(s). Consumer states none AE(s) following prior vaccinations, then she states that she had normal sluggishness for a few hours after the Moderna Vaccines; no further information provided by the caller related to this.