Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Burning sensation, Condition aggravated, Fear, Feeling abnormal, Hypersensitivity
Clinical narrative: her throat, her face, her nose and her scalp began burning from the inside/She felt like it was burning on the inside of her body; her lips were burning; caller stated that the pharmacist said she is allergic; she eats something hot it reactivates that burning feeling she had on the inside of her ear and the inside of her face.; The caller clarified that her scalp is burning as well, when she eats hot foods, and it is awful.; she was not really feeling well.; was very scared and hesitant to take the vaccine because of her allergies; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 73-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2, Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Solution for injection), via an unspecified route of administration on 08May2021 (Batch/Lot number was not reported) as single dose for covid-19 immunisation at a local hospital. Medical history included hypersensitivity (She mentioned being a very allergic person and was very scared and hesitant to take the vaccine because of her allergies), food allergy (She added that a month ago, she could not drink coffee without milk, and now she can have coffee. But the symptom gets reactivated by certain food and is sporadic). Patient is also allergic to Macrobid (clarithromycin) and sulfa (Sulfa) and experienced skin burning sensation. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. On 08May2021, following administration of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, she experienced the following symptoms: her throat, her face, her nose and her scalp began burning from the inside. she felt like burning on the inside of her body. She took benadryl and xanax and they did not help. Patient called the ambulance and went to the hospital. The patient stated that when she went to the hospital where they gave her a high dose of Tylenol but she said she kept feeling that way for the next 4 days and stated that now if she eats something hot it reactivates that burning feeling she had on the inside of her ear and the inside of her face. She clarified that her scalp is burning as well, when she eats hot foods, and it is awful and stated that she never knows what to eat and she has to eat her scrambled eggs cold. She reported that the symptoms affecting her scalp, her face, her nose, her sinuses, her hands, extremities and left foot. She described the symptom like little knives, felt like burning. She did not have the typical headache, her lips were burning. No swelling reported. She said that she was not really feeling well. She mentioned being a very allergic person and was very scared and hesitant to take the vaccine because of her allergies. She further added that they gave her a throat lozenge at the hospital. She has an appointment with her doctor on 21Jun2021. When she reported this experience to her doctor, he said to drink fluids and it will go away. She mentioned that she was to get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, but it was removed from the market because of the blood clots reports. Outcome of the events was reported as unknown.  Information on the lot/batch number has been requested.