Age: 81.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Muscular weakness, Oropharyngeal discomfort, Pain in extremity, Vaccination site discolouration
Clinical narrative: just has a throat thing that is tying to stop her from talking/she thinks it is because she doesn't have anything to drink; she couldn't lift her arm. It has continued to get worse, and she can't lift her left arm or button her shirt or do much of anything with that left arm which is the same arm as she got the injection; shoulder and upper arm are in pain; muscle is weak; black circle on her arm three inches across; it started getting rather tender and a little swollen/it was sore; it started getting rather tender and a little swollen; It is slowly fading, not as pronounced as it was a week ago; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP from medical information team.  An 81-year-old female patient received BNT162b2 omi xbb.1.5 (COMIRNATY (2023-2024 FORMULA)), on 18Dec2023 as dose 1, single (Lot number: HM7006) at the age of 81 years, in left arm for covid-19 immunisation. The patient had no relevant medical history (Medical Conditions: Patient stated she doesn't have any major ongoing conditions, she is not Diabetic and she doesn't have Lou Gehrig's or anything that causes muscle issues). There were no concomitant medications (Concomitant Medications: Patient stated she is not on anything new or different than any other time that she has gotten boosters). Vaccination history included: Covid-19 vaccine (DOSE 1; MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), for Covid-19 immunization; Covid-19 vaccine (DOSE 2; MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), for Covid-19 immunization; Covid-19 vaccine (DOSE 3 (BOOSTER); MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), for Covid-19 immunization; Covid-19 vaccine (DOSE 4 (BOOSTER); MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), for Covid-19 immunization; Covid-19 vaccine (DOSE 5 (BOOSTER); MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), for Covid-19 immunization. The following information was reported: VACCINATION SITE DISCOLOURATION (non-serious) with onset Dec2023, outcome "unknown", described as "It is slowly fading, not as pronounced as it was a week ago"; VACCINATION SITE HAEMATOMA (non-serious) with onset 18Dec2023, outcome "not recovered", described as "black circle on her arm three inches across"; VACCINATION SITE SWELLING (non-serious) with onset 18Dec2023, outcome "not recovered", described as "it started getting rather tender and a little swollen"; VACCINATION SITE PAIN (non-serious) with onset 18Dec2023, outcome "not recovered", described as "it started getting rather tender and a little swollen/it was sore"; MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (non-serious) with onset 19Dec2023, outcome "not recovered", described as "muscle is weak"; PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious) with onset 19Dec2023, outcome "not recovered", described as "she couldn't lift her arm. It has continued to get worse, and she can't lift her left arm or button her shirt or do much of anything with that left arm which is the same arm as she got the injection"; ARTHRALGIA (non-serious) with onset 19Dec2023, outcome "not recovered", described as "shoulder and upper arm are in pain"; OROPHARYNGEAL DISCOMFORT (non-serious) with onset 03Jan2024, outcome "unknown", described as "just has a throat thing that is tying to stop her from talking/she thinks it is because she doesn't have anything to drink". Additional information: Patient stated she got the vaccine early in the afternoon and by dinner she had a black circle on her arm that was 3" across. Then it started getting rather tender and a little swollen and then by the time she got up the next morning, she couldn't lift her arm. It has continued to get worse, and she can't lift her left arm or button her shirt or do much of anything with that left arm. It is her arm, not her hand, she has no problem articulating with her hand, it is lifting her arm or holding or carrying anything. Patient stated she has never had that type of reaction or anything ever with any of her other Covid Vaccines, so this was out of the ordinary. It is her Left Arm which is the same arm as she got the injection. This was her 6th Covid Injection. The following morning it was sore, but over the last 16 days it has become more so. The muscle is weak, she can't button a shirt with that hand and can't pick up a cup of coffee. Her shoulder and upper arm are in pain, feels like a sprain in your ankle where you can't put weight on it, its really strange. She has a black circle on her arm three inches across, tender, she can hardly lift her arm, or lift objects in the left arm she got the injection in. It is slowly fading, not as pronounced as it was a week ago. The circle is at the injection site, about three inches down from the shoulder, which is why she didn't initially think that much about it. When she goes and tries to reach for something its like uhhhh. She can't unhook a bra or fold laundry because both tasks require two hands. When reporting on 03Jan2024, patient stated she just has a throat thing that is tying to stop her from talking. Patient explained it started just now while she was on the phone. Patient stated she thinks it is because she doesn't have anything to drink. Patient stated she would like to know if her arm is fairly common or if this is really strange. She hasn't talked to her Doctor yet.