Age: 76.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Muscle tightness, Myalgia, Nausea, Pyrexia, Throat tightness
Clinical narrative: Couldn't raise either of her arms; Chills; Low grade fever of 99.2 degrees Fahrenheit; Sick for 5 days after receiving her first Covid 19 vaccine with flu like symptoms; Throat started tightening; Jaw was sensitive to the touch/tightening of her jaw; Lymph nodes under her jaw were sensitive to the touch; Jaw was sensitive to the touch/Lymph nodes under her jaw were sensitive to the touch; Feeling more and more tired; Entire body was leaden with lethargy; All her joints were aflame; Nauseous; Pain in muscles; Pain in joints; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp (patient herself). A 76-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Formulation: solution for injection) via an unspecified route of administration in Arm Right on 09Jan2021 12:30(76-years-old at the time of vaccination), (Lot Number: EL3248; Expiration Date: Apr2021) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. Historical vaccine included cold vaccine and experienced sickness for a week (The COVID 19 vaccine is the first vaccine she's had since 1992. The last vaccine she received was called the cold vaccine. Clarified this vaccine was for the common cold). The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination. Patient reported that She was calling about the COVID 19 vaccine. On 09Jan2021, the patient experienced, throat started tightening, jaw was sensitive to the touch, lymph nodes under her jaw were sensitive to the touch, feeling more and more tired, entire body was leaden with lethargy, all her joints were aflame, nauseous, pain in muscles, pain in joints, chills, low grade fever of 99.2 degrees Fahrenheit, she was sick for 5 days after receiving her first COVID 19 vaccine with flu like symptoms and on 10Jan2021, experienced couldn't raise either of her arms. She wanted to report her side effects because her side effects were dramatic. She wanted to contribute to the research being done on the COVID 19 vaccine. She reported with the first dose of the COVID 19 vaccine she waited the 15 minutes after receiving the dose and got in her car. She lived about 20 minutes from the vaccine facility. Her throat started tightening and her jaw and lymph nodes under her jaw were sensitive to the touch. She had errands to run but she felt herself feeling more and more tired. She needed to eat something, but she hadn't. She couldn't do anything. It was like her entire body was leaden with lethargy. She went home and took a nap for a couple hours. When she woke up from her nap all her joints were aflame. She felt nauseous. She got up to go to the bathroom and went back to bed. The next time she woke up she had pain in her muscles and joints. She has a friend who is a doctor and he told her to take some Acetaminophen. She took the Acetaminophen and went back to sleep and woke up the next day. When she woke the next day on 10Jan2021, she couldn't raise either of her arms. She couldn't raise the arm she got the vaccine in or the other arm. She couldn't reach up to get things out of her cabinets. She also had chills the first night after getting the first dose of the COVID 19 vaccine. She took Acetaminophen again and it eased her muscle and joint pain. She also had a low-grade fever of 99.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Her normal body temperature is low around 97.8 degrees Fahrenheit. She reported she was sick for 5 days after receiving her first COVID 19 vaccine with flu like symptoms. She didn't feel like she could get up and do her normal life for 5 days. On the last day, day 5, most of the other symptoms had gone away. She only had fatigue. The lymph nodes were very slow going getting better as well as the tightening of her jaw, that lasted a long time. She was grateful for protection against the COVID 19 virus and would get the COVID 19 vaccines all over again, but she is not looking forward to getting a COVID 19 vaccine booster. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included body temperature: 99.2 degrees Fahrenheit on 09Jan2021 Normal body temperature is low around 97.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of, all her joints were aflame, pain in muscles, pain in joints, low grade fever of 99.2 degrees Fahrenheit as Acetaminophen. The clinical outcome of the events Jaw was sensitive to the touch/tightening of her jaw, Lymph nodes under her jaw were sensitive to the touch was recovering, Fatigue not recovered, remaining all other events were recovered on 14Jan2021.  No follow up attempts are possible. No further information is expected