Age: 54.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Body temperature increased, Formication, Pain, Peripheral swelling
Clinical narrative: rash all over the body/ rash on torso; Temperature 103.9/Fever up to 103; felt like her body was being attacked inside, stinging all over inside and settled in the joints/pain; felt like an army of ants were crawling and attacking inside; Pain all over but especially in joints; Arm swelled; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 54-year-old non-pregnant female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 04Mar2021 at 05:30 AM (Batch/Lot number and expiry date were not reported) (at the age of 54-years-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient was not pregnant at time of vaccination. Medical history included brain trauma that has resulted in some chronic health issues. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine and did not receive any other medications within 2 weeks of vaccination. The patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to vaccination and has not been tested for COVID-19 since the vaccination. Concomitant medications were not reported. On 04Mar2021, the patient received the first dose and she had an immediate reaction which lasted almost 14 days. She called the County health department and they told her that it was normal to have that reaction that severe for some people and that she can receive her second vaccine and she spoke with her doctor who said that she will not go forward until they figure out what happened. She was told by the County to take Tylenol and go to bed for a while. The patient had a rash all over the body and had a temperature of 103.9. She felt like her body was being attacked inside, stinging all over inside and settled in the joints. She felt better for approximately two weeks, 14 days not great but better. She felt little better and on 24Apr2021, she experienced the exact same reaction that is 10 times worse and it settled in her joints, which has been awful and it was not going away and she changed 4 doctors now and they all said there was nothing that they can do when you have a reaction to the vaccine. Patient was asking if there is something that she can do so that maybe she can get her life and body back and she was very sick and doesn't know what to do. Upon follow up on 09Jun2021, seriousness criteria was reported as disabling /incapacitating. On 04Mar2021 at 05:45, the patient experienced an immediate reaction: the patient's arm swelled, felt like an army of ants were crawling and attacking inside, had fever up to 103 and did not break with Tylenol (directed to take and told this all was normal). The patient also had rash on torso, pain all over but especially in joints. Patient gradually felt better after fourteen days. Then on 04Apr2021 (as reported), she had the very same reaction but so much worse and it has never left, except for no rash. The fever lasted 14 days but is gone. She saw the doctor to assure it wasn't something other than the shot and assured he could not see that it was anything else and it would take a while to dissipate. Patient saw a functional medicine doctor to treat naturally, to no avail. She saw her primary physician who also has no idea how to treat. The adverse event resulted in a doctor or other healthcare professional office/clinic visit. The outcome of the events joint pain, stinging, arm swelled and rash all over the body was not recovered, while for fever was recovered on 18Mar2021.  Information on the batch/lot number has been requested.