Age: 48.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Nervousness, Pain in jaw, Sinus pain, Swelling face, Tension
Clinical narrative: Jaw pain; Swelling on her face; Her face was hurting/cheeks were hurting/facial pain; Feels "like shaking inside her body"/She was very nervous to take something/Her inside were nervous/The inside of her body was shaking without physically shaking; So nervous that her heartbeat became fast; Pressure in her ear; Pressure in her sinuses; She is tense, so tense.; She wanted to shake but she could not; She is not just herself; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp (patient). A 48-year-old female patient received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot number: EW0150, Expiration date: Unknown) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm left on 30Mar2021 at 18:30 (age at vaccination 48-years-old) as DOSE 1, SINGLE for COVID-19 immunization. The patient medical history was reported as none. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Patient did not receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine. First and second dose anatomical location was reported as left arm, even though they put right arm on the email. On 30Mar2021, the patient experienced 2 hours later she started to feel jaw pain, swelling on her face, her face was hurting/cheeks were hurting/facial pain, felt like shaking inside her body/she was very nervous to take something/her inside were nervous/the inside of her body was shaking without physically shaking, so nervous that her heartbeat became fast, pressure in her ear, pressure in her sinuses, she was tense, so tense, she wanted to shake but she could not and she was not just herself. It was reported that jaw pain, swelling on her face, facial pain, she also felt like shaking inside her body, she was so nervous that her heartbeat became fast, the side effects had improved but she was not at 100%. The day before the vaccination she was stressed out for various reasons, she took advil way after the jaw pain became present. The nervousness was still inside her. She was supposed to receive the second dose of the vaccine next tuesday. She also wanted to know if her side effects were reported. During the call patient stated that she knew that the COVID-19 vaccine can affect the glands of the recipient. Response included as noted in the fact sheet for recipients, you should not get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose of the vaccine or if you had a severe allergic reaction to any ingredient of the vaccine. The decision to receive the second dose for any other reason cannot be made by Pfizer. We refer you to speak to your healthcare provider about the risks of the vaccine compared to the risks of potentially not being fully protected against COVID-19 infection. Your healthcare provider knew your health situation and had access to information that can better help inform this decision. Patient´s daughter wanted to remove the hair under her arm with laser and wanted to know how long after receiving the vaccine should she wait to go under this procedure, caller stated that she knew that the vaccine could affect the glands of the recipient. Response included no specific information on special precautions for patients who want to remove their hair with laser while taking the vaccine. Caller took advil after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Response included according to the CDC, ibuprofen can be taken after vaccination to treat the side effects of the vaccination if medically appropriate, it was not recommended to take this medication to try to prevent the side effects of the vaccine. On 30Mar2021, which was a tuesday two weeks ago. She received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. She got it in a state (state name redacted). She got home and about a hour and 30 min to two hours later she developed jaw pain and her face was hurting. Her cheeks were hurting. She thought maybe it was her salivary gland or something. She was nervous and stressed on monday, the day before the vaccine. She was stressed that day about other stuff going on in her life too. She was not sick. She did not have a fever. She got the shot and developed the jaw pain and face swelling. It was not noticeable from the outside, but she could feel it. It hurt when she would lay down on her side. It would hurt on her face and her cheeks. She did not take anything. She just lived with it. She was very nervous to take something. She wanted to shake but she could not. It was like she was shaking on the inside. Her insides were nervous. She wished someone could have given her a calming medicine to help. She did not know what to do. The inside of her body was shaking without physically shaking. This started about 2 hours after the vaccine, and it would come and go. It went away monday or tuesday of this week. She had pressure in her ear and pressure in her sinuses. Right now there was still some pain in her jaw but it had improved. The nervousness had not gone. She did not know why her heart beats fast sometimes. She was scheduled for the second dose this tuesday. She was not sure if she was going to get it at this point. She would like more information. She wants an opinion. Pfizer had reports of people reporting this. She did not have a prescribing doctor. No HCP information provided. It was a drive through where she got the vaccine. The face pain had gone away. The nervousness was not gone. Her heart got fast. She was tense, so tense. She did not know if it was because she got scared or what. It had improved a little bit. All of her side effects improved. She was not just herself. They all started on 30Mar2021 about 2 hours later. Seriousness of all the events were reported as non serious. Investigation assessment was reported as no. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of the adverse event jaw pain with advil. The outcome of the events her face was hurting/cheeks were hurting/facial pain was recovered on an unspecified date in 2021 and other events were recovering.  Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.