Age: 53.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Odynophagia, Pharyngeal swelling, Tenderness
Clinical narrative: Day 8 my throat started to feel extremely weird, swollen, hard to swallow and painful to swallow. It felt as if it was closing up.; Day 8 my throat started to feel extremely weird, swollen, hard to swallow and painful to swallow. It felt as if it was closing up.; Day 8 my throat started to feel extremely weird, swollen, hard to swallow and painful to swallow. It felt as if it was closing up.; Day 8 my throat started to feel extremely weird, swollen, hard to swallow and painful to swallow. It felt as if it was closing up.; If I feel my glands they are tender to the touch and slightly swollen.; If I feel my glands they are tender to the touch and slightly swollen.; 6th or 7th day after the shot I became extremely dizzy and nauseous. I have vertigo, so I was wondering if that was the cause so I took a 800 mg ibuprofen and went to sleep.; 6th or 7th day after the shot I became extremely dizzy and nauseous. I have vertigo, so I was wondering if that was the cause so I took a 800 mg ibuprofen and went to sleep.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer, the patient. A 53-year-old non-pregnant female patient received the first dose of BNT162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Lot Number: EW0173) via an unspecified route of administration in the left arm on 12May2021 at 10:30 (at the age of 53-years-old) as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included haemangioma of liver (reported as small hemangioma on liver), valvular heart disease nos (reported as pin size whole in valve), hernia (reported as hernia near navel) and vertigo. The patient had food and environmental allergies, multiple allergies (reported as just allergies) and Doctors stated all were minor. The patient previously had pineapples and sunflower butter and experienced fruit allergy and food allergy. The patient previously took acetylsalicylic acid (ASPIRIN) for unknown indication and experienced drug allergy. Concomitant medications taken within two weeks of vaccination included cyanocobalamin (VITAMIN B12), zinc (MANUFACTURER UNKNOWN), colecalciferol (D3), curcuma longa rhizome (TURMERIC) and ascorbic acid (VITAMIN C) all from unknown date for unknown indication. Prior to the vaccination, the patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19. Since the vaccination, the patient had not been tested for COVID-19. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination. On an unknown date in May2021, sixth or seventh day after the shot the patient became extremely dizzy and nauseous. The patient has had vertigo, so she was wondering if that was the cause so she took a 800 mg ibuprofen and went to sleep. On 20May2021, day eight her throat started to feel extremely weird, swollen, hard to swallow and painful to swallow. It felt as if it was closing up. It had felt this way at the time of report (Day 8-11) for four days. But day 11 didn't feel as swollen and not as painful to swallow as days 8-10. The patient was thinking she might be catching strep, but she did not have fever. If the patient felt her glands they were tender to the touch and slightly swollen on an unknown date in May2021. The patient has food and environmental allergies, as well aspirin. So after researching and reading up on the side effects, the patient believes she was having a delayed reaction. The events did not result in doctor or other healthcare professional office/clinic visit, emergency room/department or urgent care. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of dizzy and nauseous and included treatment with 800 mg ibuprofen on an unknown date in May2021. The clinical outcome of the event sixth or seventh day after the shot became extremely dizzy and nauseous, glands were tender to the touch and slightly swollen was not resolved, of throat started to feel extremely weird, swollen, hard to swallow and painful to swallow, it felt as if it was closing up was resolving at the time of this report.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.