Age: 35.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Gait disturbance, Gastrointestinal pain, Hypoacusis, Hypoaesthesia, Joint range of motion decreased
Clinical narrative: entire intestines hurt her; back pain/sharp pain in the lower back; Back pain felt like nerve inflammation like sciatica; Back pain felt like nerve inflammation like sciatica; sore pain in the spine area/pain can change from day to day; it can be on both sides of spine, or tailbone; right side neck pain (felt like a pulled muscle); sharp shoulder blade pain/shooting pain in the hips when she walks; right ear, it felt swollen; hearing was muted- approximately 20% hearing loss, could not hear clear sounds/partial hearing loss/ dulled, similar to wearing a thick hat/transferred to her other ear; Feeling like a pressure on her ear; little pinkish rash/pinkish marbled rash; felt woozy; felt a little drunk or funny; felt a little drunk or funny; She currently has these symptoms, limited movement; difficulty walking, can't walk fast; felt like body could not hold her weight anymore; She can't bend over without pain and is unable to get things on the bottom of the refrigerator or pots in the kitchen; jerking muscle in the left thigh and right thigh; felt a heaviness on her face, felt like a heavy mask on it even when the mask was removed; Pain is a stabbing pain very painful and then the stabbing pains come and go and feels like a pulling pain, like a nerve pain; numbness in buttocks and central part of buttocks like tingling pins and pricks; numbness in buttocks and central part of buttocks like tingling pins and pricks/tingling sensation in both hands and both feet; pain in buttocks; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 35-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), via an unspecified route of administration in right arm on 25Apr2021 at 16:15 (at the age of 35 years old)  (Lot Number: EW0176, unknown expiration) as 1st dose, single for COVID-19 immunization.  Medical history included ongoing penicilline allergy since at the age of 17 years old (manifested by breathing issues, tightness in neck, all swollen up) and currently the patient does not have a thyroid. Concomitant medications included levothyroxine sodium (SYNTHROID) and liothyronine sodium (CYTOMEL), both ongoing as the patient does not have a thyroid. The patient previously took codeine and experienced allergy (at the age of 17 years old).  A few minutes after receiving the vaccine on 25Apr2021, the patient experienced right side neck pain (felt like a pulled muscle) and sharp shoulder blade pain. She got the vaccine in her right arm but had no arm pain. Then in her right ear, it felt swollen and her hearing was muted- approximately 20% hearing loss, could not hear clear sounds. Feeling like a pressure on her ear with partial hearing loss. It was dulled, similar to wearing a thick hat. Then it transferred to her other ear.  Her face was feeling swollen, but it was not swollen, and she had a little pinkish rash but just under her mask. She didn't have any breathing problems. She asked the (name) staff member if these symptoms were normal. Patient was sitting in the waiting area of (name) pharmacy after administered the COVID-19 vaccine; all of these symptoms started happening around 3-4 minutes after receiving the vaccine. She would say within first 15 minutes after the COVID-19 vaccine was administered, it affected her other ear, where both ears had the muted hearing sensation which lasted about 2 hours. These side effects lasted about 1-2 hours and resolved on their own, no ointments were used.   About 15 minutes after receiving the vaccine, she started having back pain, felt woozy, and felt a little drunk or funny.  About 45 minutes later, she had sharp pain in the lower back, shooting pain in the hips when she walks.  She currently has these symptoms, limited movement, difficulty walking, can't walk fast.  After that, she was in bed all day and could barely make it to the bathroom. She previously was very healthy and regularly took long walks. Her back and hips feel sore. Back pain felt like nerve inflammation like sciatica where she got sharp pain in her lower back that felt like immediate inflammation. She got to the point where she was not able to sit straight, felt like body could not hold her weight anymore. She can't bend over without pain and is unable to get things on the bottom of the refrigerator or pots in the kitchen.  She is unable to wash her hands together, she felt like her back can't support her weight.  She had to wash one hand at a time.  She is unable to get out of bed regularly, she has to roll out of bed.  It has been 9 days from the vaccine and is still having shooting pains in her hips and jerking muscle in the left thigh and right thigh and it felt like nerves pulling string in the right leg which lasted only like 30-45 seconds. Before she went to the (name) pharmacy for the COVID-19 vaccine, she had never had any sorts of back issues, no strain, no health problems in that area. She told her husband she was going to have to lay on the ground or go home, so they left.  She can't walk more than 10-15 minutes. She left the pharmacy, and when she got in the car about 20 minutes after she had gotten the vaccine, she felt a heaviness on her face, felt like a heavy mask on it even when the mask was removed. She felt initially that her face was swollen, like it was pressed, but there was no visual swelling that she could see in the mirror. When she took her mask off the triangular area where the mask had covered she could see a little more of a rash, like pinkish marbled rash but it would go away in about 45 minutes to 1 hour, started to slowly fade away. She felt that if it was a rash it would be all over her face; but this area was only where the face mask had been. She had no injury that could have caused that. The pain the next day was so bad, she was not able to sit or stand. She was barely rolling out of bed, had to hold on to furniture and walls to make it to bathroom. She is still not able to fully bend down. She has limit in movement. She still has pain, it did improve since the first day; but she still gets like a sore pain in the spine area, lower spine like a shooting pain from hips to connection where her legs meet bone which is still there. The pain can change from day to day; it can be on both sides of spine, or tailbone, hips, joints from where her legs attach to the hip area. Pain is a stabbing pain very painful and then the stabbing pains come and go and feels like a pulling pain, like a nerve pain but there is constant soreness in that area; on top of that still has the stabbing pain; this has been going on for the last 9 days did not have a break from this. She has tried massaging the area, tried Bengay on her back, tried ketoprofen (Ketonal), tried Capsaicin patches, Voltaren for the pain but none of those have helped the pain. Pain is a deep pain. The only thing that has helped it is like hot or thermal water bottle that you fill up with hot water which helps mute the pain to where it is manageable and helps her fall asleep at night. She still feels pain at time of call feels like a spinal injury. She experienced for 3 days; she would say on day number 3 (in 2021), the pain moved from the lower back to the half of buttocks on both sides and started getting numbness in buttocks and central part of buttocks like tingling pins and pricks feeling for maybe a day or 2 then it resolved. She still has pain in buttocks and hips and the pain can move to lower back and will hurt in lower back. Then on 04May2021, symptoms like entire intestines hurt her, she wasn't eating, it started at night when she was going to bed; so she is thinking maybe the pain is radiating to other parts of body to like her lower abdominal area; she used the hot water rubber bottle to relax muscles. She does not have the tingling sensation in her buttocks any longer; but does have tingling sensation in both hands and both feet that she sometimes feels, it is ongoing most of the time and is pretty severe. She feels pain getting up and down, still having pain; She is glad she can walk, because before walking was not very possible for her. She also tried a little bit of a back massage where she lay on her back and kind of wobbled on massager, but it doesn't help; the pain does not feel muscular it feels like something with the nerves. When she walks, she feels pain around her spine and lower back central part of spine, hips or lower back, like someone literally stabbed her in the back. She has seen her doctor on 03May2021 and was suggested seeing a neurologist before getting her second shot which is due 17May2021. Doctor ordered a blood panel and urine test and are still waiting for results (unknown results) taken on 03May2021. The patient asked if these are side effects of the vaccine. The patient did not know if she should or should not get the second dose relative to these events as of yet; second dose is scheduled for 17May2021. No additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect. No prior vaccinations (within 4 weeks). The events resulted in physician office visit. Patient was not hospitalized.  The patient recovered from events right side neck pain (felt like a pulled muscle), "right ear, it felt swollen", partial hearing loss, pressure on her ear, little pinkish rash/pinkish marbled rash, and jerking muscle in the left thigh and right thigh on 25Apr2021. The patient also recovered from event numbness in buttocks and central part of buttocks in 2021.  The patient was recovering from events limited movement, difficulty walking, and heaviness on face. Outcome of events "felt woozy, felt a little drunk or funny", and "entire intestines hurt her" were unknown. While the patient had not yet recovered from the remaining events.   No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.