Age: 40.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Urticaria, Vaccination site pain
Clinical narrative: shingles type blistering, weeping, oozing and kind of on fire type of feeling; shingles type blistering, weeping, oozing and kind of on fire type of feeling; shingles type blistering, weeping, oozing and kind of on fire type of feeling; hives and a rash that continues to get worse; hives and a rash that continues to get worse; When clothes touching it hurts, it is very uncomfortable; injection site soreness; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable registered nurse, the patient. This 40-year-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Lot Number: EW0151; Expiration Date: 01Jul2021) via an intramuscular route of administration in the left arm on 14Apr2021 09:00 (at the age of 40-year-old) as single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included anxiety depression. Concomitant medication included bupropion hydrochloride (WELLBUTRIN XL) taken for 15 years (2006) and ongoing for anxiety depression. The patient did not have any allergies to medications, food, or other products. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination. On 14Apr2021, the patient experienced some expected injection site soreness. On Friday evening 16Apr2021, the patient broke out in hives and rash that continued to get worse. The patient described the hives started on right side of neck and now is on her face on the right side and neck, on left breast and right lower abdomen which spread around the back down on the leg and on the left bikini line on the groin. She stated now it is like shingles type blistering, weeping, oozing and kind of on fire type of feeling. It is mostly on the right side and there are some spots on the left. When clothes touching it hurts, it is very uncomfortable. She had a friend/physician to call in for her for oral steroids but don't seem to be doing much. The patient clarified the oral steroids as a MEDROL Dose pack, methylprednisolone 4mg tablets, and she only one full-day worth so far, she took all 6 tablets for yesterday (19Apr2021) and has taken one tablet so far today with doses being titrate down daily. It is not any worse than yesterday, but it has not started getting any better either. The patient stated that she has nothing on the left arm where she got the injection, no rash on left arm. Her second dose is scheduled 05May2021 and she does not know if she should get it. The clinical outcome of the event injection site soreness was resolved on 16Apr2021 while the events "hives and a rash that continues to get worse", "shingles type blistering, weeping, oozing and kind of on fire type of feeling" and "When clothes touching it hurts, it is very uncomfortable" were not resolved.; Sender's Comments: Based on temporal association, a contributory role of BNT162b2 to the events of broke out in hives and rash,  blistering, weeping, oozing and kind of on fire type of feeling cannot be excluded. The impact of this report on the benefit/risk profile of the Pfizer product is evaluated as part of Pfizer procedures for safety evaluation, including the review and analysis of aggregate data for adverse events. Any safety concern identified as part of this review, as well as any appropriate action in response, will be promptly notified to Regulatory Authorities, Ethics Committees and Investigators, as appropriate.