Age: 66.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Sleep disorder, Vaccination site pain, Vein disorder
Clinical narrative: veins in her hands are still swollen in the arms, its like the veins popped up; Numbness in arms and Hands; Tingling in Arm and Hands; some pain in the injection arm; muscles pain in the hands; a freezing cold sensation in her hands/her hands were frozen for 3-4 seconds; I would wake up with one hand completely numb; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. A 66-year-old female patient received the first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EL1284), via an unspecified route of administration in left arm on 09Jan2021 at a single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included osteopenia and osteoporosis. She was shrinking, her height was about 5 feet 5 inches, she used to be 5 feet 7 inches. Concomitant medication included calcium carbonate, colecalciferol (CALCIUM WITH VITAMIN D3 [CALCIUM CARBONATE;COLECALCIFEROL]), fish oil, vitamin e nos (OMEGA 3 [FISH OIL;VITAMIN E NOS]), vitamin b12 [vitamin b12 nos] (VITAMIN B12 [VITAMIN B12 NOS]), and vitamin c [ascorbic acid] (VITAMIN C [ASCORBIC ACID]). It was reported that on 09Jan2021, she received the first dose of the vaccine. She started to feel tingling and numbness in both hands the same day after the vaccine was administered. She states she also had some pain in the injection arm and that the numbness/tingling was off and on and traveled to her arms occasionally. She states, "I would wake up with one hand completely numb and it was worse the first 15 days but is getting better and is a little less than before." She states she would have a freezing cold sensation in her hands occasionally and she states her veins were more prominent and visible in her hands/arms around the 13th day after getting the vaccine. She further reported that when she received the vaccine, that same afternoon she started feeling a tingling sensation in the hands and arms, also a sensation of numbness like electrical accompanied with muscle pain. The Numbness and Tingling was on and off and well as the muscles pain in the hands. It was more noticeable 13-14 days later now. She would be sleeping at night and would wake up because of the sensation in the left hand or on the other right hand. The hands would wake her up. She provides an example of its like when your foot is asleep with the pins and needles, because you had your foot squished under for a while, like the foot falling asleep but in this case she wasn't doing anything and would have that feeling. Once or Twice when having breakfast she noticed that her hands were frozen for 3-4 seconds. After the 13 or 14 days, things are milder but now she still has the sensation, its not so often but milder. She also notices the veins in her hands are still swollen in the arms, its like the veins popped up. She is still having this. She is concerned since she is suppose to get second injection on 30Jan2021, she is concerned if she should still it. She is nervous. She clarifies that the first dose was on 09Jan2021 at 10 or 10:15 AM. On the same day is when she started noticing the Numbness and tingling in the Hands and arms on 09Jan2021. She noticed the Veins popping on 22Jan2021. Caller clarifies that she has no side effects in the legs, she was just providing that comment as an example. The outcome numbness in arms and hands, tingling in arm and hands, wake up with one hand completely numb,  was recovering; pain in the injection arm, muscles pain in the hands, freezing cold sensation in her hands was unknown; and veins in her hands are still swollen in the arms was not recovered. The reporter assessed the events as non-serious.