Age: 60.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Pruritus
Clinical narrative: It was kind of faint before that and it wasn't really gone but he could tell it was the same itch because it felt like one little skin cell or something the size of a needle was bouncing around; itching; It was pretty intense when it started on that first day but it didn't last long enough to really bother, bother him; The patient stated that the itching was full body, not only at the injection site, it was his scalp and even his toes.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 60-year-old male patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2 reported as PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 1 at vaccination age of 60-year-old via an unspecified route of administration on 09Apr2021 (Lot Number: EP7533) as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunization. The patient medical history was none. There were no concomitant medications. The patient reported that the first dose of the Pfizer was on 09Apr2021 and he had no intentions of getting the second dose until now when the Delta variant seems to be spreading. The patient inquired if this has been a reported side effect was a normal reaction that he had with the 1st dose. He added that he got the shot and didn't really feel anything, so he went to work after he got it. The day that the patient received the vaccine (09Apr2021), he began to have itching about 1.5 hours later. The itching was not widespread at once but more like "one tiny skin cell or needle point" one at a time bouncing around his body. He also mentioned that he wasn't itching all over, but it felt like it was just one tiny skin cell at a time, but it was kind of bouncing all over his whole body. It only lasted no longer than 3 minutes and then it would stop and then it would go away for hours and come back again and jump all over his body. The itching sensation would be present for only 2-3 minutes and then go away for a few hours, as well as a few weeks at a time but remained intermittently occurring until just last week (Jul2021). He further mentioned that it went away for a week and he was thinking that if he goes back and gets the second that it may start back again. The patient stated that the itching was full body, not only at the injection site (09Apr2021), it was his scalp and even his toes. It went away for a week and he was thinking that if he goes back and gets the second that it may start back again. He had gone and got Benadryl, but it never lasted long enough to really take the Benadryl. It kept going and lasted for a while and it really just stopped recently completely. It would go away for days and come back all of a sudden but pretty slowly and it wasn't as intense as when it started (09Apr2021). He has placed a call to his healthcare professional and has not received a phone call back from them. He may choose to go to the office to speak with him since he is not sure why they are not calling him back. He mentioned that if it's a common side effect he will go ahead and "take it" (not specified). It was further reported that it was kind of faint (09Apr2021) before that and it wasn't really gone but he could tell it was the same itch because it felt like one little skin cell or something the size of a needle was bouncing around. It was pretty intense when it started on that first day, but it didn't last long enough to really bother, bother him. It ended completely in the end of Jul2021. The outcome of the event itching and vaccination site pruritus recovered on Jul2021 while the outcome of the other events was unknown.  Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.