Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Cellulitis, Grip strength decreased, Headache, Product administered at inappropriate site
Clinical narrative: looked like she had cellulitis from the COVID vaccine; vaccine was given in wrong area of her arm; pain inner elbow; no grip in thumb and forefinger; she has a big huge red lump and pain that she had to put ice on for several nights/pain at the site is letting up; severe headache; small golf ball sized blood red area/big huge red lump; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 72-year-old female patient received the second dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE, lot number: ER8732, expiry: 31Jul2021), via an unspecified route of administration administered in right arm on an unspecified date in Mar2021 (at the age of 72-year-old) as SINGLE DOSE for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient had no relevant medical history and no concomitant medications. Historical vaccine includes first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE, lot number: EN6199 and expiry date: 30Jun2021) given on the right arm on an unspecified date for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient stated that her first dose she experienced, the shot was fine. Then she said after the second dose she developed something and, a week later she went to get an allergy shot and the nurse refused to give it to her, and said it looked like she had cellulitis from the COVID vaccine on an unspecified date and also told her that the dose was given in the wrong area of her arm in Mar2021, and that she should see an urgent care or immediate care doctor. She said she did, and was told that it was a severe reaction with the vaccine not given in the right place. Patient was advised not to take injections anymore. The patient has had trouble with pain in her elbow, and her thumb and forefinger are not able to grip anything in Mar2021. The pain in her elbow was in her inner arm. It was unknown if a nerve was damaged when the tech at the vaccine site gave it, or it was given near a vein. It was given closer toward the lower part of her arm, it was not given in muscle. She said she has severe pain and no grip in forefinger and thumb of right arm. She also had a had severe headache in Mar2021, which she knew she was gonna get that. She says this issue with her lack of grip and elbow pain has been going on for two weeks, and she feels like it is something that is going to affect her for quite a while. She says she was advised not to take any more down the road due to the severe reaction, which looked horrible, it was the size of a small golf ball and was blood red in Mar2021. The patient's elbow really hurt but it doesn't bother her as much as loss of grip, she can hardly write and couldn't get something opened recently. For treatment, the patient stated that the only thing she has been using are ice packs, though she used heat when the pain was so bad. The doctor advised she take Tylenol and said it was not an infection as of right now, and said no antibiotics. The patient stated that the pain at the site was letting up, and the site was getting smaller. She said that the weakness in her elbow was getting worse, she has had it since injection, the pain ran down her arm when they did the injection, which was given closer to the inside of her arm and not the outside of her arm, which she had no idea where it was supposed to be given. She says now they said they can't give her an allergy shot until it was all cleared. Patient also stated that she was going to get allergy shots and was gonna get them in her left arm, but they refused to give them to her. The patient had not had any other recent vaccinations or started any new medications. The patient also stated that she was pretty healthy other than that nuisance with her fingers being weak. She said she was hoping this will straighten out from having this happen after being given the vaccine. She said she thought it was just a side effect when she saw the streaks and they thought it was infection, cellulitis, then she went to immediate care doctor and they advised her don't get more. The patient said she called today because she wanted to report side effects, she didn't even feel the first shot, then for the second shot she has a big huge red lump and pain that she had to put ice on for several nights. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of she has a big huge red lump and pain that she had to put ice on for several nights/pain at the site is letting up. The patient had not yet recovered from no grip in thumb and forefinger. The patient was recovering from "she has a big huge red lump and pain that she had to put ice on for several nights/pain at the site is letting up" and "small golf ball sized blood red area/big huge red lump" while outcome of the remaining events was unknown.