Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Burning sensation, Chest pain, Condition aggravated, Malaise, Nausea
Clinical narrative: experience burning and pins and needles sensations in her arms and face/her arms were burning; experience burning and pins and needles sensations in her arms and face/she had pins and needles to her arms and face, and all over her body at random which was new and had never happened; idiopathic neuropathy spread to rest of her body; feel a burning sensation in her chest; not feeling quite right; queasy; sleep; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 72-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: EN6203; Expiration Date: 30Jun2021), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 19Feb2021 13:00 as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included baseline idiopathic peripheral neuropathy in her feet/lower legs from 2018 and ongoing (verbatim: idiopathic neuropathy), she has had numbness and tingling in her feet and lower legs from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing (She says that for a couple years she has had numbness and tingling in her feet and lower legs). Concomitant medication(s) included pregabalin (LYRICA) taken for baseline idiopathic peripheral neuropathy in her feet/lower legs, start and stop date were not reported. The patient previously took flagyl [metronidazole] and levaquin for frequent UTis. On 21Feb2021, patient experienced idiopathic neuropathy spread to rest of her body. Patient stated had baseline idiopathic peripheral neuropathy in her feet/lower legs and takes Lyrica. On 21Feb2021 she started to experience burning and pins and needles sensations in her arms and face. It as "off and on" for a week and then she started to feel a burning sensation in her chest (Feb2021). She went to the MD who recommended she not got the second dose of the vaccine. She wanted to know what to do. She reported she was on Flagyl and Levaquin a few years ago for frequent UTis and she wondered if they might have cause her to be sensitive to the vaccine ingredients. Patient took Lyrica and wanted to know if it was possible that it could have interacted with the vaccine. Patient wanted to know was there a blood test I can take that will show I am protected after only one dose, like an antibody test. She said she had questions and concerns and would like to know if anyone else had any adverse effects like those she did after, and to report that. She said her side effects that she had were way different, they were not anything like what was on the list, like muscles and headaches that kind of thing. She said she can't find anyone that has said anything about idiopathic neuropathy. She said that she had idiopathic neuropathy for a couple years, since probably 2018, and they don't know where it came from or how she got it. She said that she had it in her legs and feet, and she was not diabetic. She said that she would like to know if anyone with her condition she had before the vaccine, had this happen to them after getting the vaccine. She said that for a couple years she had numbness and tingling in her feet and lower legs. She said after she got her first dose of the vaccine it spread throughout her whole body the day after she had the shot. She said she was supposed to have her second shot on Friday, and she was terrified and doesn't wanted to have it after this. She said she went to see a doctor last Wednesday; this had not been just a couple of days, it has been off and on for a couple of weeks. Patient again stated her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination was time was at 01:00 PM Friday, then on Sunday all of a sudden, her arms were burning, and she had pins and needles to her arms and face, and all over her body at random which was new and had never happened. She said this kept up for couple days, then was off and on, then on Friday and Saturday after a couple weeks she was also not feeling quite right and was a little queasy here and there (2021). She said that she went to see the doctor on Wednesday, and they gave her some other pill to help with neuropathy and sleep (2021). No further details provided about this medication. The events were assessed as non-serious. Therapeutic measures (some other pill) were taken as a result of, idiopathic neuropathy spread to rest of her body, sleep. The clinical outcome of events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.