Age: 70.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pruritus, Urticaria
Clinical narrative: hives on her abdomen and back and it is always at night; itching; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 70-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot Number: EN6201, Expiration date: Unknown) intramuscular route, administered in Left Arm on 20Feb2021 at 09:40 (70-year-old at vaccination) as Dose 2, Single for Covid-19 immunization. The patient's medical history included diagnosed allergies, compromised immune status, respiratory illness, genetic / chromosomal abnormalities, endocrine abnormalities (including diabetes) and obesity. She sometimes get site reactions if stung by a bee. She does not qualify for EPI pen because breathing was not affected. She got stung on one of her fingers and went to an Urgent Care and she got medication and a shot and by the next morning, she was swollen all the way up to elbow and thumb. She had a sack of fluid and got antibiotics for a week. She got Benadryl in shot form. She felt like something hit her ear one time. They are just site reactions, and an EPI pen would not be for her. They just called it a reaction, not an allergy. No name for antibiotic and no lot or expiration. It was several years ago. The patient's family medical history was reported as none. There were no concomitant medications. Vaccination facility type was reported as College vaccination clinic and not a military facility. No additional vaccines were administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect. The patient previously received vaccine for Shingles that people get after age 50. She cannot thought of the name of it right now. The one everybody was supposed to get from the Chicken Pox. She got a big red lump on her arm. She went to the doctor the next day. They did not give her medication and just said it was a site reaction. Unknown name of product, manufacturer, lot or expiration. All she can remember was that it was for Shingles and was also in the left arm. The patient previously received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, Lot Number: EL9264, Expiration date: Not reported) via intramuscular route administered in left arm on 30Jan2021 (70-year-old at vaccination) as Dose 1, Single for Covid-19 immunization. On 28Feb2021, the patient had experienced hives and itching on 4 different occasions. Last experienced was last night on 10Mar2021. It said sometimes people had rashes. She does not get rashes but gets hives. She asked if hives and itching have been reported showing up occasionally after vaccine. She would like to know if that was a side effect that other people have reported. She had hives on her abdomen and back and it was always at night. They started about a week after her second dose. She had it 4 times. The hives are more often. It had been several nights in between, but she had an episode Tuesday night and Wednesday night, 09Mar2021 and 10Mar2021. It was so itchy that she cannot stand it. She get up, takes 1-2 Benadryl, and after 15 to 30 minutes, it goes away, and she was fine. She provided dose of Benadryl as 25mg, with Lot PSC105, and expiration Jul2021. No emergency room or physician's office visited. She was going to her primary care doctor on 15Mar2021. No relevant lab test was provided. Investigation Assessment was not provided. No further details provided. The outcome of the events hives was not recovered, and the outcome of itching was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information was expected.