Age: 47.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Limb discomfort, Product administered at inappropriate site, SARS-CoV-2 antibody test
Clinical narrative: Having issues with his left arm and could not lift it above his shoulder; His shoulder was achy like a flu shot; The placement of the vaccine was wrong/he was given the vaccine in the Sub acromial/ Subdeltoid location; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non-health care professional (pa-tient) from a Pfizer sponsored program. A male patient of an unspecified age re-ceived first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injec-tion, Lot number: EL9261), via an unspecified route of administration (at the age of 47-years), adminis-tered in arm left on 13Feb2021 at 08:00 as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included ongoing type 2 diabetes mellitus and it is under control. The patient concomitant medications were not reported. The patient historical vaccine include flu shot and experienced Arm irritation (Get the arm irritation from teh flu shot but it goes away in a day or 2), and His shoulder was achy like a flu shot. No other medications took by patient except for his prescribed medications. On 14Feb2021, the patient experienced having issues with his left arm and could not lift it above his shoulder, his shoulder was achy like a flu shot. On an unspecified date in 2021, the patient stated that the placement of the vaccine was wrong/he was given the vaccine in the sub acromial/ subdeltoid location. The adverse events did not resulted in emergency room and physician office visit. Patient stated that he received his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on13Feb2021 and his second dose on 08Mar2021. Howev-er he feels as though he never received the first dose because after the first dose he started having issues with his left arm and could not lift it above his shoulder and he has also received a negative anti-body test after receiving both doses of the vaccine. He is looking for information if it would be safe about receiving a second round, meaning a third and fourth dose of the vaccine since he thinks he never received the fist dose and his immune system never recognized it because the placement of the vaccine was wrong. He states after looking on the internet he found that he was given the vaccine in the Sub acromial/ Subdeltoid location. He found an article with pictures about the Sub acromi-al/Subdeltoid COVID-19 shot.After having the first dose, he was having issues with the left shoulder and can not lift his left arm up. He said that the vaccine went into the joint and not into the left arm muscle. The caller also reported that he had a test for antibodies, but it is showing no antibodies. He is asking is it safe to get a second round of the vaccine? He said that he thinks the vaccine works, but said that he thinks they placed it in the wrong place. He thinks it went into the joint instead of the muscle. After the second dose he never got sick and stated that everyone else he knows got like mild flu like symptoms for a few hours and got a little sick that went away after a day or so. He never got those known side effects. No further details provided. His physician would not know about his symptoms.He had his shots in withheld. He said that his shoulder was achy like a flu shot. The ache was constantly there. He could not lift his arm over the shoulder level when he went to the gym with any kind of weight and that put up a red flag for him. He also received the second dose, Lot: EL9266, Expiry un-known , Location: Right arm. Description of Product Complaint Description of complaint: Caller on the line that was calling about the Covid-19 Vaccine and reported that he had the first and 2nd dose, first dose was 13Feb2021 and the second dose was 08Mar2021. The caller also reported that he had a test for antibodies, but it is showing no antibodies. After the second dose he never got sick and stated that everyone else he knows got like mild flu like symptoms for a few hours and got a little sick that went away after a day or so. He never got those known side effects. No further details provided. Product strength and count size dispensed: Covid-19 Vaccine. Additional lot numbers: EL9266. The sample of the product was not available to be returned. Packaging sealed and intact? Not provided. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included sars-cov-2 antibody test: no antibodies/negative on 27Jul2021. The vaccination facility type was reported as hospital. The culture was not performed and there was no positive result, no seroptyping done. The culture source was not specified. There are no predisposing factors. The clinical outcome for the events having issues with his left arm and could not lift it above his shoul-der, his shoulder was achy like a flu shot was reported as not recovered while for the event the placement of the vaccine was wrong/he was given the vaccine in the sub acromial/ subdeltoid location was reported as unknown.  Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.