Age: 45.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Pharyngeal paraesthesia, Photophobia, Sluggishness, Tension headache, Throat tightness
Clinical narrative: She got her vaccine, she felt ok and they told her to walk around. She went up one aisle and wrapped around, felt dizzy, came around the other aisle to go back to have a sit in the waiting area instead of waiting around. The dizziness got worse and she began to get pressure/headache. One of the techs saw her sitting down and she asked if she was OK, and she informed her that she was not and not feeling well, that she was dizzy and had a headache. She told her to have a seat for the 15 minutes and that maybe she needed to sit down a while. A minute or 2 later her throat started tingling, similar to her reaction to pineapples. She started coughing, and at that point another tech was walking back from somewhere and asked her if she was ok and she informed her that her throat was feeling like it was about to close. She asked if she had just received the vaccine, and told her that she was not feeling well. At the same time with the tingling of her throat her mouth began to itch, felt like an allergic reaction to something. She told her she would get her some water and some Benadryl. They had her take the Benadryl which she took and they had her sit there and the 15 minutes had passed. All of a sudden her mouth started, in the corners of her mouth first started going numb. She was thinking what was happening, and the longer she sat there the numbness went from the corners of her mouth to the tip of her nose like she had anesthesia from a dentist. The numbness went down to her chin area across her whole entire mouth. The tech said and asked if she was getting numbness on her mouth and she told her yes, and she said the same thing happened to her and that she should be fine. She told her that she felt like her whole face was going numb. The other tech that gave her the Benadryl told her that she needed to get home before the Benadryl kicked in before she wasn't able to drive home. She went home, laid down, and her throat was feeling better. The next day her headache was gone, the dizziness was gone, but the numbness had not gone and she still could not feel her mouth. That portion of her face in her cheek and the area from the tip of her nose to her chin. She then called on 6/8/22 the pharmacy and informed them that the symptoms had not gone away, and that is when the pharmacist made the report that we already have on file (2313040). He spoke to the techs that were there at the time of her vaccine, and apologized for what had taken place and that she should have never been sent home, and that the reactions were not good after receiving the vaccine. He then informed her that he would not give her another vaccine due to her reaction. He did ask her in detail what the techs had told her. They told her that they would see her in a couple of weeks for her next vaccine, and he said that NO they will not see her and to consider herself exempt and that she should not receive another dose of the vaccine. She did not see a doctor as she does not have one and had no insurance and could not afford for her to go to the UC. Once she went home and Benadryl took effect she no longer felt that her life was in danger.  About 2 days after she spoke with the pharmacist the numbness had gone away, 6/10/22-6/11/22. She has not had any other symptoms since she got the numbness back. She felt very tired, sluggish, just very exhausted feeling like she could not do a lot for several weeks up to a month after the vaccine. She actually started feeling better sometime in July. She could barely do her normal routine, and no energy to do anything else and would come home and rest. She has a history of migraines when she was in her 20's, and has noticed that she has been having migraines more often since the vaccine. She has had 3 major migraines situations since the vaccine, sensitive to the light, nausea, tension headache which has happened twice. The first time she had that feeling she was able to lie down and had been off of work and just had the pressure behind her eyes and able to catch them early and take medicine to relieve her symptoms. The other two she was not able to catch and lost 2 days of work from these symptoms.