Age: 68.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoaesthesia oral, Lip swelling, Ophthalmological examination, Ophthalmological examination abnormal, Paraesthesia oral
Clinical narrative: They also did a vision test to check for neurological damage; they told her that everything seemed asymmetrical but she didn't agree.; Lip swelling; facial swelling; it starts to tingle.; lip was numb; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (patient) via team. A 68-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 ((PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, formulation: Solution for injection, Lot Number: EN6200) dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left arm on 22Feb2021 12:30 (at the age of 68-year-old) as single dose for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included ongoing ulcerative colitis from 1986. No relevant family medical history to AE. No vaccines administered on same date with Pfizer vaccine. No other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine. No prior AEs following vaccinations. Concomitant medications included ongoing adalimumab (HUMIRA) for ulcerative colitis from an unspecified start date (Weakens her immune systems. GI doesn't think this would have interacted with the vaccine to cause the symptoms she was having) and ongoing azathioprine taken for ulcerative colitis from an unspecified start date. The reporter stated that she had her first dose on 22Feb2021, and her 2nd dose was due a week from today. After the 1st dose, her lip was numb on 22Feb2021, on 24Feb2021, she had facial swelling, and lip swelling. The numbness and swelling in her lip have gone away, and 95% of the swelling her face has gone away, but she was concerned that she still has swelling. Stated that the swelling began on the left side in her cheek, then her eye, migrated to her forehead, and continued to spread. Her lip numbness started on the left side, then migrated to her upper lip. Stated that she didn't notice the facial swelling until a day or two after she got the vaccine. It was pretty scary. She just wanted to have a handle on it and know what she was dealing with before she called. She still has some swelling in her left cheekbone area, and a little in between her eyebrows. She noticed the numbness the day she got the vaccine, then it progressively got worse. Described it as feeling like when she went to the dentist and she got numbed for dental work, and when the feeling comes back and it starts to tingle. Stated that the swelling in her lips was down before the feeling came back in her lips. She was using ice, and taking Benadryl, and her doctor had prescribed her prednisone. She started the Prednisone on Friday, and went to Urgent Care on Monday, 01Mar2021, because she still had the swelling and numbness. They gave her Atarax, which was a little stronger than the Benadryl she was taking. They also did a vision test to check for neurological damage; they told her that everything seemed asymmetrical but she didn't agree. Her concern was about the second dose. She knows that it was totally up to her discretion as to whether or not she gets the 2nd dose, and she knows that the 1st dose was no good if she doesn't get the 2nd dose; was that correct? If she decides to wait and go with another manufacturer, how long does she have to wait before she can start another series. The outcome of the event lip was numb resolved on 05Mar2021 and the event facial swelling not resolved and unknown for other events.