Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Alopecia, Madarosis, Peripheral swelling
Clinical narrative: swelling on her arms and legs; swelling on her arms and legs; her hair was falling out as well as her eyelashes and eyebrows; her hair was falling out as well as her eyelashes and eyebrows; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team.  A female patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), as dose number unknown, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: PERIPHERAL SWELLING (non-serious), PERIPHERAL SWELLING (non-serious), outcome "unknown" and all described as "swelling on her arms and legs"; ALOPECIA (non-serious), MADAROSIS (non-serious), outcome "unknown" and all described as "her hair was falling out as well as her eyelashes and eyebrows".  Additional Information: caller stated that she experienced side effects after the 2nd booster of the Pfizer-Biontech Covid vaccine and it has been going on for a year. Caller has hair loss, inflammation wherein there is fluid accumulation on her legs which she had taken off at the hospital, has inability to walk very well and is unable to drive. Caller also has horrible headaches. Caller wanted to know if these are possible side effects of the vaccine and if so, how long could they last. Caller also wanted to know if these have been reported before.  As per caller, she got the 1st and 2nd dose of the vaccine as soon as it came out out and she had her 1st booster dose on October last year. Caller said that after a week and a half of getting the 2nd booster, she felt "yucky," tired, and a little under the weather on the 2nd day where she didn't get out of bed all day, was unable to eat, and was also nauseous. By the 3rd day, she said she was better and at the end of that day, she already felt good. On the 4th day, she was already back to normal.   Caller said that for the 1st 2 doses, she felt thrilled because they were lucky they didn't have any problems with the the 1st dose and 2nd dose, however she didn't realize that she also has other problems that don't go away and they might be caused by the vaccine because she had read some of the other people's side effects online. Caller mentioned that her leg started to swell up along with her left knee. She said that this went for 3 weeks and that it got worse and worse. She said she went to an orthopedic doctor where she was told she "had swelling and inflammation on the knee" and that there is "inflammation of the tendon on the back of her leg and there is fluid surrounding her knee caused by a cyst behind it." She also mentioned that this already got drained however, after getting the 2nd dose, the swelling came back again. Caller added that her leg is 3 times its size again. Caller said "I'm not gonna go through it again" and "it's been over 8 months, it still hadn't gone down. Some days are just better than the others." Caller also mentioned having vision problems where she couldn't pinpoint where they're coming from. She added that she never had Covid and she never was sick. Caller also said that her hair has been falling out and although her doctor told her it's normal for some medication, she claims that her hair hasn't fallen out despite being on the same medication for 10 years. With this, caller suspects that her symptoms are from the vaccine because she knows a woman who had the same exact issues where she had swelling on her arms and legs, her hair was falling out as well as her eyelashes and eyebrows. Caller also added that [Withheld] had said that this happened to her as well, but in her case, she had Covid while the caller did not. Caller asked if Covid vaccinations cause hair loss, inflammation, swelling, skin rashes, itching including her genital area, and feet feeling tingly and numb. Caller also asked if others have called in to report the side effects she has. Caller specifically asked for data post-marketing and not during the clinical studies.  The information on the batch/lot number for BNT162b2 has been requested and will be submitted if and when received.