Age: 58.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Biopsy skin, Biopsy skin normal, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: she felt a numbness and tingling on the left side of her face, that went down to her neck, and on top of her hand; she felt a numbness and tingling on the left side of her face, that went down to her neck, and on top of her hand; she felt 'prickliness' throughout her whole body; Numbness in feet, legs, mid calf, both sides of buttocks, and abdomen; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 58-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, formulation: Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: Unknown) via an unspecified route of administration on 10Apr2021 (at the age of 58-years-old) as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. The patient medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. On 10Apr2021 the patient experienced within half an hour after 1st dose, she felt a numbness and tingling on the left side of her face, that went down to her neck, and on top of her hand. She added that she had a similar reaction 20 years ago after she received the flu shot. Consumer mentioned that the numbness and tingling seemed to dissipate within 24 hours. She said she informed the nurse about her history with the flu shot but was told that she was okay to receive the 1st dose. 2 weeks after the 1st dose, she felt prickliness throughout her whole body, like a rash was about to happen, but it didn't. Then on the 2-week mark, on 25Apr2021, the numbness and tingling on her left side, and on the top of her hand came back. After 24Apr2021, she felt numbness on her feet, and midway calf up. There was numbness on both sides of her buttocks, and legs, and across her abdomen. She did mention that her abdomen, and the left cheek of her buttocks are better, but her calves are still numb. She also said that the numbness moved around her body, and her left forearm. The numbness in her buttocks and abdomen was better but she continues to have it in her calves. She said her limbs are numb. Consumer also mentioned that she haok not received the 2nd dose yet. She also mentioned that she was not obese, overweight, and sickly. She wants to know what she can expect over the course of her reaction. She said it had already been 2 months already. She said she had numerous test and does not know what else she should do. She wants to know if what she had was an allergic reaction or something else. She wants to know what ingredient of the vaccine could have caused her reaction, and if PEG allergy might have caused it. She said she was sure that the reaction she had was caused by the vaccine. Consumer wanted to know if Pfizer adjusts the dosage of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for individuals 6 months to 12 years of age. She also wants to know if the dose for children is the same with the dose for adults. States as of this morning she has a referral to go to an allergist to get tested for PEG allergy, was there a pattern of a reaction like the one she has described? Where it starts out just a little then comes back worse in like 2 weeks? Anyone else with this pattern related to numbness and tingling in the body? Do the symptoms resolve over time? Stated that she was not going to put another toxin in her body. She wants to know how long until the symptoms resolve. Have they tied the vaccine to a PEG allergy or toxicity or something? Stated she has spent close to 3000 dollars on test, blood test, ultrasound of her calf, a biopsy on her legs to check for small fiber neuropathy, and now she was going for allergy testing. Event reported as non-serious. Outcome of the events was unknown.  Information on lot number/batch number has been requested.