Age: 49.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dyspnoea, Erythema, Hypersensitivity, Hypoaesthesia, Malaise
Clinical narrative: Allergic reaction; itching from head to toe; rash; broken vessels in cheeks, turned red; difficulty breathing; arm went numb; was not feeling good; blotchy; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 49-years-old female patient received the first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), via an unspecified route of administration administered in right arm on 25Mar2021 14:30 (Batch/Lot Number: EN6207) as single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient medical history and concomitant medications were none. No prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. The patient experienced itching from head to toe on 25Mar2021 with outcome of not recovered, rash on 25Mar2021 with outcome of not recovered, broken vessels in cheeks, turned red on 25Mar2021 with outcome of not recovered, difficulty breathing on 25Mar2021 with outcome of recovering, allergic reaction, arm went numb, was not feeling good and blotchy on 25Mar2021 with outcome of unknown. The events itching from head to toe, rash, broken blood vessels in cheeks and difficulty breathing require a visit to Emergency Room. No relevant tests. Clincial course reported as follow: Patient received her first dose 25Mar2021 and within 3 hours she was in the Emergency Department. She had an allergic reaction. She has had itching and rash since receiving the shot. The allergic reaction wasn't even 5 minutes of getting the shot her arm went numb and she thought she's in trouble and was this normal. She asked people running the clinic and asked if this was normal and they said no never heard of that. After that itching started. Itching started at her head and moved to her face and then her entire body. She had a rash on her face, neck and chest. The blood vessels broke in her cheeks. She knew she should have some diphenhydramine hydrochloride (BENADRYL) and the emergency department didn't have any there. The staff made her wait for 30 minutes after her injection. She was not feeling good. It was hard for her to take a deep breath, and to catch her breath after 30 minutes of waiting there. Then she drove herself to store and got diphenhydramine hydrochloride, and drove herself home, she was not feeling any better and took the diphenhydramine hydrochloride. She called her doctor's office. It was like an hour after the shot and she told them at the doctor's office she was blotchy, itchy, and having trouble breathing. She talked to the nurse and was advised she must got to the Emergency Department. The nurse told her that the staff should not have let her leave the facility where had shot administered and should have called an ambulance and did not. The staff did not even have diphenhydramine hydrochloride. She went to the Emergency Department and she was still itchy. It had been since 25Mar2021. The rash was mainly on both sides of her neck and under her ears. It comes and goes. She confirmed outcome as persisting. The broken vessels, turned red, under her eyes were no better. She would get spells of difficulty breathing. She couldn't get a deep breath for about a week after the shot and it has gotten better.  No follow-up attempts are needed. No further information is expected.