Age: 81.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Arthralgia, Body temperature increased, Fear, Feeling abnormal, Limb discomfort
Clinical narrative: She felt a warmness in her body after the shot within an hour, but it went away; It is painful there today, but she has not taken pain medicine. It is painful in the top of her right shoulder.; She still cannot lay on her left side.; She was afraid she was going to loose her right arm too. The left arm; funny feeling through out body; excruciating pain in left shoulder and down shoulder blade where she had her cortisone shot/It is painful in the top of her right shoulder; right arm where she got the vaccine was hurting; The muscle on the whole arm hurt/Hip was hurting; The left arm would just hang. She could not move it.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. A 81-year-old female (Patient herself) received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Lot number: EL9261, Expiration date: Unknown) via an unspecified route of administration in the right arm on 23Jan2021 24:30 at SINGLE DOSE for COVID-19 Immunization. The patients medical history included right arm/ shoulder replaced (She had her right arm/ shoulder replaced and reversed 5 years ago in Dec2015). Concomitant medication included cortisone on 07Jan2021 at 4 shots shoulder pain. On 23Jan2021 the patient experienced funny feeling through out body, excruciating pain in left shoulder and down shoulder blade where she had her cortisone shot/It is painful in the top of her right shoulder, right arm where she got the vaccine was hurting, Hip was hurting, The muscle on the whole arm hurt, She was afraid she was going to loose her right arm too. The left arm, The left arm would just hang. She could not move it, She still cannot lay on her left side, She felt a warmness in her body after the shot within an hour, but it went away. On 28Jan2021 the patient experienced It is painful there today, but she has not taken pain medicine. It is painful in the top of her right shoulder. Her Left shoulder is very bad, but she is refusing to get it done because it is a whole year of recuperation all over again. Her left shoulder gets painful so the doctor gives her cortisone shots. Three weeks prior, she had an injection of cortisone down the left shoulder blade and into the top of the shoulder. When she got home, after the COVID vaccine, she just had that funny feeling in her throat. Her body was fine. She thought she was fine. She called her brother and kids and told them she had no reaction. Then in between 20-21 that same day, all at once, she experienced excruciating pain in her left shoulder, and down her shoulder blade where she had received the Cortisone shots. Her right arm, where she got the shot was hurting as well. The muscle on the whole arm hurt. She was afraid she was going to loose her right arm too. The left arm would just hang. She could not move it. All she could do was lay down and not move. It was terrible. Sunday afternoon, she had Norco on hand, and took some of that. That helped it a little bit. Her pain level she would say was a 20 on a 1-10 scale. It was like she never had a cortisone shot. It was painful Sunday and Monday. She took a pain pill Monday morning and Monday night. Sunday night and noon time she took a Norco as well. The next day, she just took one at night, but there was still pain there. She didn't call because she kept think tomorrow it will get better. Now, finally it has subsided some. Yesterday, 28Jan2021, she had to take a pain pill because she could feel it coming back. Before that, she hadn't taken any Norco in 24 hours. It is painful there today, but she has not taken pain medicine. It is painful in the top of her right shoulder. It is like it is attacking the weakest links in her body. She can feel it in her hip too. She still cannot lay on her left side. Her right arm is still sore in the upper arm, between the elbow and shoulder. Before it was her wholearm though. She felt the funny feeling all through her body, it went up to her head. She has a therapist that works on her too. The pain was on her left side, and went right on down her body. She felt a warmness in her body after the shot within an hour, but it went away. She felt better after she left the place she got the vaccine. She had to wait her 15 minutes. She went and got something to eat, and 10 minutes later, she was feeling better. The vaccine seemed to affect everything she has been treated for. She also has a nurse that checks on her every week too, and the nurse is coming over today. Her shoulder is bone on bone. Her left shoulder gets painful so the doctor gives her cortisone shots. Three weeks prior, she had an injection of cortisone down the left shoulder blade and into the top of the shoulder. When she got home, after the COVID vaccine, she just had that funny feeling in her throat. Her body was fine. She thought she was fine. She called her brother and kids and told them she had no reaction. The outcome of the event It is painful there today, but she has not taken pain medicine. It is painful in the top of her right shoulder and She still cannot lay on her left side, The left arm would just hang. She could not move it was unknown, She felt a warmness in her body after the shot within an hour, but it went away was recovered, and outcome of all other events was recovering.  Information about lot/batch number has been requested.