Age: 27.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Eye infection, Eye pain, Eye swelling, Rash
Clinical narrative: eyes; infection; rash around her eyes with severe pain/rash on the bottom of her eye up to the top and side of her eyes/on her face and skin and not on the inside of her eyes but on the outer area; rash around her eyes with severe pain; put an ice pack on her eyes and they started to swell; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 27-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, solution for injection), via unspecified route of administration, administered in the left arm on 27Jul2021 (about 4:40 to 4:45 pm) (batch/lot number and expiry date unknown) at 27 years of age as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunization administered in a pharmacy and not in a military facility. Medical history included ongoing rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed at age 14 months. There were no concomitant medications. The patient previously took Enbrel 50 mg once per week by injection that began taking many years ago. The patient did not receive prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. The patient had no additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect. The patient informed that she received the first dose of the Pfizer Biontech COVID19 vaccine on 27Jul2021 and on the following Friday morning (30Jul2021), she woke up with a rash around her eyes with severe pain. The patient informed that she put an ice pack on her eyes and they started to swell and she still has the rash on the bottom of her eye up to the top and side of her eyes and the pain went away because she had the ice pack on it. The patient informed that she already went to the doctor and gave her an antibiotic but was not working and that it was no help. It was still on her face and skin and not on the inside of her eyes but on the outer area. The patient informed that she went to the an HCP to make sure she was not getting pink eye because she has a newborn and was told it was not pink eye and it was not getting better. The patient informed that her HCP did not know what this was, and she got the Pfizer Covid vaccine and then started having this problem. The patient informed that she went to the (redacted) clinic and the HCP did not know what was wrong and gave her a medication doxycycline that did not work for the infection and it was 100 mg and she was taking one capsule by mouth every 12 hours and just started taking it yesterday and took the next dose this morning at 9:00 am but will not continue the doxycycline because it made her sick and she left work early and was vomiting and felt dizzy and lightheaded overnight and her eye was darker than when she put the ice pack on, and the redness and inflammation had gone away since then and she went to sleep. The patient informed that she had not done anything and had not itched her eyes and her eye was back to being severe red and purple like a black eye and the rash was getting worse. The patient informed that prior to receiving the vaccine, she never had issues with her eyes like no itching, no discoloration of the eyes, no swelling and no rashes around her eyes. The patient informed that she had not had something like this before and had not had prior issues with her eyes prior to the Pfizer COVID Vaccine and was feeling fine and went to sleep and woke up with her eyes like this and it was now Tuesday and her eye was still in the same position and nothing was working. The patient informed that she did go back to (pharmacy name) where she had the Pfizer Covid vaccine and the pharmacist told her to give Pfizer a call; states her reported symptoms started on the morning of 30Jul2021 and the symptoms were still that way and are the same as when they began. The patient informed that the events did not require emergency room visit, and physician office was yes. The outcome of the events was not recovered. The patient wanted to know if there is information about her side effect and its association with the vaccine. The patient was calling to ask for any information related to her symptoms and the Pfizer COVID vaccine.    The lot number for bnt162b2, was not provided and will be requested during follow up.