Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Burning sensation, Erythema, Pain in extremity, Rash
Clinical narrative: Horrible burning and redness on her feet/Caller states her feet turned red like a fire engine; a COVID arm with a rash on her arm; Horrible burning and redness on her feet/Caller states her feet turned red like a fire engine, and they were burning; Her arm hurt very little; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 73 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (COMIRNATY) (Batch/Lot number: unknown) as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: ERYTHEMA (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "Horrible burning and redness on her feet/Caller states her feet turned red like a fire engine"; RASH (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "a COVID arm with a rash on her arm"; BURNING SENSATION (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "Horrible burning and redness on her feet/Caller states her feet turned red like a fire engine, and they were burning"; PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "Her arm hurt very little". Additional information: After her 1st vaccine she developed a COVID arm with a rash on her arm. She then stated she had horrible burning and redness on her feet before taking her second vaccine. She is trying to decide if she will take the booster dose or not. Declined to complete a full safety report. Other hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., rash, pruritus, urticaria, angioedema) have been reported following administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine outside of clinical trials. LAB-1450-15.0 Revised: 20 October 2021. Caller would like to know in the clinical trials, when people had such reactions like the hypersensitivities, did they continue to take the second shot. Caller states that she is scared to take the booster due to her reaction and her HCP feels as though she should switch to Moderna. The caller feels "that the devil you know is better than the devil you dont know." She doesn't want to have a "horrendous reaction" and she doesn't want her reaction to "morph into anaphylaxis. Serious Adverse Events Serious adverse events from Dose 1 through up to 30 days after Dose 2 in ongoing follow-up were reported by 0.4% of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine recipients. Caller states after the first vaccine, her arm hurt very little. Caller states, before the second vaccine, she got a rash on her arm, Covid arm. Caller states her feet turned red like a fire engine, and they were burning. Caller states she had to put them in cold water and ice cubes. Caller states that effect with her feet, lasted through the second vaccine. Caller states she had it for 3 weeks and then it went away. Caller confirms that she is in (Privacy). Caller states she is not sure if she wants to get the booster vaccine. Caller states she has discussed it with her doctor, and he recommended that she get the Moderna booster.   No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.