Age: 37.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pruritus, Throat irritation, Throat tightness
Clinical narrative: My daughter got her shot first, then at 2 pm I took the 50 mg of Benadryl to see if that would help with any allergic reaction. At 2:15pm I was given the Pfizer vaccine on my right arm. They had me wait for observation. After 4 minutes, I started to feel tingling on my tongue and mouth and scratchiness at my throat. And my lips turned blue. So the nurses had me lay down on the table and the nurse proceeded to inject 50 mg of Benadryl into my right arm to see if that would help. So that still didn't help and then I started feeling chest tightness and tightness in my throat as well. And then the nurses called a doctor to come see me. And he said to keep watching me and give me some oxygen and I got that. The nurses wanted to give me an epi pen but the doctor did not write it off. So then she thought that my symptoms were still not responding to the Benadryl and I had about 100mg of Benadryl in my system. So the nurses called ambulance and I was not responding to the medication. They came and checked my heart and they told me they could take me to the ER and my husband was there and he said he would take me to the ER. EMTs checked me and left. My symptoms were still not responding to the medication and I still had the numbness, chest tightness and throat tightness as well. I went to the ER and they did a chest x ray and an ECG. Every time I saw the doctor, the symptoms reduced a bit, like they weren't as severe as the onset. Doctor kept me at the ER for a few hours and doctor gave me Zyrtec and a steroid (Dimethazone). He also prescribed Zyrtec for me to pick up. So by the time I got home it was in the evening and I didn't get a chance to pick up the prescription. Then 10/2 morning, my symptoms came back with chest tightness and blue lips. Daughter was also having anaphylactic symptom. Went back to the ER that morning. They saw me and checked on my vitals and other things. The doctor prescribed epinephrine, and he gave me another antihistamine on top of the Zyrtec, Famotidine, - he added that medication and ibuprofen. Then I followed up with the nurse the following week, and then on 10/13 I had a phone appointment with NP, which I followed up with the lingering allergic reaction. Without the medication, I still react to the vaccine. So I followed up on that as well as the new onset ? chest pain, chest tightness, lip tingling, and the swelling in my lips. Also on 10/10 evening into 10/11 morning, I felt this extreme burning pain and joint pain in my right arm. The pain radiated to my arm, hand, fingers and moved to my left arm, hand, and fingers. The worst burning pain was in my right arm followed by weakness. I couldn't grip anything and I had to hold things in between my wrist without using my fingers. The tingling and the numbness was still there and itchiness all over my body. By 10/12 the burning pain radiated from my arm to other extremities such as hips legs, feet. I also felt a sharp pain in my neck, shoulder, and arm. The burning pain just left like it was burnt. When I spoke with NP, and I explained all of the new symptoms so she prescribed a new cream. She told me it was neuropathic pain and at first wanted to prescribe gabapentin, but she decided not to because of my sensitivity to medications currently. So she prescribed a numbing cream that I could use on my hands. Lidocaine ointment so I could use my hands. And instead of gabapentin, she told me to take Vitamin B6 complex to help with neuropathic pain. So I also have to follow up with her again because I got severe chest pain this week and that made me cry. She did say that my immune system right now is on overdrive due to the vaccine reaction. And that hopefully it'll stabilize in the next few weeks. So she said right now its attacking itself which is why I have all of these symptoms. And an allergic reaction that sent me to overdrive. So I still have symptoms, I still have neuropathic pain and all the other stuff. Also to add, I did have neck stiffness and jaw pain and stiffness during this time and migraines. I've had a migraine for the last few days. Also had an allergic reaction to the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine with similar symptoms. Erratic heart rate, more serious symptoms that were tied to anaphylactic reaction.