Age: 40.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Peripheral nerve injury, Throat clearing, Throat tightness
Clinical narrative: hard time catching her breath; throat felt a little tight; her throat felt a little tight, and she found it hard to swallow; little nervous; very lightheaded; her husband told her she looked very pale; her heart rate jumped to over 150, according to her (company name) watch; she had pins and needles up and down her entire left arm; her left arm initially felt almost totally numb from her shoulder to her finger tips, and then she felt pins and needles down the entire length of her arm.; maybe a nerve was hit when the COVID-19 Vaccine was administered in her left arm; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 40-year-old female patient received the first dose of bnt162b2 (Lot Number: EK4176), via an unspecified route of administration in left arm on 25Jan2021 12:50 at single dose for covid-19 immunization. Medical history included coeliac disease from Mar2013 and ongoing.  There were no concomitant medications. She said initially she was OK after she received the COVID-19 Vaccine. She said after about 5 minutes in from receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine, she had a hard time catching her breath, and her throat felt a little tight, and she found it hard to swallow. She said she thought she was nuts at first, and was a little nervous for a minute. She said the staff at the vaccination center made people wait 15 minutes after receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine before being allowed to leave. She said she actually spoke to the vaccination center staff while she was waiting for the 15 minutes to go by. She said she didn't say anything to the staff because she thought she might be crazy. She said she scheduled her second COVID-19 Vaccine dose, and after the 15 minutes went by, she left. She said her husband had drove her to and from the COVID-19 Vaccine facility location. She said 5 minutes into her car trip after leaving the facility, she became very lightheaded. She said her throat began to feel tight again (saying the throat tightness was worse than what she first experienced at the convention center), and she kept trying to clear her throat. She said her husband told her she looked very pale. She said her heart rate jumped to over 150, according to her Apple watch. She said she had pins and needles up and down her entire left arm. She clarified her left arm initially felt almost completely numb from her shoulder to her finger tips. She said she thought that maybe a nerve was hit when the COVID-19 Vaccine was administered in her left arm. She clarified the numbness improved in her left arm, but she still has a pins and needle sensation down the length of her left arm. Patient asked if it is OK for her to received the second COVID-19 Vaccine based on what she experienced after the first COVID-19 Vaccine dose. Reported if she would have been driving the car after she received her first COVID-19 Vaccine dose, she would have had to pull over on the side of the road because of the side effects she was experiencing. Reported the side effects she experienced in the car after leaving the vaccination facility, resolved after a couple minutes, with the exception of the pins and needles and numbness in her left arm. She said the pins and needles, and numbness in her left arm improved, but was still present. Reported she had a well visit not too long ago, and her blood work was perfectly fine. The outcome of the events Peripheral nerve injury, Pins and needles, Numbness of upper extremities was recovering, other events was recovered on 25Jan2021.