Age: 62.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Back pain, Echocardiogram, Joint swelling, Lymphoedema, Peripheral swelling
Clinical narrative: She had a swelling in the injection site on both doses and both sites.; she was moving furniture and now her back is killing her; Hand and fingers swollen began/even right now her arm is swollen all the way up to her wrist/she still has puffiness in the right arm; even right now her arm is swollen all the way up to her wrist; The left arm is like fluid, she doesn't know, lymphedema, in the left arm, and she still has puffiness in the right arm.; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. This 62-year-old female consumer (patient) reported that: A 62-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number was not reported, Expiration Date: 30Apr2021), dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration in arm left on 30Apr2021 12:30 (age at vaccination was 62-year-old) as DOSE 2, 0.3 ML single dose for covid-19 immunization. Medical history included acid reflux (gastrooesophageal reflux disease), shellfish allergy, drug hypersensitivity, she has allergic reactions, she thinks it was anaesthesia, hypersensitivity. The patient concomitant medications were not reported. The patient previously received the BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number and Expiry date was not reported), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration in arm right on 08Apr2021 09:45 (age at vaccination was 62-year-old) as DOSE 1, 0.3 ML single dose for covid-19 immunization. She had to stay a little while because she has allergies to everything. On an unspecified date in 2021, she had a swelling in the injection site on both doses and both sites. They put the second dose in her left arm, and her arm has been swollen ever since, on an unspecified date in May2021 the left arm is like fluid, she doesn't know, lymphedema, in the left arm, and she still has puffiness in the right arm. on an unspecified date in Jun2021, her hand and fingers swollen began. That's what made her call the doctor, she's thinking the swelling was just a part of it, but then her hand, even right now her arm is swollen all the way up to her wrist. The first lymphedema person she went to tried to say maybe she got bit by a bug and checked her out, but it wasn't bout no bug bites. Her left arm has been swollen ever since, went all the way down to her fingers, had to run water on her hand to get the ring off her finger, swelling in wrist and up, on an unspecified date she was moving furniture and now her back is killing her. She reports her left arm swelled up after a week or two after, and she just didn't pay attention. She was just thinking maybe she slept on that side wrong or something, then it happened again and that was May2021 then Jun2021, it swelled up again. She confirms it is ongoing and has worsened. She reports the hand part is okay, began in JUN 2021 and is ongoing, she states every now and then her hand still swells, but its intermittently, persisting. She states but the wrist on up is not okay, it's ongoing, began Jun2021 and is persisting. They have done every test she can think of and she's seen a rheumatologist, and they said it's not in her joints and everybody thinks it's a side effect from the vaccine, but she hasn't ever had swelling in her arms before, and all of a sudden one is bigger than the other. The patient did not visit emergency room. The patient visit physician office. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included echocardiogram: ruled out, no fluid on her heart on Jul2021, vascular test: left arm, no blood clots on Jun2021, then 23Jul2021 she had another done at vascular medicine and they looked at both arms (vascular test) to do a comparison and there was no blood clot. Outcome of the events hand and fingers swollen began/even right now her arm is swollen all the way up to her wrist/she still has puffiness in the right arm, even right now her arm is swollen all the way up to her wrist was not recovered and rest of all events was unknown.  The lot number for the vaccine, [BNT162B2], was not provided and will be requested during follow up.