Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoaesthesia, Hypoaesthesia oral
Clinical narrative: The left side of her jaw, lip, shoulder where she got the shot, and tip of tongue went numb; The left side of her jaw, lip, shoulder where she got the shot, and tip of tongue went numb; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient) via medical information team. A female patient of unspecified age received first dose of bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VAC-CINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number and Expiration date was not reported) via an unspecified route of administration on an unspecified date as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. The patient medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. On an unspecified date, the patient experienced left side of her jaw, lip, shoulder where she got the shot, and tip of tongue went numb. Patient stated that after receiving the first dose, her tongue became a little tight underneath and then the tip of her tongue went numb like somebody gave her Novocain, going into her jaw and into the side of her jaw. Patient also reported that this numbness went a little bit down into the same arm that she received her injection. Patient stated that this lasted strongly for about an hour or 45 minutes and then reports still having some numbness in the jaw. She stated took Benadryl and went to bed. Patient stated that on 05Mar2021 the feeling was just in one little spot on her jaw, not the whole jaw, and states it feels like when the Novocain was going out of your mouth. Patient would like to know if it was safe for her to receive the second dose of the vaccine. Patient stated that she has already spoken to her nurse practitioner about this but states that he/she does not actually believe in getting the vaccine and recommended the patient not take it. Patient also reports that in the past she received injections of a prednisone or cortisone type material in her neck and lower back and with one of those injections experienced throat swelling, couldn't hardly talk, retaining fluids really badly and had to go to the emergency room. Patient would like to know if any of these injections contain the same ingredients as the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, specifically polyethylene glycol. Patient was concerned that she may need allergy testing done before the administration of her second dose of the vaccine. She has a question. She got her first Pfizer COVID immunization. The left side of her jaw, lip, shoulder where she got the shot, and tip of tongue went numb. Has Pfizer seen others have this. It was like the tongue got tight underneath then it felt like the tip of her tongue was numb. Then it was the bottom lip, chin, jaw, and into the shoulder where the vaccine was given. She reported it online through V-safe already. Reference Number: She just got an email from all true and it asked if she had any symptoms. She put that down, but otherwise she felt good. It started 14 minutes after the shot. She had since left and drove home. The patient was treated for the events with Benadryl. The events were considered as non-serious by the reporter. The outcome of the events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.