Age: 80.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Investigation, Ultrasound scan, Vaccination site pain
Clinical narrative: a terrible burning on her shoulder where the shot was given, it kept doing down her elbow to her hand.; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP). The reporter is the patient.  A 80 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm left, administration date 03Mar2021 14:20 (Lot number: EN6205) at the age of 80 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "sciatic nerve pain" (ongoing); "high blood pressure" (ongoing); "diabetes type 2" (unspecified if ongoing); "if her back hurts" (unspecified if ongoing); "allergic to the TB test" (unspecified if ongoing); "operation on her from her ear problem, an mastoidectomy of her left ear", start date: 1961 (unspecified if ongoing); "sciatic nerve pain" (ongoing). Family history included: "TB" (unspecified if ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: LOSARTAN taken for hypertension (ongoing); BACLOFEN taken for neuralgia (ongoing); ALEVE taken for back pain (ongoing). Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (First Dose lot number EL9265), administration date: 03Feb2021, when the patient was 80 years old, for Covid-19 immunization; Tb vaccination, administration date: 1964, reaction(s): "huge boil". The following information was reported: VACCINATION SITE PAIN (non-serious), outcome "not recovered", described as "a terrible burning on her shoulder where the shot was given, it kept doing down her elbow to her hand.". The event "a terrible burning on her shoulder where the shot was given, it kept doing down her elbow to her hand." was evaluated at the emergency room visit. Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of vaccination site pain.  Additional information: The caller is calling about the second shot of the COVID 19, Pfizer. She says she had a reaction after she had it, after a week she started to react, she had a terrible burning on her shoulder where the shot was given, it kept doing down her elbow to her hand. Yesterday she went to the emergency room in. She says she would like this to be on her record and gives consent to continue with this report. Event Details: She says it is right where she got the shot and now in the morning when she woke up there was no more burning. She said the doctor told her to get Tylenol and just an anti-inflammatory, they gave her 2 Tylenol and a Motrin. She says from the time of the shot when they gave it to her, she didn't feel anything until after 4 or 5 days after the shot. She says she got up this morning and still feels exactly where the shot was given to her. She says she doesn't feel it all the time but that's when she feels terrible pain starting where the shot was given to her. She says yesterday she had to go to the emergency room. She said it felt like pins and needles. She says on 14Apr2021 she went to the ER, yesterday morning her son took her, and she saw Dr. History: She says she has sciatic nerve because she fell, she did get a lumbar shot a year ago from her doctor because of her sciatic and sometimes, not very often, she takes Baclofen. Lumbar shot information not provided. She says she hardly has any headaches; is her back hurts she would take Aleve. Investigations: She says she got an ultrasound of arm and she had in the information in her cardiovascular, they both look good. She says the ultrasound was negative, no artery blockage or anything. Time the Vaccination Was Given: She says second dose was around 2:20 in the afternoon. She says the first dose was also around 2:20 in the afternoon, between 2:20 and 3:30. She says the first dose was 3:30 and the second dose was 2:20. No Prior Vaccinations within 4 weeks. AE following prior vaccinations She says she has never had a flu shot or pneumonia shot. She says for the TB vaccination they gave her TB shot; she knew she was positive because of family history, but on way going overseas with her husband they said she had to take TB shot. She says it was the most terrible reaction ever, a huge boil, at least 4 inches high on her left arm again, 2 large boils full of fluid. She says the date was 1964 and they gave it to her overseas. She says he husband was in the army. She does now know the NCD, lot number, or expiration date of the TB vaccination she received. Patient's Medical History including any illness at time of vaccination She denies being sick at the time of vaccination. Family Medical History Relevant to AE(s): She says no, that was all she had of her medical history. She says she has 3 children and one operation on her from her ear problem, an mastoidectomy of her left ear, that was all done in 1961.   No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.