Age: 69.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain in extremity, Peripheral swelling, Pharyngeal disorder, Swelling face, Urticaria
Clinical narrative: Swelling in the face and lips with hives; Swelling in the face and lips with hives; Her throat did not close up; Legs swollen; Chills; she got nauseated (intermittently, a lot of nausea); Hives all over her started as a few / really bad hives and only from the knees up; it was like she had the flu / felt ill; trouble breathing; she was so weird; Raised spot like bug bite on top of her left; she was really tired / She slept for practically the whole time the next 4 days; Weakness; the doctor said it was Covid Arm. It hurt just a little bit, no big deal. It hurt and was red around it.; the doctor said it was Covid Arm. It hurt just a little bit, no big deal. It hurt and was red around it.; Headache; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). This 69 years old female consumer received the first single dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE) on 28Apr2021 in the afternoon, in left arm, for COVID-19 immunization. No other vaccine was administered on the same day. Family medical history relevant to AEs: none. Medical history included brain surgery on 27Apr2020, heart thing, allergic to latex and metals and she was overweight. She has never had a reaction to medications. She gained 40 pounds. She was at 260, and now she was 250 because she lost 10 of that. She had for 30 or 40 years (no further details provided). Concomitant medications were none. The patient got the shot and after that they did not hold her, she just left. She did not feel the injection at all, she was wondering at first if he actually gave it to her because he was very good. She went to the grocery store. She had brain surgery last year, so she was weak anyways. After having brain surgery she could shop for, like she built up to an hour, really and had no problems. She stopped for breakfast and she was fine. She got in the store and just started walking through the store. She had trouble breathing (maybe around 45 minutes to an hour after vaccination) and was leaning on the cart because she was so weird. It went away maybe the next day or the day after. She got about three things and then went to the line and got out of the store. She went home and did not remember when the spot showed up, maybe hours after before she noticed it. It was a raised spot like a bug bite on top of her left (no further details provided). She thought a spider must have bit her. Then, she went to bed and the next day she had hives all over her which were practically on top of each other. It was really bad hives and only from the knees up for some reason, none on her toes or her feet just her knees up and it was horrible. She was tired, weak, and felt ill so she stayed in bed a lot on 28Apr2021. She slept for practically the whole time the next 4 days. She went to the doctor the day after for the hives and he said it was Covid Arm. She was not sure if she was allergic to the shot itself or like a bad reaction happened here. She went in and had them check, and he searched on the internet. That was why she will not be going back to that doctor. It hurt just a little bit, no big deal. It hurt and was red around it. It was more like Covid body. She had headache on 28Apr2021 and then chills on 29Apr2021 and it was like she had the flu only she did not throw up. Chills were intermittent and on and off all day whether she was in bed or up or under a lot of covers or not. On 02May2021 she got nauseated (intermittently, a lot of nausea). She took a lot of Benadryl. She was sleeping good because she took Benadryl. She still had headaches and she woke up with it. It was kind of dull for four days. It probably came on she was going to say almost instantly but she could have been stressed about getting the shot. At the time of report it was worse than it was. She also had swelling on her face and lips on 02May2021 but she also had hives in the same spots that it was swelling. Right at the top of her forehead, and the top of her lip but she thought it may have been a hive because she had a hive on her lip and three or four on her forehead. She thought it was more than that and there was swelling because she was allergic.  Her throat did not close up. She had legs swollen on an unknown date in May2021. She did not think this had anything to do with the shot. She did not think it was from an allergic reaction on that part. She thought she was probably allergic to it because she had so many hives. She was scared to death of getting the second one. She was feeling really good when she walked in, she was walking good and everything, and she went out to eat and the store. It was quite long but truthfully when she got out of bed, she would just go to her couch. As of last night, the trouble breathing was there but she had not been up long enough to see. She was going to therapy later. She was very vivid because she was doing so much better because of the operation. She was still feeling weak but sometimes it got better and then she got weak again. Her body was compromised and everything because of her operation.  She wanted to get the shot because she did not go out many places.  Hives all over her started as a few, so she went to the doctor because it was quite a few. The next day, they were so much worse. The patient stated she sounded like she was hypochondriac. Benadryl was all she took for treatment and took it as often as the box allowed, she thought 2 every 4 to 6 hours. The events did not require ER visit. Relevant tests: none. Chills lasted about five days off and then went away on 03May2021. Hives resolved on 05May2021. Swelling in the face and lips resolved on an unspecified date in May2021. Headache and legs swollen had not yet resolved. The other events outcome was unknown. Information on the lot/batch number has been requested.