Age: 71.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Swollen tongue, Tongue disorder, Vaccination site pain
Clinical narrative: Paralysis; Sore for four days\Arm was very sore; Mild headache; Mild nausea; throbbing pain temple; tongue swells; lips felt numb/her tongue went numb; Heaviness to her tongue; flu like symptoms; her face a has a feeling of numbness on her right side; asthma; allergies/Food allergy/completed for initial report (PRD 30Apr2021, SRD 01May2021) and FU#1 (PRD 29Apr2021, SRD 01May2021); the second shot hurts; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable consumer (patient reported for herself). A 71-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection), dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration on 25Mar2021 at the age of 71 years old (Batch/Lot number: ER8732, expiration date: 31Jul2021) as 2nd dose, single for covid-19 immunisation. Medical history included asthma, some allergy, seasonal allergies, allergy to mold, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. Concomitant medications were not reported. The patient previous received the first dose of bnt162b2 on 04Mar2021 (Lot Number: En6199, Expiration Date:30Jun2021) at the age of 71 years old for covid-19 immunisation and what happened was just this injection site was hurting for about 4 days and she just had some fever and nausea. The patient asked if Pfizer had provided a statement on the need for a booster dose (3rd dose), if Pfizer was investigating the need for a booster dose, if she would receive a Pfizer dose. The patient reported that usual her arm did not even swell. Sore for four days. She did not take anything. Mild headache. She could not stand the smell of chicken for instance. Mild nausea. Second dose, throbbing pain temple. She had asthma, allergies. Took Tylenol. Five and half hours later she craved salad. She had had Haig tabbouleh. Fresh lemon. She did react to walnuts, tomatoes. Her tongue swells. She took one taste of the tabbouleh. Her lips felt numb. Heaviness to her tongue. She called the nurse. On-call Dr Food allergy. Suggested she went to bed. Arm was very sore. She took a Ibuprofen. By that night, flu like symptoms. Just went to bed. Her own doctor. That was the vaccine. Immune system was working. Paralysis. eggplant. Do you think it could cause food allergies? The patient hesitant to take a booster dose. As of 29Apr2021, patient reported she got her first shot on 04Mar2021 and her 2nd shot on 25Mar2021. She was surprised at herself that was not sacred. She had been sheltering at home for a year as she came under the critical category. Patient further stated she had reaction she thought to the vaccine from second shot so she wanted to report it and she needed some clarification on that she did reported this last week about it (further clarification unknown). She just wanted some reassurance and because what happened was, from the first shot she was fine she had been tested there for 30minutes of 15 for her allergies and asthma was fier. So, what happened was just this injection site was hurting for about 4 days and  she just had some fever and nausea but the second shot hurts and hours after the second shot she wanted to eat something and so she ate some salad. For Weight, Consumer stated was about 165 pounds, she had not weighed herself lately. For Treatment: Consumer stated she came back she did take Tylenol for the pain and for the headache. Consumer further stated she had been waiting to talk to you not for the headache but because she had reaction when she ate something. She ate salad and she had eaten the salad before and it had some lemon juice, olive oil and it was cracked with tomatoes and cucumber and parsley and she had eaten the one my whole life and these particular take out that, she took from grocery for the salad. So, when she ate it, it bothered her tongue just a little bit because her tongue reacted when she eat citrus fruits like tomatoes and spicy things. So, what happened was as soon as she took a taste of this salad, her tongue went numb like she had a Novocaine shot (further clarification unknown), her lips went numb, her face a has a feeling of numbness on her right side and it lasted for 8 hours and she talked to her doctor and he said, it was food allergy or it may due to be a vaccine. Investigation Assessment was no. The outcome of the events was unknown.