Age: 51.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Bell's palsy, Gait disturbance, Muscle tightness, Neck pain, Pain
Clinical narrative: whole body was like paralyzed and he couldn't even move; face got paralyzed/ paralyzed his face; Bell's Palsy; body was all stiff and neck; nerve issues/nerve damage; pain in back of his neck, down to his shoulder area where the shots were taken/ all in the right side, right shoulder, right ear; pain in back of his neck, down to his shoulder area where the shots were taken/ all in the right side, right shoulder, right ear; pain in back of his neck, down to his shoulder area where the shots were taken/ all in the right side, right shoulder, right ear; pain in back of his neck, down to his shoulder area where the shots were taken/ all in the right side, right shoulder, right ear; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team, Program ID: (Unknown). The reporter is the patient.  A 51-year-old male patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), on 15Mar2022 as dose 3 (booster), single (Lot number: FK9894) at the age of 51 years, in right arm for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "blood pressure" (unspecified if ongoing); "Psoriasis" (unspecified if ongoing). The patient took concomitant medications which included unknown blood pressure medication and unknown medication for psoriasis. Patient has been taking medication for psoriasis for a few years, since right when COVID started, only takes a half a dose, (dose) was really strong. Vaccination history included: BNT162b2 (dose 1, Lot number: FA6780), administration date: 10Aug2021, when the patient was 50-year-old, for COVID-19 immunization, reaction(s): "vaccination failure", "COVID-19"; BNT162b2 (dose 2, Lot number: FC3183), administration date: 31Aug2021, when the patient was 50-year-old, for COVID-19 immunization, reaction(s): "vaccination failure", "COVID-19". The following information was reported: BELL'S PALSY (medically significant) with onset Mar2022, outcome "unknown"; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS (non-serious) with onset Mar2022, outcome "unknown", described as "body was all stiff and neck"; FACIAL PARALYSIS (medically significant) with onset Mar2022, outcome "unknown", described as "face got paralyzed/ paralyzed his face"; NERVE INJURY (non-serious) with onset Mar2022, outcome "not recovered", described as "nerve issues/nerve damage"; NECK PAIN (non-serious), ARTHRALGIA (non-serious), VACCINATION SITE PAIN (non-serious), EAR PAIN (non-serious) all with onset Mar2022, outcome "unknown" and all described as "pain in back of his neck, down to his shoulder area where the shots were taken/ all in the right side, right shoulder, right ear"; PARALYSIS (medically significant) with onset 15Mar2022, outcome "unknown", described as "whole body was like paralyzed and he couldn't even move". The events "whole body was like paralyzed and he couldn't even move", "face got paralyzed/ paralyzed his face", "bell's palsy", "body was all stiff and neck", "nerve issues/nerve damage" and "pain in back of his neck, down to his shoulder area where the shots were taken/ all in the right side, right shoulder, right ear" required physician office visit and emergency room visit. The clinical course was as follows: Patient reported that the COVID booster gave him Bell's palsy and he still had nerve damage. When he smiled, he noticed in eye brows and he started getting pain in back of his neck, down to his shoulder area where the shots were taken. Bell's palsy has gone back to 90 percent but not normal. Pain was not as severe as it was the first time; it has subsided but, pain was still there periodically. Pain was in back of neck, down to shoulder area, right around ear; it was the muscle or nerves, where the shots were done. He clarified this was all in the right side, right shoulder, right ear. Patient went to the emergency room (ER) and they explained that he should not have taken the booster and should have waited 3 months. When he went to the ER, he was there for a while and they gave him pain medication. He was not admitted to the hospital. It was like 2 weeks prior to taking COVID booster that he tested positive for COVID. Patient said it was most definitely the booster shot because, the day he took it, that night, his whole body was like paralyzed and he couldn't even move. It was Bell's palsy and he didn't move until 2 days later. His body was all stiff and neck. he couldn't move and everything else was stuck. It subsided a couple of days after that, 2 days later. Then, face started drooping and neck had the pain. He thought he was going to die, it was hurting so bad. The first doctor said it was caused by the booster. Then, for some reason, someone called back and said it was not enough known about the vaccine to say that the vaccine would have caused it. Everybody else said it was related to the booster. The doctors said they didn't have enough to say that this was the booster. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of paralysis, facial paralysis, bell's palsy, musculoskeletal stiffness, nerve injury, neck pain, arthralgia, vaccination site pain, ear pain. Patient has had acupuncture that really helped a lot for the pain. He had to get his own physician because nobody was helping him. He couldn't stand the pain any longer. The doctor gave him some pills for nerves, to relax the nerves in the neck. They just made the pain even worse. It was so bad, they gave him a topical ointment for nerves, which seemed to work and has been using it.