Age: 59.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Movement disorder, Neck pain, Nerve compression, Pain, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: can barely lift her arm to brush her hair and she feels like it is an extremely pinched nerve; Can barely lift her arm to brush her hair and she feels like it is an extremely pinched nerve; she gets an extreme sharp pain into her wrist and if she brushes her hair it goes into her shoulder to the bottom of her neck.; Her arm was just sore; Tired; Headache; It is a weird feeling; It seems like it is not going away and getting worse.; I have been having pain in my arm by injection site; I have been having pain in my arm by injection site. it have been traveling up into my neck and is causing soreness; Hard to lift arm as well; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non-HCP) for a Pfizer sponsored program COVAX US support (159558). The reporter is the patient.  A 59-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 07Sep2021 19:00 (Lot number: FD8448) at the age of 59 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Hashimoto''s" (ongoing), notes: Verbatim: Hashimoto''s, had for at least 3 years; "Cholesterol" (unspecified if ongoing); "stent", start date: Jun2020 (unspecified if ongoing); "COVID", start date: Jul2021 (unspecified if ongoing), notes: she ended up getting COVID the following month and " thyroid dysfunction" (unspecified if ongoing). Concomitant medication(s) included: BRILINTA, start date: Jun2020 (ongoing); REPATHA taken for blood cholesterol, start date: 2020 (ongoing). Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (Dose: 1st, Time: 06:30 PM, Anatomical site of injection: Left Arm, Lot Number: FA7485), administration date: 02Aug2021, when the patient was 59 years old, for Covid-19 immunization.  The following information was reported: NERVE COMPRESSION (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "can barely lift her arm to brush her hair and she feels like it is an extremely pinched nerve"; JOINT RANGE OF MOTION DECREASED (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Can barely lift her arm to brush her hair and she feels like it is an extremely pinched nerve"; PAIN (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "she gets an extreme sharp pain into her wrist and if she brushes her hair it goes into her shoulder to the bottom of her neck."; PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Her arm was just sore"; FATIGUE (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Tired"; HEADACHE (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Headache"; FEELING ABNORMAL (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "It is a weird feeling"; CONDITION AGGRAVATED (non-serious) with onset Sep2021, outcome "unknown", described as "It seems like it is not going away and getting worse."; VACCINATION SITE PAIN (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "I have been having pain in my arm by injection site"; NECK PAIN (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "I have been having pain in my arm by injection site. it has been traveling up into my neck and is causing soreness"; MOVEMENT DISORDER (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "Hard to lift arm as well". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section.  Additional information: patient concomitant included Natural Thyroid Medication (Dosage text: 100 mg) (Started at least three years ago). She thought that this would be felt just during the first week or the second week and now it seems like it is getting worse. If she lifts her arm halfway, she gets an extreme sharp pain into her wrist and if she brushes her hair it goes into her shoulder to the bottom of her neck. It is a weird feeling. If she lifts her arm halfway it is quite painful, and she is a pretty tough person. She has been waiting and it seems like it is not going away and getting worse. Primary Healthcare Professional Info: Declined zip code and email. At first caller states that her doctor is with (Withheld) but they keep getting bought out. Then she said that the name had changed to (Withheld), and they are specifically in (Withheld). She then clarifies and says that the name has actually changed three times in the last 10 years, and they are actually (Withheld) Adult and Sports Medicine. Pfizer can follow up with the doctor, but the caller hasn't gone to see her yet, so the doctor doesn't know that the caller is having these problems. She has just been waiting and waiting and wasn't going to run to the doctor because she figured that her arm would be sore and swollen or whatever and now it doesn't seem to be going away, it seems to be getting worse. To be honest it is almost a pinpoint around where the injection was, at least the start of it is. It is almost like she could pluck the spot and she can feel where it went in at. It starts there and then it radiates. She can tell that is starts from her upper arm. But the doctor doesn't know about this yet because the caller didn't make an appointment yet and she has been trying to wait to see if it would go away and it seems to not be going away and it is getting worse. She is nervous because it is on her right arm and everything that she does is with that hand. She is right hand dominant. The doctor may not know much about this, and the caller doesn't run to doctors, and she doesn't know what the doctor could even do for it. Maybe an x-ray but it isn't really an x-ray problem, it is something weird. Unless whoever administered the vaccine hit a spot that she shouldn't have. She doesn't know. Her arms aren't that thin. You could hardly feel the injection and they didn't hit something, or she probably would have screamed. Maybe who administered it hit a muscle or the needle point hit a muscle. She doesn't know, she only works for a doctors office so she doesn't know. She is a personal assistant to two doctors and a chef by trade. Event Details: Inquired for start date and caller says that when she got the vaccine her arm was just sore and then the next day it was still sore. For the first week it didn't swell up, at least she doesn't recall any swelling, but her arm felt sore and tired. Like when you have a sleepy arm her arm just felt tired. As time went on, she started to get the sharp pain and she thought that maybe it was just another side effect and she was waiting and had waited for quite a while and now she is getting nervous because depending on what she does it seriously hurts, it hurts when she lifts her arm to brush her hair, to grab clothes from the washer and when she swims. It is painful. She can't seem to stretch her arm without some kind of sharp pain running down her arm. Before it was running down only and now it is on her neck and when she lifts it up it starts to move into her neck. Like if she is grabbing a pencil or if she is out for a swim or moves her right arm it is the whole upper that hurts from her elbow to her shoulder. She says this all began after the 1st week when it was sore. She went to work the next day. She was tired and had headache, but she went to work and like she said she thought that the pain was normal. You always have aftereffects from vaccines. She let it go and now it is getting worse, and she is getting worried about it. If it was a dull pain, then she could deal with the dullness, but it is sharp and quite painful. She is a righty; she needs her right arm. History/ Investigations: She has a thyroid condition and has Hashimoto's, and her doctors knew that when she asked if it was safe to take the vaccine. Her doctor said absolutely that it is safe to take and prior to that she had a stent put in and she also spoke to her cardiologist, and he said absolutely she needed to take the COVID vaccine. That's why she had waited because she was concerned but all of doctors seemed to think that it was safe to take. The doctors that she works with said that they were concerned that she didn't have it because she works in a doctor's office, and they didn't close during COVID even though they all wear masks you're still exposed to lots of different people. She had said that as long as her cardiologist said it was okay, and he suggested it, then she would go get it. But she does have Hashimoto's and other than that no other things. She is only on a thyroid medication; it is a natural thyroid medication. Caller provided what sounded like Turptocept instead of Levothyroxine. She also takes Brilinta and she is only going to be on that for another 6 months. She is on a lower dose now than when she first started on it. She guesses that it is a blood thinner to be cautious with her stent. no other medication. She had her stent placed in Jun2020, don't quote her on the exact date but she thinks maybe it was 16Jun2020 because then she ended up getting COVID the following month and was nervous because she got really sick. She called a nurse friend and asked if there were any concerns to where she would need to go to the hospital since she had a stent 4 weeks ago and her friend said don't worry about, only go if you have breathing problems, the last place the caller would need to be is in the hospital. The caller stayed home for 3 weeks. Natural Thyroid Medication: She takes 100 mg and she started on this at least 3 years ago. The first year she was on Levothyroxine, but it wasn't doing anything. She read information and decided that she wanted to take a natural thyroid medication not a synthetic. Repatha: She is also on this medication, and she almost forgot to mention it. It is for her cholesterol. It is not a pill; it is an injection that she takes every two weeks. It is a standard pen that they ship and then she injects herself. I have been having pain in my arm by injection site. it has been traveling up into my neck and is causing soreness hard to lift arm as well. still happen as of today 11Dec2021.  Follow-up attempts are completed. No further information is expected.