Age: 47.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Immune system disorder, Magnetic resonance imaging, Neuropathy peripheral, Oral mucosal blistering, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: neurological complication with her eyes that the doctor's thought might be a stroke; initially thought she had a TIA (transient ischemic attack); neurological palsy; a pain that she describes as "lightening bolts" throughout her body but mainly in her big toe, both hands, and scalp; did not get the second dose; sore left arm/intense lightning bolt pain in her big toes/between her thumb and fore finger; blisters in her mouth; intense lightning bolt pain that was in her skull area right along her scalp; Maybe her immune system went crazy; nerve issues came up from her sore left arm, up the left side of her neck, and the left side of her head; shingles on the face; lost feeling in different parts of her body that started on the left side and then moved to the right side /numbness and weakness in right foot/ right leg/right hand; weakness /numbness and weakness in right foot / weakness and numbness on the left side of her body; doctor's thought might be a stroke; she might have had Guillian-Barre Syndrome; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp. A 47-years-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Batch/Lot Number: EN6206), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration in left arm on 04Mar2021 (at the age of 47-years-old) as single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included autoimmune disorder, interstitial cystitis and father's side has a lot of heart problems like arrhythmias, heart attacks, and strokes. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient didn't receive any other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine (prior vaccination was none). The patient experienced neurological complication with her eyes that the doctor's thought might be a stroke, initially thought she had a tia, doctor's thought might be a stroke and she might have had guillian-barre syndrome, nerve issues came up from her sore left arm, up the left side of her neck, and the left side of her head, shingles on the face, lost feeling in different parts of her body that started on the left side and then moved to the right side /numbness and weakness in right foot /numbness and weakness in lower part of her right leg /numbness and weakness in her right hand, a pain that she describes as lightening bolts throughout her body but mainly in her big toe, both hands, and scalp on an unspecified date, did not get the second dose on an unspecified date, sore left arm/intense lightning bolt pain in her big toes/between her thumb and fore finger, blisters in her on, intense lightning bolt pain that was in her skull area right along her scalp, maybe her immune system went crazy on Mar2021 and neurological palsy on an unspecified date. AE resulted in both emergency room and physician's office. The patient was hospitalized for neurological complication with her eyes that the doctor's thought might be a stroke and initially thought she had a tia from Mar2021 to an unknown date for 1 days. Seriousness criteria for the events Guillian-Barre Syndrome and cerebro vascular accident was medically significant and remaining events assess as non-serious. She started losing feeling in different parts of her body. It was really bad for about 3 to 4 weeks. She still struggled with it. She tried to avoid certain foods that she had found make her symptoms worse. She tried to keep her symptoms at bay. The shingles progressed and maybe 3 to 4 days into the shingles she had the strange event that happened with her eyes. She called the rescue squad to take her to the hospital. At the hospital, she had MRI scans out the wazoo. Relayed to caller that since she did experience what was considered to be a severe reaction to the first dose of the vaccine that it was considered to be contraindicated for her to receive the second dose. The patient was an educator and having kids around so took COVID-19 vaccine. She could not take pain relievers because it made the numbness worse. She had tried to take Ibuprofen, she only took one and realized it was not going to be the solution. She did not have the bottle or package for the Ibuprofen. After that she tried ice and Epsom salt and anything else over the counter for treatment. She thought she was going to die, like her heart was not working properly. When she went to the urgent care she had an EKG and the EKG did show her heart was skipping beats and not doing beats right. The doctor told her she was not having a heart attack but it was very scary. The shingles started in her mouth and came up the left side of her face, cheek, it followed a little nerve path. The shingles missed her eye and instead was on her eyelid and in her ear and the left side of her scalp. Only a little in her hair. Patient reported that she got her flu vaccine every year and has had all her vaccines as a child and never had anything like this happen before and reported she does have a family history of autoimmune disorders and her mother had nerve problems when she got older. Her fathers side has a lot of heart problems like arrhythmias, heart attacks, and strokes. Maybe her immune system went crazy because it was naturally responding to the Covid 19 vaccine and triggered some problems early. It was hard for her to call Pfizer today. She had not been vocal because she wanted people who want to get the Covid 19 vaccine to get it and did not want to be a negative influence. She felt like Pfizer needs to know what happened to her and did not know if other people have experienced this. Her daughter wanted to get the Pfizer Covid 19 vaccine but she was terrified for her daughter to get it. She was asking for information on what she experienced and if there was any information for her daughter for guidance. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included blood test, electrocardiogram and magnetic resonance imaging wnl on Mar2021 within normal Limits. The outcome of the events doctor's thought might be a stroke, shingles on the face was not recovered and neurological palsy, she might have had Guillian-Barre Syndrome, lost feeling in different parts of her body that started on the left side and then moved to the right side /numbness and weakness in right foot/ numbness and weakness in lower part of her right leg /numbness and weakness in her right hand, maybe her nerves are not quite back to normal was recovering and outcome for all remaining events was unknown.