Age: 65.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypoaesthesia, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: having excruciating pain in the right arm; the arm is numb; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team for a The reporter is the patient.  A 65 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 22May2021 (Lot number: EW0172) at the age of 65 years as dose 2, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "Diabetic" (unspecified if ongoing); "Ulcer" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Verbatim: Had ulcer a few years ago. Concomitant medication(s) included: OMEPRAZOLE taken for gastric ulcer (ongoing). Vaccination history included: Bnt162b2 (First dose, LOT: EN9581), administration date: 24Apr2021, for COVID-19 immunisation. The following information was reported: PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious) with onset 23May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "having excruciating pain in the right arm"; HYPOAESTHESIA (non-serious) with onset May2021, outcome "not recovered", described as "the arm is numb". The events "having excruciating pain in the right arm" and "the arm is numb" were evaluated at the physician office visit. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of pain in extremity, hypoaesthesia.  Additional information: Caller had received both doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine in May2021 and her last dose was on 22May2021. Caller states she is concerned because since then she has been having excruciating pain in the right arm and the arm is numb. Caller states this has been going on for two and a half months. Caller would like to know why is she still having all this pain after such a long time since receiving the vaccine? Caller stated her doctor told her to take aspirin and she couldn't take it everyday because of her stomach so she didn't know what to do for it. Unable to offer survey caller disconnected call. The patient is not enrolled but requested assistance from the program. The caller received the Covid vaccine and has been suffering. It has been months later and she has had excruciating pain in her arm, 2 months later and, her whole arm is numb. She is calling to report that. Clarified with the caller that she is referring to the Pfizer Covid vaccine. She had it 22May2021. Primary / Prescribing Healthcare Professional Info: Declined to provide. She all ready went to him and he asked her to take 3 Aspirin 3 times a day. She can't do that because of her stomach. Excruciating pain in right arm: Has had pain since she got the shot. She got the shot 22May2021. It started 23May2021 in the morning. Whole right arm numb: 99 percent of the time, she has pain, the other 1 percent of the time, her whole arm is numb. She does not understand why this has been going on since May2021. It makes no sense. The numbness started about 2 weeks ago. Does not have the excruciating pain every day. She has the pain and then maybe the next day, the numbness in the arm started. Then, it goes back to pain the next day. Clarified that it is either numbness or pain and does not have them at the same time. The pain has gotten worse and the numbness has stayed about the same. Treatment: When the pain started, she started taking Aspirin and called the doctor about it. She was taking aspirin 3 times a day but, it was tearing up her stomach. She had already had an ulcer and felt like it was coming back. The ulcer was from a few years ago. She stopped taking the aspirin and would lay on the couch and cry because it hurts. She stopped taking the aspirin maybe a couple of weeks ago. She has taken nothing else. Treatment medication(s) included: Walmart brand aspirin, Equate, Dose: 500mg tablet, 500 tablets in the bottle, LOT: AD26H, EXP: Jan 2024.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.