Age: 60.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Paraesthesia, Peripheral coldness
Clinical narrative: flushing/ felt feverish and it was not a rash, she just felt flushed; hot/ felt really hot; soreness in the arm; little headache; experiencing tingling in hands and feet (mostly in feet); experiencing tingling in hands and feet (mostly in feet) and they feel cold; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable nurse (patient). A 60-year-old female patient received second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EK9231) via unspecified route on left upper arm at single dose for COVID-19 immunization on 05Jan2021, 12:30pm at 60-year-old. Medical history included: ongoing diabetes type 2; ongoing gout; went through menopause 10 years ago (2011). She had pulmonary emboli 3 years ago (2018) and had some scar tissue but not on oxygen though she did get short of breath. No relevant family medical history. The only reactions she has ever had was 15 years ago (2006), she had a CAT scan and experienced hives the next day due to the contrast medium. She thought it had since been changed as she had had it twice since then and was given diphenhydramine hydrochloride (BENADRYL) but experienced nothing again. Concomitant medication included: ongoing dulaglutide (TRULICITY) for diabetes type 2 and ongoing oral medication (unspecified) for gout. No additional vaccines administered on same date of BNT162B2. The patient previously took first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, lot number: EJ1685) single dose for COVID-19 immunization on 19Dec2020 around 12pm and 2 pm. The patient previously got the flu shot (unspecified) every year, 3 years ago (in 2018) she got the shingles vaccine and had also had the pneumonia vaccine (in 2018) but never experienced anything from those products. The patient previously took allopurinol for pulmonary emboli and had had no reoccurrence. She took warfarin for short of breath. The patient had flushing on 05Jan2021, she was hot and turned red like a cherry. She had an episode where she felt really hot like hot flashes or almost like she was flushed. Her face was red as beet and her arm and hands were red, this lasted about an hour and she took ibuprofen (ADVIL) for it. It seemed to be resolved but had come and gone through the night. She was up checking on her puppies so that was how she noticed. She had taken her temperature and it had been 97.6-98.1 which was normal for her, but she was still getting the hot flashes and flushing. She felt feverish and it was not a rash, she just felt flushed. After the vaccine, the patient reported soreness in the arm on 05Jan2021. The patient was experiencing tingling in hands and feet (mostly in feet) on 05Jan2021 and they feel cold. Tingling started about 45 minutes to an hour after the dose. The first time lasted 3-4 hours and then went away. It came back in the middle of the night for a couple hours and then again this morning. This morning it had been going on for 2-3 hours and was still going on right now; it started about 6:30am-7am. They feel cold but her feet were really cold. She had socks and slippers on, but they didn't seem to get warm. She went on to explain that her hands and feet have profusion. During this she had checked her pulse ox (oximetry) related to her cold hands and it had been 92-95% (on unknown date) which was good. She had also checked her pedal pulses even though they were cold, and a little they were a little on white side, they blanch although might be a little slow but nothing alarming. The patient had a little headache on 05Jan2021. Other than that, the patient felt fine. No emergency room or physician office visited. No relevant tests. Action taken for BNT162B2 was not applicable. Outcome of the events flushing, hot/ felt really hot, soreness in the arm, tingling in hands and feet (mostly in feet) and they feel cold was not resolved; outcome of the other events was unknown. Causality assessment between the Pfizer product (BNT162B2) and the events (tingling, flushing, soreness in the arm) per the reporter was reported as related.