Age: 52.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dysphagia, Eye paraesthesia, Hypoaesthesia, Limb discomfort, Paraesthesia
Clinical narrative: left hand was cold in the pinky and into half of her palm; left arm feels a little heavy; prickly feeling around her right eye; prickly feeling around her right eye and then she started feeling it in her left cheek on her face. She said that it then went to her left arm; prickly feeling in her lips. Then it went to right nostril and then to the roof of her mouth; numbing feeling in her palm and pinky in her left arm/ numbness in her left arm; difficulty swallowing; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 52-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration at the age of 52-years-old, administered in Arm Right on 04Mar2021 17:15 (Lot Number: EN6206) as single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included, rotator tear, surgery, nerve block, muscle relaxant therapy, sciatica, neuropathy, numb in her leg in her thigh and from the knee down. She had a reaction to muscle relaxers that she was taking for sciatica and stated that it caused her to go numb in her leg in her thigh and from the knee down and it took 3 months for it to go away, but she still has neuropathy in that leg since then. There were no concomitant medications. The patient previously received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration at the age of 52-years-old, administered in Arm Left on 11Feb2021 (Lot Number: EL9269) as single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Patient is a schoolteacher that was calling about the Covid-19 vaccine and reported that within 10 minutes (04Mar2021) she felt a prickly feeling around her right eye and then she started feeling it in her left cheek on her face. She said that it then went to her left arm and then she got a numbing feeling in her palm and pinky in her left arm. She had no difficulty breathing. The paramedic came and looked at her and asked her to drink the rest of her water. She waited another 30 minutes before leaving and she said that she was fine. She said that when she was leaving she felt the prickly feeling in her lips. Then it went to right nostril and then to the roof of her mouth. She still has the numbness in her left arm, palm, and pinky. She said that she took some Benadryl and it helped. At one point she did have difficulty swallowing and that is what is what prompted her to take the Benadryl. She said that she stopped and got coffee and she felt like her throat was getting hard and she had difficulty swallowing and it lasted about 2 minutes and she took Benadryl to treat it at the time. She said that the Covid-19 Vaccine gave her that same sensation as the muscle relaxer and she did not like that feeling. The numbness and prickly feeling is the same on her left arm. She said that it was on her right arm and hands, but it is not there or on her face anymore. She said that her left hand was cold in the pinky and into half of her palm (unspecified date). She said that her left arm feels a little heavy (unspecified date). She feels like it is heavy and she is trying to wake it up. That left side she had a rotator tear and she had surgery and had a nerve block. She said that it was a couple of years ago. She said that it felt like Deja Vu. Patient wanted to know if this is something that is involving her nerves? She is going to make an appointment with her physician. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of "prickly feeling around her right eye", "prickly feeling around her right eye and then she started feeling it in her left cheek on her face. She said that it then went to her left arm", "prickly feeling in her lips. Then it went to right nostril and then to the roof of her mouth", "numbing feeling in her palm and pinky in her left arm/ numbness in her left arm", difficulty swallowing. The outcome of the event paraesthesia, hypoaesthesia was not recovered, of dysphagia was recovered on 04Mar2021, while for the other events was unknown. No Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks). No Family Medical History Relevant to adverse events. No Relevant Tests.