Age: 40.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pharyngeal hypoaesthesia, Product communication issue
Clinical narrative: This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient. A 40-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm left, administration date 03Aug2021 (Lot number: FA7485) at the age of 40 years as dose 1, single for Covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: PHARYNGEAL HYPOAESTHESIA (non-serious), HYPOAESTHESIA (non-serious), HYPOAESTHESIA ORAL (non-serious) all with onset 03Aug2021, outcome "recovering" and all described as "the back of her throat was numb that went to the tip of her tongue and to her nose and then the left side of her face and inside her left ear"; PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "recovering", described as "sore arm for 2 days"; FEELING ABNORMAL (non-serious) with onset 03Aug2021, outcome "recovering", described as "Weirdness"; PRODUCT COMMUNICATION ISSUE (non-serious), outcome "not recovered", described as "has sent an email to her primary care provider but they are unable to help her out and recommended her to call Pfizer"; FATIGUE (non-serious) with onset Aug2021, outcome "recovering", described as "a little tired". Additional Information: The patient did not receive any other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine. Scheduled for her second dose on 24Aug2021. However, after she received her first dose she waited the 15 mins there and left and went home. Response: As noted in the Fact Sheet for Recipients, you should not get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose of the vaccine or if you had a severe allergic reaction to any ingredient of the vaccine. The decision to receive the second dose for any other reason cannot be made by Pfizer. We refer you to speak to your healthcare provider about the risks of the vaccine compared to the risks of potentially not being fully protected against COVID-19 infection. Your healthcare provider knows your health situation and has access to information that can better help inform this decision. She was more concerned about the numbness and how it affected her and if it could get worse if she gets the second dose. Her sister also received the same vaccine and has not had any problems at all. No further details provided. Time the Vaccination Was Given: 3-3:30pm. In last week, Tuesday, she received the first dose of the Pfizer Covid19 BioNTech vaccine and about 20-25 minutes later started having weird side effects and wanted to see if other people were reporting with numbness in the back of the throat. Then the numbness traveled to the tip of her tongue and also went to the nose, left side of the face and ended up deep inside her ear and that lasted about 2 hours. She has sent an email to her primary care provider, but they are unable to help her out and recommended she to call Pfizer. She is scheduled to get the second dose and was very hesitant and not sure is she is supposed to get it. Not sure if she should get the second dose and having an allergic reaction to it because it could be worse. No further details provided. Got the first vaccine on 03Aug2021 and had the numbness feeling the same day it lasted for 2 hours and it got better. Also had a sore arm for 2 days, but that is a normal side effect and was a little tired. No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.