Age: 55.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Urticaria
Clinical narrative: Hives; heat that comes from inside body that itches; itching from the inside like poking through skin; bruises; broken skin; skin raises up and spreads all over and gets bigger and bigger and gets more itchy and scratches more and skin breaks; This is a spontaneous report from a Pfizer sponsored program. A 54-year-old female contactable consumer (patient) reported.   A 54-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, formulation: Solution for injection, Batch/Lot number was not reported), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 29May2021 (age at the time of vaccination was 55-year-old) as dose 1, single, dose 2 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Left on 19Jun2021 (Batch/Lot number was not reported) as dose 2, single to prevent getting covid and my kids wanted me to get it (reported verbatim). Medical history included flushing and allergy to chemicals from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing (Caller states that she is allergic to alcohol and she has the Asian flush). Hysterectomy from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing (She had a hysterectomy 17 years ago). Additional Vaccines Administered on Same Date of the Pfizer Suspect was reported as none. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks) and any other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine was reported as none. The adverse events following prior vaccinations was reported as none. She states the only medication that she added is Metamucil powder in her smoothie every other day. She says she is pretty healthy. She has family members that also have Asian flush. She states she has several cousins who drink beer and then have red face but no hives. She has not had alcohol since she was 19 years old because she states if she does, she has to pay for it big time). Concomitant medications included plantago ovata (METAMUCIL [PLANTAGO OVATA]) taken for an unspecified indication, start and stop date were not reported. The patient did not receive any other medication prior to COVID-19 Vaccine. The patient did not experience any adverse event prior to COVID-19 Vaccine. On 29May2021, the patient reported that she had her first dose, and she was unsure what was going on, so she waited 5 weeks to see if she was thinking correctly. The caller stated she felt a heat that comes from inside her body that itches, and she scratches it without knowing and itching from the inside like poking through skin. She wakes up with hives, bruises (Hours later she notices bruising), and broken skin. She reported that skin raises up and spreads all over and gets bigger and bigger and gets more itchy and scratches more and skin breaks. Hours later she notices bruising. She stated that she was allergic to alcohol and that this happened when she comes into contact with it. Caller states she got the first vaccine on 29 May 2021 and she waited 5 weeks to get the second vaccine on 19 Jun 2021.  She did not want to make her reaction worse.  She states her pharmacist told her this was ok. Caller stated she does not know what was in the vaccine. She just wanted to call in and let us know just in case someone else has the same problem as her. Caller stated she was part of the study. She stated that anyone like her should be aware of this. Caller stated she asked pharmacist about events and was told to go to emergency room for testing. Caller stated that the ER said there is nothing to test. She stated she went to ER and told doctor her race, and most had Asian flush which was lack of digesting alcohol. She said ER could not give her steroids because of COVID, might counteract the vaccine. Caller said the ER doctor did not have information since COVID was only 6 months out. She was told to take Benadryl and use hydrocortisone.  She says Benadryl makes her sleepy so she does not take it.  Hydrocortisone does not help with the hives and didn't make the hives go away. Caller stated that her daughter got the same vaccine at the same place and did not have any problems. Treatment medication included cold shower, Benadryl, and hydrocortisone. She said Benadryl made her sleepy, so she did not take it. Outcome of all the events was reported as unknown.   Information about batch no/lot no has been requested