Age: 36.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Feeling abnormal, Hernia, Muscle spasms, Myalgia, Pain
Clinical narrative: shortness of breath; arm pain; body ache; mild hernia; muscle aches; pain in her lower back and sometimes her arms and joints; pain in her lower back and sometimes her arms and joints; felt like something was moving up and down/I'm feeling different; muscle spasms/muscles spasms is on my upper back left side; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer or other non hcp (patient).  A 36-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (PFIZER BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot number: Unknown, Expiration date: Unknown) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in arm right on 21Apr2021 age at vaccination 36 years as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization. Action taken with drug was unknown. Additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect was none. Medical history included mild hernia, anxiety from Jan2021 and ongoing, stress from Jan2021 and ongoing, muscle aches (pre-vaccine). The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Prior vaccinations within 4 weeks was reported as none. It was reported that she was feeling different, not sure if it was a side effect. She was having muscle spasms. She was scheduled to get the 2nd dose on Wednesday. She had her first dose on 21Apr2021. She had arm pain at the time. A few days later she noticed muscle spams and body ache. She didn't know if this could be lasting side effects or not. She had other issues her digestive issues. Her muscles spasms was on her upper back left side. Response received includes no information on muscle spasms. As the prescribing information does not include all adverse reactions that have been reported or that may occur, please consult with your doctor/healthcare provider about what you have experienced/are experiencing. Patient was asking she had a side effect after the first dose of the vaccine. Should she get the second dose. Response received includes 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 had been noticing some muscle spasms and muscle aches. They were moving all over her body. She didn't know and was not sure if the side effects last this long. She checked with her primary care who said to check with Pfizer. She did not have a serious reaction, all had been manageable. It woke her up. It was annoying. Caller confirmed vaccine as Pfizer COVID19 Vaccine. She didn't have fever, only arm pain. She was not sure and nobody was able to answer the question. She was not sure if anyone else has experienced this. She was not sure if it was mental health related, was someone experiencing long term like her. She had been experiencing muscle spasm earlier, but not as frequent. She felt something moving on her upper back and a little pressure. Surprisingly since yesterday, she hasn't felt it and she was hoping it was gone. Over the past two weeks she has felt muscle spasms. Some symptoms appeared earlier. She started to felt a little more the past two weeks. She was not sure if it was a digestive thing. She was going through other tests to find the functionality of her stomach, like liver and gallbladder. She was going through other test and the vaccine dose. Most of the doctors said it didn't have anything to do with the COVID dose and to go ahead and take it and be safe. That was the reason she wanted to see if the pain would calm down and the spasm go away. She has noticed the spasms for 2.5 weeks. It came and gone and didn't stay for long. It came and gone for maybe a half hour. She clarified when she said muscle aches she mostly felt the pain in her lower back and sometimes her arms and joints. Most of the time the pain was muscular. Her back felt sore. Her arms and legs came and gone. She went for a complaint about the spasms. She told them that she had shortness of breath. Which it wasn't like she was out of breath, it felt like a hiccup when she inhaled. It was sometimes, not all the time. The CT scan didn't show anything. Her immunity was fine. It was not that bad shape. They said it could be an infection or not. When she went to the emergency room they didn't find anything on the CT scan. She didn't have anything internally. She never had cough or phlegm or anything. It could be from spasm or it could be from hernia because it might do that sometimes. She was concerned because the doses were in between. No doctor gave the right answer. They were just assuming. She was 99% sure it was not related to the vaccine. She felt it was mental. She felt safer when taking the vaccine apart from all the things going on. Start date of all events was Apr2021. Adverse event shortness of breath resulted in Emergency room. Shortness of breath initially and felt something moving behind her chest mostly on the left side. She felt like something was moving up and down. She thought it might be infection. She was confused and went there. They said it was the upper back, couldn't find anything. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included CT for the lungs unknown (They also said her kidney, liver, and lungs all looked good. No clots), CT scan unknown (They couldn't find any health issues), endoscopy unknown (Didn't find anything except a mild hernia. They said it didn't have anything to do with the COVID vaccine and it was actually good for her) all on Apr2021. The outcome of the events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are needed. Information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.