Age: 50.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Urine analysis
Clinical narrative: Itching; she got light headed; Numbness starting under her left eye, going down her cheek and the whole left side of her face, into her neck, arm and chest all the way down to her middle finger. Her pinky is still numb; pain; trouble breathing; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 50-years-old female patient received first dose of BNT162B2 (Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, solution for injection, Batch/Lot number: EL00151, NDC number and Expiry Date were unknown) via an unspecified route, administered in left arm on 14May2021 (Friday) (at the age of 50-years-old) as dose 1, single for COVID-19 immunization at pharmacy or drug store. The patient's medical history included Emphysema, COPD, Asthma, she has had 4 strokes, 7 heart attacks, she was hyperglycemic, hypertension (took Lisinopril 30 mg. She avoided taking her blood pressure medicine 3 days before the shot because she heard it can react with the Pfizer shot.), Mitral Valve Prolapse, Heart Murmur and Endocarditis; reporter said do not ask her how to spell Endocarditis, Fibromyalgia, Neuropathy, Sciatica, Hepatitis C, Arthritis and she has used Pfizer products before that is why she got it. Smoker. Needs oxygen (has previously ended up in the hospital on breathing machines). Hepatitis C (diagnosed in 2003). This was chronic, they have not decided to treat it yet. Interferon could help it, but there was something in it she cannot take. IBS (diagnosed as a teenager with this). Bipolar (diagnosed at age 16). Agent Orange Baby (diagnosed in her teens or when she was a kid). Her dad passed on to her from when he was in military. Chicken pox (she had this 7 times). Shingles (she had this 4 times. She got shingles before getting the vaccines for them). She had both Shingles Vaccines this year and because she had to wait until she was 50 to get them. She had her 2nd shot in March. She reported the pain in her arm but, no rash or itching. The second shot hurt worse than the first shot.  Migraine syndrome (diagnosed as a teenager and have gotten worse since). Fioricet was only medication that has worked for her, they have tried other medications (Imitrex and Topamax; both were not work for her migraine syndrome). She also has a history of panic disorder. She had a reaction to Imitrex, Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft; a rash, sunburn and vomiting. She reports with the Paxil she got suicidal and wanted to kill her daughter, husband and herself. She called the hospital and leave the home until the medicine got out of her system. She stayed with people who could keep an eye on her. She experienced a sunburn, itching and severe migraine with Topamax. She was on the Seroquel and the Seroquel ER. They caused her to look like she had 2nd degrees burns and she threw up like the exorcist, she had bad reactions. She was on Wellbutrin went into a coma 3 days after one pill. It was back in 1996. She was taking Prednisone. She was allergic to Marijuana and Horse Serum, Aspirin, Penicillin, Sulfur, Macrobid, Flaxin; caller could not spell the names of the medication, Kedrol; an asthma medication, Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac, Ultram, Topamax. Concomitant medication was not reported. On 14May2021, Friday at 16:00, Numbness starting under left eye, going down her cheek and the whole left side of face, into her neck, arm and chest all the way down to her middle finger. Her pinky was still numb. Lip went numb. It was explained that numbness was still ongoing and it feels about the same. Her back feels like she got hit by mack truck, pain. This pretty much within minutes of having the shot she got light headed, had pain and had trouble breathing (started when she got the first shot. It was started after 16:00 that vaccination day and it subsided on Saturday night she thinks, on 15May2021. She confirmed completely recovered from that. She had to use her inhaler due to trouble breathing). That was when the pharmacist gave her the Benadryl, something still was not right, so she used her inhaler. The pharmacist gave her 2 cup full of Benadryl, it was 50 Milliliters and it wasn't going away. She stayed for 2 hours and the light headedness got better and she was good enough to go home. She went home and all throughout the night she was not feeling good. By the next morning she had someone call the pharmacy because she does not have a phone. She called the pharmacy and told her to go to the emergency room. She was in the emergency room all night, from the afternoon into the night. The ER said it was a reaction to the shot. They sent her home then. The patient has a lot of underlying health conditions that may be the problem as well, she was not sure. Reporter confirmed the pain was in her neck, shoulders, back and lower back. She reports it was about the same as was when she got the shot. It started about the same time she got the shot.  On an unknown date, she had experienced itching. Her next shot was scheduled for 04Jun2021, she would have her liquid Benadryl, Epipen and Inhaler with her then. She did have some itching and that subsided that day were getting the shot but, it started right away. She was not feeling right, she knew something was not right. She reports the benefits outweighed the risk of getting the shot. Good Neighbor Pharmacy Liquid Antihistamine Diphenhydramine HCI oral solution (Lot: 9MK0545 and expire date: Oct2021). Patient kept referring to this medication (treatment) as Benadryl. The patient went to hospital and had a CAT scan and Chest X-ray results were normal; a COVID test in which she tested negative for COVID. They did urine and blood test but, they said it was just a reaction. Possible diagnosis of ALS. The outcome of event trouble breathing was recovered in May2021, and pain was recovered on 15May2021. The outcome of events itching and she got lightheaded' was unknown, while the outcome of the remaining event was not recovered.  Information on the lot/batch number has been requested. No follow-up attempts are completed. No further information was expected.