Age: 34.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dizziness, Dyspnoea, Electrocardiogram normal, Fatigue, Feeling hot
Clinical narrative: Flushing; she noticed that there was a ringing in her left ear; Experienced a weird heaviness on her upper chest and arms/ heavy legs and arms/really heavy arms and legs; experienced a weird heaviness on her upper chest and arms; really cold hands; felt really hot at the injection site/really hot sensation at injection site; lightheadedness/Light-headed; Palpitations; Feeling faint; shortness of breath; Her blood pressure went up to 134/100; paleness; went up to her face; felt tired/She was really tired and slept it off; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable nurse, who is also the patient. This 34-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE; Lot number EK5730) intramuscular in the left deltoid on 20Dec2020 at single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included ongoing asthma (diagnosed as a teenager with sports asthma and uses an inhaler). There were no concomitant medications.  The patient experienced lightheadedness/light-headed (medically significant) on 20Dec2020 with outcome of recovering, palpitations (medically significant) on 20Dec2020 with outcome of recovered on 20Dec2020, feeling faint (medically significant) on 20Dec2020 with outcome of recovered on 22Dec2020, flushing (medically significant) on 21Dec2020 with outcome of recovered on 22Dec2020, she noticed that there was a ringing in her left ear (medically significant) on 21Dec2020 with outcome of recovering, shortness of breath (medically significant) on 20Dec2020 with outcome of recovering, her blood pressure went up to 134/100 (non-serious) on 20Dec2020 with outcome of recovered on 20Dec2020, she experienced a weird heaviness on her upper chest and arms (non-serious) on 21Dec2020 with outcome of recovering, really cold hands (non-serious) on 21Dec2020 with outcome of not recovered, paleness (non-serious) in Dec2020 with outcome of unknown, felt really hot at the injection site/really hot sensation at injection site (non-serious) on 21Dec2020 with outcome of recovered on 23Dec2020, went up to her face (feeling hot) (non-serious) in Dec2020 with outcome of unknown, heavy legs and arms/really heavy arms and legs (non-serious) on 21Dec2020 with outcome of not recovered and felt tired/she was really tired and slept it off (non-serious) in Dec2020 with outcome of unknown.  The patient specified that she experienced a moderate reaction after having the COVID-19 vaccine. She had the vaccine last Sunday morning 20Dec2020. She was told to wait 20 minutes before leaving. In the waiting area, she felt lightheaded, had palpitations and was feeling faint. After 20 minutes she started feeling better. Then she started to have more intense light headedness. She went to the ER and was given oxygen. Her blood pressure was 134/100 on 20Dec2020. She had an EKG on 20Dec2020 that was normal. They gave her steroids and Benadryl. She had another episode while being injected with the steroids. On Monday 21Dec2020, she experienced a weird heaviness of her upper chest and arm. She had really cold hands and flushing. On Monday night 21Dec2020 she went to work. She experienced a really hot sensation to the injection site that went to her neck and face. Her left ear was ringing. This lasted until Tuesday 22Dec2020. She took Benadryl again on Tuesday 22Dec2020.  She had shortness of breath which started on 20Dec2020 and on 22Dec2020 she had shortness of breath that lasted until 11am. She had really heavy legs and arms and went back to the ER. She had a chest X-ray and D-dimer on 22Dec2020 that were normal per the ER. The night before the report, she had some of the same symptoms. She was really tired and slept it off. She didn't take anything. The morning of the report, she was feeling good and better. She still has heavy feeling on upper chest and arms. Caller clarifies that she did not have a heavy feeling in her legs. Her arms feel heavy if she holds her phone too long. She continues to have ringing in her ear. The flushing went up to her face. The patient specified that she developed sports asthma as a child and uses an inhaler. She gets short of breath if she overexerts herself. Additional laboratory investigations on 20Dec2020 included blood work with unknown results and Troponin which was normal. She was provided with a general steroid. She did not know the name of it. She was also given Benadryl and monitored on telemetry. She was given IV fluids again on 22Dec2020.; Sender's Comments: Based on the compatible temporal association and the known pattern of response,  the Company considers the reported events are possibly related to vaccination with BNT162B2. The impact of this report on the benefit/risk profile of the Pfizer product is evaluated as part of Pfizer procedures for safety evaluation, including the review and analysis of aggregate data for adverse events. Any safety concern identified as part of this review, as well as any appropriate action in response, will be promptly notified to Regulatory Authorities, Ethics Committees and Investigators, as appropriate.