Age: 64.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Dysphagia, Muscle tightness, Pharyngeal hypoaesthesia, Rash, SARS-CoV-2 test
Clinical narrative: She's just experiencing now pain in the right arm, at the injection site; bilateral rash four inches up from my hip bone; numbness in the back of her throat like when shot up with Novocaine; she could barely move her jaw, her jaw was tight; her jaw was tight and she couldn't swallow that well; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 64-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, formulation: Solution for injection, Lot number and expiry date were not reported) via unspecified route of administration in right outer upper arm on 08Mar2021 10:30 at 1st dose, 0.3 ml single for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included shingles a year ago, allergy to latex gloves and allergy to newspaper ink. She takes no medications and doesn't have any conditions that she knows of. She didn't take medicine at all. Concomitant medication not reported (No other medication within 2 weeks of vaccination). previously she took influenza vaccine. She had no reaction at all. She usually gets the flu vaccine because she traveled a lot prior to COVID (flu vaccine in Nov 2020 or Dec 2020). No other vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the COVID vaccine. After receiving the first dose on her way back to home, she started feeling "numbness in the back of her throat, she could barely move her jaw, her jaw was tight, and she couldn't swallow that well" on 08Mar2021. She says it eventually subsided. She's just experiencing pain in the right arm, at the injection site on unspecified date, but nothing else. Additional Context included She had the vaccine yesterday. She waited 15 minutes, and drove about 10 minutes to go home. She got to where her throat felt like Novocaine was put in the back of her mouth. She could barely move her jaw and then it had a dead feeling. She waited 10 minutes or so and then it lead into 20 minutes before it relieved a bit. She drank coffee and waited another 10 minutes before she drove on. She was not sure if she should get the second vaccine. She is familiar with the process. Caller clarified event. The back of her throat felt numb like when shot up with Novocaine. Caller clarified that she had not received any Novocaine. Her appointment was at 11:30AM and the vaccine was pretty quick. She waited 15 minutes and drove down the road about 10 minutes. She pulled over because she knew something was happening. She waited it out there. She didn't know if it would get worse. Caller doesn't see a lot number on the paperwork. It has that she checked in Monday 10:55. There is the number 59267-1000-01 quantity 0.3 on the paperwork. Reported Event: She had vaccine on 08Mar, waited 15 minutes, nothing. She drove and had to pull over to the side of the road as it felt like someone shot novocaine in the back of my throat. She waited about 20-30 minutes till that subsided. Then on 15Mar2021, had a bilateral rash four inches up from my hip bone. The rash was hot (like a burn). It was four inches wide by 3 inches on either side. running horizontally. She took photos and don't know if she have had COVID before. She was sick and got a nasal swab over a year ago but that was reported as non-positive. My physician suggested that if she goes for the vaccine that she get the second shot in a hospital setting. She was trying to get that arranged. It has not been easy to do. No treatment received for the adverse event. It was unknown if prior to vaccination, was the patient diagnosed with COVID-19. Since the vaccination, the patient had not been tested for COVID-19. The outcome of event numbness throat, tightness in jaw and swallowing difficulty was resolved on 08Mar2021 and unknown for other all events.  No follow-up attempts are needed; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained.