Age: 66.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Bell's palsy, Blood test, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: Bell's palsy; Sore Arm; This is a spontaneous report from contactable consumers (one is the patient).  A 66-year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 Vaccine) first dose, via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 03Mar2021 11:40 am (Batch/Lot Number: EM9810) as SINGLE DOSE for covid-19 immunisation. The patient was vaccinated at a hospital. Medical history included Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Diagnosed one year ago; Gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Diagnosed 2 years ago; Hashimoto's disease Diagnosed 5 or more years ago; High cholesterol and blood pressure abnormal (reported as Blood pressure); all from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. No history of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect. No additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer Suspect. No prior vaccinations within 4 weeks, also no Family Medical History Relevant to the adverse events. Concomitant medications included metformin 500 mg once a day by mouth taken for diabetes (reputed Has been taking that about a year); pravastatin sodium (PRAVACOL) 40 mg once a day by mouth taken for High cholesterol; levothyroxine sodium (SYNTHROID) 50 mcg once daily by mouth taken for an unspecified indication; omeprazole 20 mg once a day by mouth taken for an unspecified indication; and losartan 50 mg once a day by mouth  taken for blood pressure; all start and stop date were not reported. It was reported that the patient is calling about the COVID Pfizer vaccine shot. The patient took the first dose of the shot on Wednesday 03Mar2021. The patient now has been diagnosed with Bell's Palsy and she believes that it is from the shot. The patient's speech is impaired because of the bells palsy. The only thing the patient had was a sore right arm on 04Mar2021. Then on 10Mar2021 the left side of her neck started to really hurt and behind her ear, it was severe pain, frequently she would get a jolt of pain on top of the existing pain. The patient had this pain 10Mar2021, 11Mar2021, 12Mar2021, and by Saturday 13Mar2021 her face started to distort, now she couldn't close her eye, her lips were numb, and her speech was interfered. Monday (15Mar2021) morning the patient was seen by her primary care provider and her doctor told her it was Bell's Palsy. Blood was drawn at that time, but the patient doesn't have the results yet. The patient was given prednisone and an anti-viral which after she took them it helped with the pain significantly. The patient's face still has the paralysis on the left side of her face. No other parts of her body were affected other than a sore arm at the site on the right side, which was not a big deal. It was reported that the patient is taking COVID vaccine as she heard she should get it and her husband had the shots and was fine. The patient mentions that her husband had one bad day after the vaccines but he was fine, so she decided to get it. The patient wanted to know, she is going to follow up with her primary care provider on 22Mar2021 but she was scheduled for her second Pfizer shot on 24Mar2021, should she get the second dose. The patient read that 40,0000 people were given the vaccine and 4 people had bell's palsy and because of that they discounted it as a side effect, and the placebo group did not develop this. It was noted that the patient did not required emergency room visit but to the Physician's office (Primary Care Provider). The patient does not have the results of her blood work back yet. The outcome of the event a sore right arm was recovered on 06Mar2021; for the other event was not recovered. The relatedness of drug to reaction(s)/event(s) for the event Bell's palsy was reported to be related.