Age: 48.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Back pain, Computerised tomogram, Dysstasia, Gait disturbance, Limb discomfort
Clinical narrative: back pain; couldn't stand up; hand felt funny the whole rest of the day on Saturday, the palm of her hand; skin felt tight and heavy; arm was tight and heavy; difficult to walk; painful; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. This 45-year-old female consumer (patient) reported that she received bnt162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE solution for injection), dose 1 via an unspecified route of administration, administered in Arm Right on 10Apr2021 (Batch/Lot Number: ER8730) as 1ST DOSE, SINGLE for covid-19 immunisation. (at the age of 48 years). Medical history included sickle cell anaemia from 01Sep1972 and ongoing she has sickle cell and not just sickle cell trait , ongoing drug hypersensitivity reported that she has been told since she was a kid that she is allergic to penicillin , hypersensitivity from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing reported that she is allergic to other medications but did not provide details. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient experienced hand felt funny the whole rest of the day on saturday, the palm of her hand, skin felt tight and heavy on 10Apr2021 12:30, couldn't stand up on 11Apr2021, painful on Apr2021 (unspecified day).  , arm was tight and heavy on 10Apr2021, back pain on 11Apr2021 11:30, difficult to walk on Apr2021 (unspecified day).  The caller stated she got first dose of the vaccine on 10Apr2021. Immediately her hand felt funny the whole rest of the day on Saturday, the palm of her hand. Sunday she had the same heavy feeling. Monday when it first appeared midday she couldn't grab anything with her right hand, she could not grab a pen. She stated the skin felt tight and heavy. She couldn't grab or hold or put pressure on her two feet. She couldn't stand up. She could not stand on her legs on the Monday around midday and it just got worse and worse and she could not hold on to anything to stand up. She stayed like that Monday night, and Tuesday it was severe. She could not turn from side to side, it was very very painful. Tuesday night she was thinking she needed to go to the ER but did not want to go and she just asked God to help her. Wednesday she heard people saying their symptoms lasted two days and it started subsiding around midday. Gradually it went away. Thursday she was still sore but was back to her baseline by Thursday. The agent stated she reported her arm was tight and heavy and was having back pain and it was difficult to walk for 48 hours and then she was fine.  She stated she says back because it went down to legs and she could not stand on two legs. The patient underwent lab tests and procedures which included computerised tomogram: no blood clot in lungs   on 03May2021, troponin: heart was ok on 03May2021.The outcome of the events hand felt funny the whole rest of the day on Saturday, the palm of her hand, skin felt tight and heavy, couldn't stand up was, arm was tight and heavy and back pain resolved on 15Apr2021, Painful was on Apr2021 (unspecified date) and difficult to walk was unknown.