Age: 62.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain in extremity, Tongue disorder
Clinical narrative: numbness in her tongue; feeling poorly; tiredness; achiness in leg; Unusual side effect is my tongue and side of my face are numb.; Unusual side effect is my tongue and side of my face are numb.; I started initially with pain in the upper right arm that went away a few days later; This is a spontaneous report received from a contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP) from medical information team. The reporter is the patient.  A 63 year-old female patient received bnt162b2 (BNT162B2), administered in arm right, administration date 11Mar2021 17:00 (Lot number: EN6207) at the age of 62 years as dose 1, single for covid-19 immunisation. Relevant medical history included: "High level of prolactin" (unspecified if ongoing). Family history included: "neuralgia in face" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: cousin and a grandmother. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. Past drug history included: Nitrofurantoin for UTI, reaction(s): "Numbness in tongue and face", notes: a year and a half ago that after taking 2 doses, found the bottle of antibiotics, and reported the dosage was 100 mg once every 12 hours for 7 days. Vaccination history included: Flu shot (Lack of efficacy. It happened many years ago, before she was married in 2002, and that she did not have any details to provide regarding the vaccine), for flu, reaction(s): "Lack of efficacy". The following information was reported: PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious) with onset 12Mar2021, outcome "recovered" (14Mar2021), described as "I started initially with pain in the upper right arm that went away a few days later"; TONGUE DISORDER (non-serious), outcome "unknown", HYPOAESTHESIA (non-serious) with onset 12Mar2021, outcome "unknown" and all described as "Unusual side effect is my tongue and side of my face are numb."; HYPOAESTHESIA ORAL (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "numbness in her tongue"; FEELING ABNORMAL (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "feeling poorly"; FATIGUE (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "tiredness"; PAIN IN EXTREMITY (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "achiness in leg  ". Relevant laboratory tests and procedures are available in the appropriate section.  Additional information: The NDC number and Expiry Date of bnt162b2 were Unknown (as they were not listed on her vaccine card). Anatomical Location of Administration of Pfizer vaccine considered as was Right upper arm. The patient left the vaccination location at 18:10. The Vaccine administration was not at Military Facility. The patient was not administered additional vaccines. The patient took no Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks). The patient took first vaccination shot Thursday, 11Mar2021, in the late afternoon.  Clarified that she had received the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. She was prescribed an antibiotic, Nitrofurantoin, for a UTI, a year and a half ago that after taking 2 doses, she experienced numbness in her tongue and face. She began experiencing the same numbness in her tongue and face on 12Mar2021, she was somewhat uneased about her face being numb. She asked would this be considered swelling to the face, stating that she doesn't think that it's swollen, and that if her tongue was swollen, she wouldn't be speaking clearly.  She stated when your tongue was swollen, they would be slurring and there would be lots of saliva.  The patient reported that she did not think her face was swollen and that her husband had not said anything about her face being swollen. Numbness in tongue and face doesn't bother her to go to sleep.  She reported that the facial numbness is partial, and clarified that the numbness was in her upper cheeks but her nose, eyes, and forehead are not affected. The numbness seemed to be a little better when she gets up in the morning, but after she eats and drinks and the day progresses, she was much more aware of it.  She stated that she would feel better with the knowledge that she would feel effects 2-3 days and then they would disappear, but this does not seem to be the case with her symptom. She stated that the next morning, Friday 12Mar2021, her arm was bothering her a lot, but she didn't take anything for it. She understood that a symptom and the pain in her arm has pretty much gone away.  When queried for details about pain in arm, she stated that it had not been bothering her but after CH asked her about arm pain, her arm started bothering her again. She stated that she has been stressing out so much that she's making herself feel worse. Her arms were not bothering her yesterday. There was no Physician Office visit. she was inquiring if there are any similar ingredients in the Covid-19 vaccine that could be causing the AE (Adverse Events) she was experiencing, if similar side effects have been reported in other individuals, when she can expect these side effects to resolve, and if she should do anything about it, she was inquiring whether or not it was safe for her to get the second dose of the vaccine, and asked what happens if you do not get second shot, how effective was the first one on its own. She was working remotely and was calling on her lunch break, she does not have a primary care physician, that the doctor she was previously seeing until Dec2019 either retired or stopped practicing, his number was out of service.  She reported that she does see a hormone specialist but declined to provide information. She hasn't had any vaccinations for a number of years and when she did, she did not really have a bad reaction to them so she didn't think she would have a reaction with the covid vaccine. She wondered if anxiety was adding to it, reporting that her husband had mentioned that she sometimes talks herself into feeling poorly, she had achiness in leg and tiredness over last couple days, was not queried for further details. She was very apprehensive about taking second dosage, and wonders if it would be stupid to take the second dose after not doing well the first one. She had been trying to avoid medical facilities with the virus going on and that she doesn't think she needs to go to urgent care.  No follow-up attempts are possible. No further information is expected.