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Itching around wrists, under breasts, armpits, in between legs, and back of legs; hair and head, and wrists started itching.; Itching around wrists, under breasts, armpits, in between legs, and back of legs, then it turned into hives; hives all over body; Severe heartburn; Pressure in chest; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer, the patient. A 41-year-old non-pregnant female patient received the first dose of BNT162b2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE; Lot number: unknown) via an unspecified route of administration in the arm left on 28Mar2021 at 08:30 (at the age of 41-year-old) as a single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included hives. The patient had no allergies to medications, food, or other products. Concomitant medications included ibuprofen (ADVIL) reportedly might have taken 1 or 2 in the 2 weeks prior vaccination. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination. Prior to the vaccination, the patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19. Since the vaccination, the patient had not been tested for COVID-19. On 29Mar2021 at 11:00 hours, one day after the vaccination, the patient began noticing itching around wrists, under breasts, armpits, in between legs, and back of legs, then it turned into hives. On the same day, the patient also felt severe heartburn, but took TUMS and it went away. The patient was not sure if it was related to vaccination but felt like pressure in chest. The hives and itching went away at night but came back on 30Mar2021. The itching and hives continued for 4 days, again went away at night then back the next day, the hives were all over body. The patient had hives before, but were not like this. The patient took a over the counter (OTC) medication ZYRTEC on day 5, hives and itching completely stopped. Then on 05Apr2021, one week and one day after vaccine, patient's hair and head and wrists started itching. The hives and itching were back, but not as bad this time, and patient took a ZYRTEC right away to prevent hives and itching, which seemed like it was working. The adverse events neither resulted in doctor or other healthcare professional office/clinic visit nor emergency room/department or urgent care. The patient also received treatment for pressure in chest. The clinical outcomes of the events severe heartburn, pressure in chest, itching around wrists, under breasts, armpits, in between legs, and back of legs which turned to hives, hair and head and wrists started itching and hives all over body were resolving at the time of this report. No follow-up attempts are needed; information about lot/batch number cannot be obtained