Sex: U
Vaccine: VARZOS
Symptoms: Back pain, Blister, Herpes zoster, Myalgia, Pain
Clinical narrative: had gotten the vaccine but still got them/Suspected Vaccination Failure; still got them, nasty breaking out on my right chest; pain around the rib cage on my left side; muscle soreness; broke out in nasty blisters from the backbone around to the middle of my rib cage; scar about the size of a quarter on my breast; still have pain of my back when I sit on a hardback surface; This serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of vaccination failure in a 86-year-old patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis.   The patient's past medical history included shingles (got a very bad case of shingles several years ago) and chickenpox (patient had a chicken pox when he or she was 6 years old).   On an unknown date, the patient received Shingles vaccine. On an unknown date, an unknown time after receiving Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced vaccination failure (Verbatim: had gotten the vaccine but still got them/Suspected Vaccination Failure) (serious criteria GSK medically significant), shingles (Verbatim: still got them, nasty breaking out on my right chest), pain (Verbatim: pain around the rib cage on my left side), muscle soreness (Verbatim: muscle soreness), blister (Verbatim: broke out in nasty blisters from the backbone around to the middle of my rib cage), scar (Verbatim: scar about the size of a quarter on my breast) and back pain (Verbatim: still have pain of my back when I sit on a hardback surface). The outcome of the vaccination failure was unknown and the outcome of the shingles, pain, muscle soreness and blister were not reported and the outcome of the scar and back pain were not recovered/not resolved.   It was unknown if the reporter considered the vaccination failure, shingles, pain, muscle soreness, blister, scar and back pain to be related to Shingles vaccine.     It was unknown if the company considered the vaccination failure, shingles, pain, muscle soreness, blister, scar and back pain to be related to Shingles vaccine.   Additional Information: GSK receipt date: 22-MAR-2023 The case was received from the patient via interactive digital media. The patient received vaccine a year and a half earlier but still got them. The patient stated that it started with pain around the rib cage on his or her left side and he or she thought it was muscle soreness. The patient stated that it then broke out in nasty blisters from the backbone around to the middle of his or her rib cage. The physician prescribed medication which helped him or her to heal. The patient still had pain of his or her back when he or she sit on a hardback surface.  The patient stated that they healed about a 6 months later and the patient had nasty break out on right chest which the physician confirmed as shingles. The patient still had a scar about the size of the quarter on breast, which never bothered during his or her life. The patient stated that sorry he or she got so wordy. This case was considered as suspected vaccination failure since the details regarding the completion of primary vaccination schedule, time to onset and laboratory confirmation of shingles were unknown at the time of reporting. The follow-up could not be possible as no contact details were available.