Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Abdominal discomfort, Headache, Herpes zoster, Illness, Scar
Clinical narrative: rashes all over/the doctor said I got shingles/all red; Vomiting; Headache; Stomach upset; looking really sickly; Scar was a little bit deep and brown; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable nurse (patient's wife). A 76-year-old male patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE, Solution for injection, Lot number and Expiry date were not reported), via an unspecified route of administration on 13Jan2021 as 1st dose, single for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included anaemia from an unknown date and unknown if ongoing. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. On an unspecified date in 2021, the patient experienced rashes all over/the doctor said I got shingles/all red, vomiting, headache, stomach upset, looking really sickly, and scar was a little bit deep and brown. It was reported that the patient had his COVID vaccine shot done on the 13Jan2021, his first shot and he had rashes all over him, on his right leg. A week went by, now this is one week and then it was Wednesday and he had an appointment with the doctor. He said he just needed to go and see the doctor. He went to the doctor, came home and he said that the doctor said he got shingles. The wife mentioned that they got three girls and they wanted them to have their shot and they did get their shot. This was a week ago, a week later and the patient put nothing on him. His was all red. The wife stated that the patient didn't have shingles and didn't want him to take the medicine. It was a medicine for every 8 hours, three times a day. The wife said every medicine has a side effect because she was a nurse. The wife said that the patient shouldn't take the medicine and what he did, he took it. So the patient took his medicine (unspecified medication) and about three days later, he was vomiting, he had headache, his stomach was upset and he was walking like, he is 76 years old and he looked like he was freaking 100 years old. The wife was really upset. She told their daughter that the patient doesn't listen and would listen to her. The daughter was in her house and the wife said she needed to come and see her dad. The wife wanted the daughter to come and say to the patient to stop taking the medicine. The daughter did and the patient stopped it. The wife was feeling really bad because the patient was looking really sickly and she was not used to seeing him sick. The wife stated that it took him another week to get better and he stopped taking the medicine and he started doing the Neosporin. So for both of them, the wife put it on the patient and on her own. The wife was making sure he puts it on every time he took a shower, she put a new set on and put a bandage and things like that. Granted that his scar was a little bit deep and brown. It looked like shingles. The wife called the doctor and said that the patient did not have the shingles and that she has the same thing on her leg and that she was sure it was not shingles. And if it was, they were putting Neosporin on it and taking care of it and it's drying up and he was not taking that medicine anymore. She also added that the doctor didn't take any CBC, and that they should have taken a CBC to confirm if it was that or rashes. She said not only the CBC and that the doctor could have done other tests to confirm it but didn't do it and didn't appreciate that. It was also reported that the wife and the patient got their second shot on 21Feb2021. The outcome of the events was unknown.; Sender's Comments: Based on temporal association, the causal relationship between BNT162B2 and the events cannot be excluded. The information available in this report is limited and does not allow a medically meaningful assessment. This case will be reassessed once additional information becomes available. The impact of this report on the benefit/risk profile of the Pfizer product is evaluated as part of Pfizer procedures for safety evaluation, including the review and analysis of aggregate data for adverse events. Any safety concern identified as part of this review, as well as any appropriate action in response, will be promptly notified to Regulatory Authorities, Ethics Committees, and Investigators, as appropriate