Age: 66.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Sneezing, Speech disorder
Clinical narrative: Burning and tingling under my skin on the right side of my back and red splotchy areas. I will have extreme fatigue and pain when that happens. I went to the ER because I needed it documented in the record and the ER last week of April 2021, physician he reviewed my record and said that I was already taking Valtrex so he gave me an infusion of 125 mg of Solu Medrol. For several days, I stayed home. I didn't go anywhere around anybody and I took Tylenol for discomfort. The infusion helped with my symptoms. The Solu Medrol was given to me when I went to ER for the Bell's Palsy symptoms on the right side of my face and not just for the Shingles symptoms but it was confirmed that I still had those Shingles symptoms. I have shingles so many times in my life, I can't remember how many times. But what was unique about that episode was that for the first time in my life, the shingles came on the right side of body. All the other times I have had it have been always on the left side of my body. It caused me fear that it I would have Bell's Palsy on my right side of my face and in my eye and the doctor confirmed that would happen. I did go on to Infectious Disease, they checked if I was HIV positive and I wasn't. I went to Immunology, he referred the MRI of my brain. They don't know why I keep getting it over and over again. But whether it was the vaccination or not, I don't know. It did occur at the time of the second, where it went from left side of body to the right. The immunologist told me to get the Shingles Vaccine for my immune system to make those antibodies. I did take the Shingles vaccination and that resulted in high fevers and chills for three days I stayed in bed. I came through that. The next Shingles vaccination would have been in May. But I didn't get it because I had Bell's Palsy on April 26th on my face on my right side. The doctor told me not to get the second Shingles vaccination. I am still not well. I have a little bit of Bell's Palsy, still happening on the right side of face. I have about 50% movement back. The thing that is the most trouble is the problems with handling my food and chewing my food and also my speech. I told my neurologist my speech deteroites and becomes odd and he says because the muscles tire easily. It didn't go in my eye. (Dec 2020 I had shingles in left eye and face. It was very painful and lasted a month. I still don't see correctly out of that eye yet today.) My shingles symptoms have recovered after June 1st. I was seeing my cardiologist for routine follow up June 1 2021. COVID occurred in August, on the 8th of August diagnosed with COVID. Starting about 3rd or 4th of month, I had some sneezing and some coughing. I didn't think it was associated with COVID because I was going out in the yard and cutting my grass. It was hot and humid. I did about 10 minutes at a time. I am cutting and sneezing and I have allergies to many environmental allergies so I thought it was from that. I had mild bone pain. But then my gut started hurting. I thought I had eaten some bad food. I was really nauseated, never vomited. I started eating the BRAT diet to try to help. Gastroenteritis symptoms. Mylanta 30 mg and nibble on toast and eat a little rice. That went on for about four days, horrible pain. On the fourth day, I had diarrhea. The next day, the horrible pain was so bad that I had to go to ER, and they wanted to do a COVID test and I was positive. The ER physician said that many older people are having this horrible gut pain with the nausea and pain. Symptomatic treatment and that was: Zofran and tramadol prescribed. Urgent Care: I had an infusion of monoclonal antibodies on August 16th and that really, really helped. I am recovered and I had a repeat COVID test and that was five days after the infusion and that was a negative result.