Sex: F
Vaccine: VARZOS
Symptoms: Blister, Burning sensation, Headache, Herpes zoster, Musculoskeletal discomfort
Clinical narrative: shingles; open wounds in her scalp; she had the chicken pox like lesion in her scalp/lesion is still in her hair; they are starting to form a crust; Head sore; lesion is still in her hair; they are starting to form a crust; It is tingling; went like in nerves/it was kind of like burning a long time; it was kind of like burning a long time went in the back/ neck; it was kind of like burning a long time; I started experiencing a lot of pain; start facing like blisters in hair; This non-serious case was reported by a consumer via other manufacturer and described the occurrence of shingles in a female patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingrix) for prophylaxis.   Concurrent medical conditions included rheumatoid arthritis. Concomitant products included adalimumab (Humira).   In APR-2023, the patient received the 1st dose of Shingrix. On 29-APR-2023, less than a month after receiving Shingrix, the patient experienced blister (Verbatim: start facing like blisters in hair). On 15-MAY-2023, the patient experienced burning sensation (Verbatim: it was kind of like burning a long time), pain (Verbatim: I started experiencing a lot of pain), tingling (Verbatim: It is tingling), neurological disorder nos (Verbatim: went like in nerves/it was kind of like burning a long time) and musculoskeletal discomfort (Verbatim: it was kind of like burning a long time went in the back/ neck). On an unknown date, the patient experienced shingles (Verbatim: shingles), scalp injury (Verbatim: open wounds in her scalp), skin lesion (Verbatim: she had the chicken pox like lesion in her scalp/lesion is still in her hair; they are starting to form a crust), headache (Verbatim: Head sore) and crust (Verbatim: lesion is still in her hair; they are starting to form a crust). The outcome of the shingles, skin lesion and blister were not resolved and the outcome of the scalp injury, burning sensation, pain, headache, crust, tingling, neurological disorder nos and musculoskeletal discomfort were unknown.   It was unknown if the reporter considered the shingles, scalp injury, skin lesion, burning sensation, blister, pain, headache, crust, tingling, neurological disorder nos and musculoskeletal discomfort to be related to Shingrix.   It was unknown if the company considered the shingles, scalp injury, skin lesion, burning sensation, blister, pain, headache, crust, tingling, neurological disorder nos and musculoskeletal discomfort to be related to Shingrix.   Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 22-MAY-2023 The case was reported by patient's friend. The patient height was 5 feet 3 inches. The patient weight was 260 pounds. The reporter stated that he/she was talking to a friend and she told that she got her Shingrix vaccine about a month ago and now she had shingles.  She just said that she just broke she has shingles now.  All in her head, she said that she had to prevent it and she never had shingles before and now she just got the vaccine and she got it and her head was sore.  She broke out in shingles, as if he/she did not know what to call it but open wounds in her scalp. She broke out and now she had shingles.  She got the Shingrix vaccine to prevent shingles and now she had shingles, if that made sense.  She got the Shingrix vaccine so she would not get it but now after she got the vaccine she had shingles.  She said that she just got her Shingrix and she said that she was not going to get the next one because she was not going to do that and she never had it.  The reporter stated that she told her today and she got Shingrix vaccine about a month.  She told her today that she had it for about a week but she told her today. When probed to clarify if Pfizer Employee would not be able to provide product and vaccination details (LOT, expiration date, date and time of administration, route of administration he/she did not have that.  She told him/her that she had lab work done recently (Later consumer, therapeutic clarified that consumer had not underwent any laboratory test in the last 2 weeks) because she was an arthritis patient.  She had rheumatoid arthritis (medical condition), so she had to have her blood level checked.  The reporter was not sure when but she did have to get her blood level checked. Other medical conditions and concomitant medications. The dose, frequency and indications (Humira), the reporter forgot the dosage but it was injected, a pen injection, every 2 weeks. The reporter not had a blood work done within last 2 weeks and needed to get it. The patient started facing like blisters in hair like around the 29th April 2023. She told him/her that it happened today and it started on her vacation.  So about 10 days ago.  She thought that it was, Like, some type of reactions to her hair, like she got hair extensions so she thought that it was a reaction to that but then she realized that it was not because she had the chicken pox like lesion in her scalp.  10 days ago, when probed to clarify if patient was still experiencing the adverse event. The lesion was still in her hair and she said that they were starting to form a crust or something. The patient was not taking treatment. The reporter thought that the event were improving slightly but (later consumer clarified that probably event got worse) without a medication, like this week was.  It started like on Monday (15 May 2023), the reporter believed and it started to get bad.  It was burning and it was tingling like thing, like around her, start as the side of her face and then it went like in her nerves and in the back of her neck.  It was not painful before but she guessed this week was when she started experiencing a lot of pain. The reporter consented to follow up.