Age: 68.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blister, Discomfort, Herpes zoster, Musculoskeletal chest pain, Neuralgia
Clinical narrative: Shingles/nasty shingles infection; Blisters on the side of her trunk and the right side of her back; Awful pain under the right rib cage; Discomfort; Nerve pain; This is a spontaneous report from a Pfizer sponsored program support. A contactable 68-year-old female consumer (patient) reported for herself who received second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, lot number: EN6203 and expiry date was not reported), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in right arm on 24Feb2021 after 16:00 (at the age of 68-year-old) as single dose for covid-19 immunization. Historical vaccine included received first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Formulation: Solution for injection, lot number: EN9581 and expiry date was not reported), via an unspecified route of administration, administered in right arm on 05Feb2021 16:15 (at the age of 68-year-old) as single dose for covid-19 immunization and experienced taste the vaccine immediately and she had polio vaccine when she was 6-years-old and had fever and was sick. Medical history included obese with start and stop date as unspecified, and she had flu maybe 5 years ago from being in an elevator with little kids on vacation. Family medical history relevant to event shingles was no. The patient did not receive any other vaccines within four weeks prior to the vaccination. Concomitant medications included Xarelto (rivaroxaban) 10 mg, low dose, with unspecified start date (she had been using it maybe 2 years), still ongoing for blood thinner. On the end of Mar2021, patient had awful pain under the right rib cage and discomfort. The pain preceded the actual shingles, and it was in her right side, under her rib cage. It was really uncomfortable, and it was awful pain. It persisted long enough until she finally called and made a doctor's appointment. They did not know what it was, at first. It was not until the shingles presented themselves that Thursday, 02Apr2021. She went in by 5Apr2021 or 6Apr2021 and they presented themselves. That was when the medicine was prescribed, and she started taking the medication after that. On beginning of Apr2021, patient developed shingles, nasty shingles infection after getting both doses. It lasted a lot longer than normal shingles. It was there entire month of Apr2021, and she did not get over it until sometime in May2021. She had the blisters, on the right side of her trunk and the right side of her back. That spread and were concentrated on the right side. On an unspecified date in 2021, patient had nerve pain and after a week, she was prescribed some kind of medication that dealt with nerve ending pain. She may have taken that one time. She does not remember the name but, the doctor would probably remember the name. There was another pain medication, not the nerve ending pain medication, she was prescribed a couple of different things. She was scheduled to take an ultrasound of her stomach, because her doctor was trying to see what was going on in that area. She was scheduled to take that this past Saturday but, they could not. They had some difficulty, and it was with an intravenous injection with contrast. They could not try the intravenous because they could not find the vein. She never had that problem before, and she decided not to let her do it anymore. She was scheduled not too long from now to go. Hopefully, somebody else does it and not that other person. She has never been a hard stick and she does not know what the challenge was. Patient took Valtrex for shingles to push out, so her body could cycle. She was prescribed pain medication as well. Ultimately, she got some Oxycodone, she thinks, that worked. The other medication that was prescribed was too strong and she could not take that. Then, she got some variation of Oxycodone or something that helped. She could take the medication as needed. She has a high tolerance for pain and doesn't particularly care for taking pain medication but, she has to sometimes. She also took intermittently, Tylenol with Codeine, they might have prescribed. She could take Tylenol extra strength as well. It was Sep2021, she does not have any effects. Present, there was some transition and lasting issues for a long time. She thought she was never going to get over it. She has no effects at the moment that she was aware of. The pain has stopped for the most part. There was still discomfort in that spot every now and then. The outcome of the events shingles, nasty shingles infection and blisters on the side of her trunk and the right side of her back were recovered on May2021, event discomfort was not recovered and remaining all events outcome was reported as recovered in 2021.