Vaccine: VARZOS
Symptoms: Blepharitis, Eye inflammation, Herpes zoster, Photophobia, Vaccination failure
Clinical narrative: Suspeceted vaccination failure; I had an outbreak of shingles on my forehead  and face on the left side/Not shingles in the eye, but inflammation of the eye due to inflammation of the eye lid; This serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of vaccination failure in a patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis.   The patient's past medical history included covid-19 (had Covid 3 times).   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: Suspeceted vaccination failure) (serious criteria GSK medically significant) and facial herpes zoster (Verbatim: I had an outbreak of shingles on my forehead  and face on the left side/Not shingles in the eye, but inflammation of the eye due to inflammation of the eye lid). The outcome of the vaccination failure was not reported and the outcome of the facial herpes zoster was resolving.   It was unknown if the reporter considered the vaccination failure and facial herpes zoster to be related to Shingles vaccine.     The company considered the vaccination failure to be unrelated to Shingles vaccine. It was unknown if the company considered the facial herpes zoster to be related to Shingles vaccine.   Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 02-MAY-2025 This case was reported by a patient via interactive digital media. The patient reported that he/she had finally getting better after an outbreak of shingles on his/her forehead and face on the left side. The patient mentioned that it had been one solid month of hell. The patient reported that it involved his/her left eye it was not shingles in the eye, but inflammation of the eye due to inflammation of the eyelid. The patient still could not go outside on a sunny day without sunglasses inserts behind his/her regular glasses. This anti-vaccine person had certainly changed his views. The patient reported that by all means, he/she recommended getting the shingles vaccine. He/she also went back to getting the flu shot. The vaccine never hurt him/her. Some years it just worked better than other years.He/she never had a negative reaction to it. The patient reported that let him/her put it this way, he/she would not had made a very good spokesman for the antivaccine crowd. He/she would never argue with anyone ever again on vaccines. That had to be a personal choice weighing any potential side effects with potential benefit. This case was considered as suspected vaccination failure since the details regarding completion of primary vaccine schedule, time to onset and laboratory confirmation of facial herpes zoster were unknown at the time of reporting.; Sender's Comments: Vaccination failure is a listed event which, due to the following criteria (insufficient information provided about the clinical description, details regarding completion of primary vaccination schedule, time to onset and laboratory confirmation of disease) is considered unrelated to GSK Shingles vaccine.