Sex: F
Vaccine: PNC13
Symptoms: Eye pruritus, Eye swelling, Herpes zoster, Swelling, Tenderness
Clinical narrative: Had an egg on the inside of her arm/it was like an oval little egg, round, and in the muscle part of the arm, it was like a bump; Her eye was swollen and itchy; Her eye was swollen and itchy; Had a mild case of shingles/Shingles; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer. An 81-years-old female patient started to receive pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) (PREVNAR 13), via an unspecified route of administration on an unspecified date at a single dose for immunization administered at the doctor's office. The patient's medical history included 3 bouts of pneumonia in her life, one when she was young and 2 later on they called walking pneumonia. The patient's concomitant medications were not reported. The patient previously had the pneumonia vaccine when it first came out which would have been 2006 2004 or 2005, the name of that vaccine is unknown, and later she got a booster shot in 2008 or 2009, she then got the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein). Her doctor said wouldn't have to have another one, and she didn't think she had to have another one. It was reported that after getting the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) several years ago, patient had the shingles vaccine but had a mild case of shingles on an unknown date in 2017 and also had an egg on the inside of her arm after the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein). Patient stated that it was like an oval little egg, round, and in the muscle part of the arm, it was like a bump. Patient also said that her eye was swollen and itchy, but she doesn't think the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) had anything to do with it, she also clarifies she does not recall if she got the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) before or after the shingles. She cant get another shingles vaccine for 2 years. The bump on her arm after the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) happened sometime on an unknown date after her husband passed away in 2015, so it was either 2015 or 2016, but she is leaning more towards 2016. She got the shingles around 2017, she got the shingles vaccine around 2006 or when it first came out. The shingles vaccine name is unknown to her and when she had the Prednisone and her diabetic markers went up because prednisone can make you diabetic, was also around 2017, because it was given as a treatment for the shingles in 2017. She stated that the doctor explained that her arm could get sore for her at first. She didn't know what it was, her son happen to go with her to the appointment and her son reminded her mom you got the vaccine, otherwise she had just dismissed it, it was tender. She read all the different things pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein) caused as side effects, she states that the doctors just give you all this information but when something happens you have to figure it out. She reads that it stated that adverse reaction here it could cause pain, redness, and swelling, limitation to arm movement but she did not experience that, she did not experience fatigue. She also had the pneumonia vaccine when it first came out which would have been 2006 2004 or 2005, the name of that vaccine is unknown, and later she got a booster shot in 2008 or 2009, she then got the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugated vaccine (diphtheria crm197 protein). Her doctor said wouldn't have to have another one, and she didn't think she had to have another one. She understand that there are different strains of pneumonia out there. Therapeutic measures were taken as a result of had a mild case of shingles/shingles (herpes zoster) which included prednisone. The outcome of the events was unknown.  No follow-up attempts are possible; information about lot/batch number can not be obtained.