Sex: F
Vaccine: VARZOS
Symptoms: Headache, Pain, Pyrexia
Clinical narrative: headache; body ache; rough 12 hours of fever; This case was reported by a consumer via sales rep and described the occurrence of fever in a female patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis.   The patient's past medical history included accident (tearing all the ligaments in leg plus and knee), chickenpox, breast cancer (Family History), shingles (about 5cm long and about 2 inches wide, running to her left side), pain (Pt felt a hot acupuncture needle being inserted directly into her nerve in lower back), influenza-like symptoms, joint pain, fever, nausea, headache, rash, surgery, stress, pruritus (got worse throughtout the day and evening and the next morning became intense) and low back pain. Previously administered products included Shingrix (received 1st dose on unknown date).   In April 2021, the patient received the 2nd dose of Shingles vaccine. In April 2021, less than a week after receiving Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced fever, headache and general body pain. On an unknown date, the outcome of the fever was recovered/resolved and the outcome of the headache and general body pain were unknown.   It was unknown if the reporter considered the fever, headache and general body pain to be related to Shingles vaccine.  Additional details were provided as follows: The patient was the reporter herself. The age at vaccination was not reported. The patient received 2nd dose of Shingrix and experienced fever of about 12 hours, headache and body ache. The reporter stated that, she was happy to know that she was protected against recurrence of virus. The reporter suggested that do not wait to receive shingles vaccine as she did. The reporter asked for shingles vaccine in past, but as flu season was coming, she was recommended to receive flu vaccine and was suggested to come back next month for shingles vaccine. The reporter stated that, the practitioner was not willing to co-administer the both vaccines. The reporter was suggested not to concerned much about shingles as she was recently turned 50. The reporter knew that the CDC had changed the age recommendations from 65 and older to 50 as the cases were becoming more frequent in youngers. The patient had family history of breast cancer including her late mother. The reporter mentioned that, two weeks before Christmas, patient felt itching on lower back which got worse and worse throughout the day and next morning became intense which was accompained by lower backache. The patient experienced shingles rash and went to Nurse practitioner and was prescribed antivirals and was sent home for rest. The reporter stated that, many friends and family have had much worse cases, including several who had the rash on their faces, and one friend whose mother had it affect her eye.  The most common complication of shingles is post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). People with PHN have severe pain in the areas where they had the shingles rash after (at least 90 days) the rash clears up. The pain from PHN usually goes away in a few weeks or months; however, for some people, the pain from PHN can last for years and may interfere with their everyday life.