Sex: U
Vaccine: VARZOS
Symptoms: Eye disorder, Herpes zoster, Hypoaesthesia, Optic nerve injury, Vaccination failure
Clinical narrative: I believe but can't prove the shot made my shingles worse / suspected vaccination failure; Now it destroyed the nerve in my left eye; lost my left eye; Shingles; I can not feel the left side of my face from chin to forehead like a stroke victem; I believe but can't prove the shot made my shingles worse; 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.   Previously administered products included COVID-19 vaccine (received on an unknown date). Concurrent medical conditions included shingles.   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: I believe but can't prove the shot made my shingles worse / suspected vaccination failure) (serious criteria GSK medically significant), optic nerve damage (Verbatim: Now it destroyed the nerve in my left eye) (serious criteria GSK medically significant), blind left eye (Verbatim: lost my left eye) (serious criteria GSK medically significant), shingles (Verbatim: Shingles), numbness facial (Verbatim: I can not feel the left side of my face from chin to forehead like a stroke victem) and condition aggravated (Verbatim: I believe but can't prove the shot made my shingles worse). The outcome of the vaccination failure was unknown and the outcome of the optic nerve damage, blind left eye, shingles, numbness facial and condition aggravated were not reported.   The reporter considered the vaccination failure, shingles and condition aggravated to be related to Shingles vaccine. It was unknown if the reporter considered the optic nerve damage, blind left eye and numbness facial to be related to Shingles vaccine.   The company considered the vaccination failure, shingles and condition aggravated to be related to Shingles vaccine. It was unknown if the company considered the optic nerve damage, blind left eye and numbness facial to be related to Shingles vaccine.   Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 12-MAR-2024 This case was reported by a patient via (social media) interactive digital media. The patient reported that it never even crossed his/her mind to get a shingles vaccine. The patient got it at the height of the pandemic they did not want to give him/her too many antivirals they had no idea what it would do to the effectiveness of his/her Covid shot. At the time of reporting, it destroyed the nerve in his/her left eye and could not feel the left side of his/her face from chin to forehead like a stroke victim. The patient stated they needed to do more research on the vaccine. The patient was just a statistic buried in a computer somewhere. The patient believed but could not prove the shot made his/her shingles worse. The patient believed with the proper length of time on antivirals and not all optimologists taking leave of absences or quitting the profession like rats leaving a sinking ship the patient might had been cured sooner and not lost his/her left eye. The patient hates to put this out there, but it was the closest that the patient had come to unaliving himself/herself. They would not give the patient pain meds to afraid would get addicted the gabapentin was horrible felt like it was turning his/her brain to Jello. This case was considered as suspected vaccination failure as details regarding completion of primary schedule, time to onset for shingles and laboratory confirmation regarding shingles were unknown at the time of reporting. Follow-up would not possible as no contact details were available.