Age: 42.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: VARCEL
Symptoms: Skin reaction
Clinical narrative: blisters everywhere on his entire body/blisters look like small mosquito bites; a skin reaction after receiving VARIVAX; blisters everywhere on his entire body which is itching and uncomfortable and has caused marks on his skin; blisters everywhere on his entire body which is itching and uncomfortable and has caused marks on his skin; blisters everywhere on his entire body which is itching and uncomfortable and has caused marks on his skin; really depressed; since this rash has began, it has changed his life, he feels dirty, infectious and has changed his sexual relations; since this rash has began, it has changed his life, he feels dirty, infectious and has changed his sexual relations; since this rash has began, it has changed his life, he feels dirty, infectious and has changed his sexual relations; changed his sexual relations; HIV positive/already immunocompromised; This spontaneous report was received from a 42-year-old male patient, concerning himself via Agency. The patient was HIV positive but his CD4 counts were good. No information regarding the patient's concomitant medications and drug reactions or allergies was reported.  In November 2019, the patient received the first dose of varicella virus vaccine live (oka/merck) (VARIVAX) injection (dose, route of administration, lot #, expiry date and vaccination site were not specified) for prophylaxis. In December 2019, the patient was vaccinated with the second dose of varicella virus vaccine live (oka/merck) (VARIVAX) injection (dose, route of administration, lot #, expiry date and vaccination site were not specified).   On an unknown date, sometime after November 2019, the patient experienced a skin reaction after receiving varicella virus vaccine live (oka/merck) (VARIVAX). The patient reported that he had blisters everywhere on his entire body, which was itching and uncomfortable and caused marks on his skin. The blisters looked like small mosquito bites and had been on his body for "months" now and caused him to became really depressed. Since the rash began, the patient's life changed, he felt dirty and infectious and his sexual relations changed. The patient also stated that a friend mentioned that an unspecified friend also got rash after varicella virus vaccine live (oka/merck) (VARIVAX) (captured in MARRS # 2001USA010844). The patient sought medical attention on an unspecified date and saw his physician. The doctor did not think that the events were related to the vaccine and thought that it was because the patient shaved his body but the patient shaved his body so that the doctor could see the skin reaction better. The skin reaction appeared days before shaving his body. The patent stated that due to the skin reaction he was seen by two different physicians. Both treated him with unspecified topical ointment or lotion, which did not help. The patient wanted to get a lawyer to sue his doctor who should have warned him about side effects associated with the vaccine and was not helping him. The patient stated that providers should be required to discuss the possible side effects of medications, vaccines with patients, particularly those who were already immunocompromised. The patient requested reimbursement. The outcome of the events was not recovered.   This is one of two reports from the same reporter.; Sender's Comments:  US-009507513-2001USA010844: