Age: 61.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Blood count, Herpes zoster, Lymphadenopathy, Malaise, Pain in extremity
Clinical narrative: 1st and 2nd dose- swollen glands; injection site pain in right arm; 2nd dose- shingles/shingles blisters; felt quite ill/not feeling well; second dose- extreme pain in left hand/sore arm; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 61-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE), dose 2 intramuscular, administered in Arm Right on 08Mar2021 (Batch/Lot Number: EN6208) (at the age of 61-years-old) as 2ND DOSE, SINGLE for COVID-19 immunisation. Medical history included breast cancer (2-time breast cancer survivor), had lymph nodes removed, and has low thyroid. Concomitant medications included levothyroxine sodium (SYNTHROID) taken for low thyroid from an unspecified start date and ongoing; ascorbic acid, betacarotene, biotin, calcium, chloride, chromium, copper, folic acid, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, phosphorus, potassium, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, selenium, silicon, thiamine, vanadium, vitamin b12 nos, vitamin d nos, vitamin e nos, vitamin k nos, xantofyl, zinc (CENTRUM SILVER WOMEN 50+) taken for an unspecified indication from an unspecified start date and ongoing; acetylsalicylic acid (BABY ASPIRIN) taken for an unspecified indication from an unspecified start date and ongoing; colecalciferol (VITAMIN D [COLECALCIFEROL]) taken for an unspecified indication from an unspecified start date and ongoing; famotidine (PEPCIDAC) taken for an unspecified indication from an unspecified start date and ongoing; esomeprazole sodium (NEXIUM) taken for an unspecified indication from an unspecified start date and ongoing. Patient previously took shingles vaccine on an unknown date (reported as number of years ago) for immunization, flu shots on an unknown date for immunization and also previously took the 1st dose of BNT162B2 (Batch/lot number: EN6200) (at the age of 61-years-old) on 15Feb2021, intramuscular administered in the right arm for COVID-19 immunisation, and experienced injection site pain in right arm, sore arm and swollen gland. Patient stated having what was considered typical, like a sore arm and did have some swollen glands with the first and second dose. It was also reported that after 1st and 2nd dose, there was injection site pain in right arm. After second dose she developed shingles, or what was later found out to be shingles, she had extreme pain in her hand. She thought it was injured or something, it was very painful. She got shingles blisters on her hand, and then also got some on her arm, the opposite arm as the injection. Her dermatologist and internist verified it was shingles. Her internist said it may have been triggered by the vaccine. She clarified it started in the palm of her hand and then traveled up her arm on the opposite side of the vaccine, she got the vaccine in the right arm and the shingles in the left arm. She felt quite ill as a result of the shingles. Her dermatologist put on Valtrex, three times a day. It helped with the spread; it stopped spreading. Her dermatologist was not associating it with the vaccine, and she was not sure she was either. After not feeling well for several days she told internist and he was confident that the vaccine was what caused the shingles. She doesn't remember for sure the event extreme pain in left hand, but it was within a few days after the 2nd dose. The swollen glands started within 24 hours, as well as, the sore arm. It wasn't anything she didn't expect. Like with the flu shot maybe a little worse, but it wasn't severe. Her sore arm was not ongoing. It recovered completely by the next day. Swollen glands came back when the shingles first happened, but they initially began within 24 to 48 hours, for both doses. After the second dose she took two extra strength Tylenol again on the first night again; she just took it once after the 2nd dose. Pain in the hand was 98 to 95 percent better. Her doctor did whole blood work up (unknown results) just to see her white count (unknown results) to rule out something else. The blisters were too small for the dermatologist to scrape and get a biopsy. She did not get the most current 2 dose vaccine for shingles, she only got one dose and that was a number of years ago, she was going to get it but then COVID happened. The outcome of event herpes zoster and pain in extremity was resolving while for other events was unknown.   No follow up attempts are possible. Information about Lot/batch number cannot be obtained.