Age: 54.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Burning sensation, Herpes zoster, Pruritus, Rash
Clinical narrative: Shingles; Itchy; Burning; Bubbly rash; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable nurse (patient, self-reported). A 54-year-old female patient received second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTEC COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, lot number: EL9262 and expiry date: 30May2021), via an unspecified route of administration, in Arm Left, on 18Feb2021 (age at vaccination: 54 years), as a single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The patient's medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. Historical vaccine included first dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTEC COVID-19 mRNA VACCINE, Solution for injection, lot number: EL9262 and expiry date: 31May2021), via an unspecified route of administration, in Arm Left, on 28Jan2021 (age at vaccination: 54 years), as a single dose for COVID-19 immunization. The patient did not received any prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. The patient was listening to the radio, and they said people were reporting an uptick of shingles after getting the COVID 19 vaccine. She had shingles after the vaccine as well as 3 other people she knows on 27Apr2021. It was out of the blue. The patient did not have a prescribing doctor. She got it at work. One of the surgeons she works with was going through shingles now after the vaccine. Her friend's husband also has shingles. Both of theirs happened within 6 months of the shot. She had it exactly 8 weeks after the second shot. She has a procedure done, and post op she noticed a rash around the incision. The procedure was removal of hardware from her lower leg fracture. The incision was not infected. The shingles were surrounding and tracking along the nerves. It was all over her lower surgical leg, around the incision. She had a lower extremity fracture. The shingles were outside of the incision. She didn't get antibiotics. She was prescribed Valacyclovir which cleared it up. She went to the doctor's because she was upset for a post op visit. Her surgery was 12Apr2021, and she went to the doctor with an itchy, burning, bubbly rash on both sides of the incision on 27Apr2021. She was more upset to know she was not alone. She originally thought it was an out of the blue occurrence. But it was because of the stupid vaccine. She was not a fan of this vaccine to begin with. She was forced to do it to keep her job. She 100 % thinks the shingles was related to the vaccine. She had an outbreak of shingles. She told people. She had one coworker say omg the surgeon has shingles after his vaccine too. Her friend at the other place was mandated to get the vaccine or he would be terminated too. It was her friend's husband. He got shingles too. His was later. He was forced later than she was to get the vaccine. She knows both of them live in same place and got both got shots in same place. She doesn't have their information to do reports. The surgeon got his at a plaza. Her friend's husband was a pharmacist. The adverse events did not require a visit to emergency room. The events were resulted in physician office. There were not relevant tests. Outcome of the event shingles was recovered on an unspecified date in 2021 and for all other events, it was unknown.; Sender's Comments: Based on the information available and close temporal association, a possible contributory role of the suspect BNT162B2 cannot be excluded for the reported events . The case will be reassessed once new information is available   The impact of this report on the benefit/risk profile of the Pfizer product is evaluated as part of Pfizer procedures for safety evaluation, including the review and analysis of aggregate data for adverse events. Any safety concern identified as part of this review, as well as any appropriate action in response, will be promptly notified to regulatory authorities, Ethics Committees, and Investigators, as appropriate.,Linked Report(s) : US-PFIZER INC-202101084542 Same reporter/drug/AE, different patient;US-PFIZER INC-202101085084 Same reporter/drug/AE, different patient