Sex: F
Vaccine: VARZOS, VARZOS
Symptoms: Injection site rash
Clinical narrative: rash / huge rash; rash was lumpy, hot and red and all over her arm; didn´t take part two; rash lumpy, hot all over her arm; This case was reported by a consumer via other manufacturer and described the occurrence of rash in a 71-year-old female patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingrix) for prophylaxis.   Co-suspect products included Herpes zoster (Shingrix) for prophylaxis.   On an unknown date, the patient received the 1st dose of Shingrix and the 2nd dose of Shingrix. On an unknown date, 2 weeks after receiving Shingrix and not applicable after receiving Shingrix, the patient experienced rash, erythema, feeling of warmth and incomplete course of vaccination. The patient was treated with topical steroid nos (Steroid Cream) and cetirizine hydrochloride (Zyrtec). On an unknown date, the outcome of the rash, erythema and incomplete course of vaccination were unknown and the outcome of the feeling of warmth was recovered/resolved.   It was unknown if the reporter considered the rash, erythema and feeling of warmth to be related to Shingrix.  Additional details were provided as follows: The patient self-reported this case. The age at vaccination was not reported. The patient received dose Shingrix vaccine and 2 weeks after the injection experienced huge rash, 4 times the size of what she got with the Pfizer and the rash was lumpy, hot and red and all over her arm from the injection site to her elbow. The reporter stated that she went to a dermatologist and they had not seen anything l ke that, it covered her entire arm, they had to give her a topical steroid cream. The reporter stated that she called the pharmacist and he said oh well it must be something else because they were going by the side effects listed and said it couldn't be that, the dermatologist took a picture and showed a picture to the Infectious Disease specialist and he said he was seeing patients react more than 10 days after the vaccine and he thought it was from the vaccine. The reporter also stated that it took another 2 weeks after started the steroid cream to go away, later on she saw a doctor friend and showed him the pictures and his wife was queen of allergies and they both looked at the pics and he said do not take part 2 because she could get a worse reaction and she could go in to anaphylactic shock, so she didn't take part 2, which led to incomplete course of vaccination. The patient went to her dermatologist in April for her rash and her told her to take Zyrtec 10mg twice a day for 2 weeks which was inconvenient because she was too tired, but it didn't help. No lot number expiration date were provided. The reporter asked her doctor what the ingredients for the Pfizer Covid Shot and Shingles shot were and maybe she was allergic to something in them, the reporter stated her doctor didn't have much information on the Covid vaccine ingredients. The reporter consented to follow up. This case has been linked with cases US2021AMR244072 and US2021AMR244219 reported by the same reporter.; Sender's Comments:  US-GLAXOSMITHKLINE-US2021AMR244072:same reporter US-GLAXOSMITHKLINE-US2021AMR244219:same reporter