Sex: U
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19, VARZOS
Symptoms: Depression, Gait disturbance, Hyperaesthesia, Hypoaesthesia, Loss of personal independence in daily activities
Clinical narrative: left leg & foot have horrible pain daily; foot is numb and tingle; foot tingle; foot sensitive to touch; Limiting my daily activity and my work week cut in half; excruciating pain; nerve pain; from wheel chair to, crutches to a cane, walk like I have a disease; Swollen leg and foot; depression; This case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of leg pain in a adult patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis.   Co-suspect products included COVID-19 VACCINE for prophylaxis and COVID-19 VACCINE for prophylaxis.   The patient's past medical history included wheelchair user, crutch user and cane user.   On an unknown date, the patient received Shingles vaccine, the 2nd dose of COVID-19 VACCINE and the 1st dose of COVID-19 VACCINE. On an unknown date, unknown after receiving Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced leg pain, numbness in feet, tingling, touch sensitivity increased, activities of daily living impaired, pain, nerve pain, gait disorder, swelling of legs and depression. On an unknown date, the outcome of the leg pain, numbness in feet, tingling, touch sensitivity increased, activities of daily living impaired, nerve pain, gait disorder, swelling of legs and depression were not recovered/not resolved and the outcome of the pain was unknown.   It was unknown if the reporter considered the leg pain, numbness in feet, tingling, touch sensitivity increased, activities of daily living impaired, pain, nerve pain, gait disorder, swelling of legs and depression to be related to Shingles vaccine.     Additional Information: Receipt Date: 11-JUN-2022 Reporter's Comments: The case was self-reported by the patient via (social media) interactive digital media. The patient was 55 years old at the time of reporting. The patient received dose of Shingles vaccine and had a horrible reaction. The patient's left leg and foot had horrible pain daily, foot was numb and tingle and sensitive to touch. Limiting his/her daily activity and work week cut in half. The patient was very athletic and active walking 12,000 steps a days.  He/she went to a gym four times a week. Hiked, biked and swam.  Now patient could not walk far or long at all without getting a swollen leg and foot.  The patient reported that less than 24 hours after the Shingles vaccine shot, the patient was in excruciating pain.  The patient reported that, doctors had made more excuses as to what else it might be but no definitive answers as to what it really was.  The patient reported that it was all on left side. It was nerve pain.  The patient reported that you needed to let people know this could happen.  The patient was perfectly healthy until this. If he had known this would happen the patient would have never gotten it.  Three months ago from the date of reporting, the patient had two Covid shot.  The patient tried reporting this to the CDC however that was a joke in itself patient could not put his/her information into the computer keep cutting the patient out after fill it out.  The patient reported that his/her life had changed considerably and there was nothing anyone could do for him/her.  Physical therapy, acupuncture and neurologist all had been seen and nothing was working.  The patient could not even afford to do any more of this since he/she was not working like he/she used too.  The patient loved his/her profession and work and it was just depressing. The patient strongly warned people.  The patient reported that they need to know this could happen.   The patient went from wheel chair to, crutches to a cane and eight months later a cane and walked like had a disease. It was unknown if the reporter considered the leg pain, numbness in feet, tingling, touch sensitivity increased, activities of daily living impaired, pain, nerve pain, gait disorder, swelling of legs and depression to be related to Covid vaccine. Additional Supportive Information: The follow-up would not possible, as no contact details were available.