Age: 63.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: PNC13
Symptoms: Condition aggravated, Croup infectious, Genital herpes, Genital lesion, Pneumonia
Clinical narrative: gained 10 lbs; croupy pneumonia; croupy pneumonia; upper respiratory infection,slowly getting worse and worse; severe outbreak of genital herpes/herpes outbreak/8-9 genital herpes lesions/got worse and worse; severe outbreak of genital herpes/herpes outbreak/8-9 genital herpes lesions/got worse and worse; severe herpes outbreak; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 63-year-old female patient received pneumococcal 13-val conj vac (dipht crm197 protein) (PREVNAR 13, Solution for injection in pre-filled syringe, batch/lot number and expiration date not provided), via an unspecified route of administration on 04Nov2018 12:45 in upper right arm at single dose for immunization. Medical history included ongoing genital herpes lesion. There was no history of all previous immunization with the Pfizer vaccine considered as suspect (or patient age at first and subsequent immunizations if dates of birth or immunizations were not available). The patient's concomitant medications were none (other products: no). The patient previously took trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole (SEPTRA DS) and allergy to it. There were no prior vaccinations within 4 weeks. There were no additional vaccines administered on same date of the Pfizer suspect. The patient received the Prevnar 13 vaccine at the pharmacy two years ago and a few days later developed an upper respiratory infection and a severe herpes outbreak, she had a very severe outbreak of genital herpes, along with a croupy pneumonia, shortly after receiving the Prevnar 13 vaccine in Nov2018. Vaccine was not administered at military facility. The adverse events did require a visit to emergency room or physician office. She received her Prevnar 13 vaccine on 04Nov2018 at 12:45 in the afternoon. She said both the croupy pneumonia and genital herpes outbreak started a couple days after she received the Prevnar 13 vaccination. She clarified that the side effects of the Prevnar 13 came on slowly. She said the croupy pneumonia started out slowly as an upper respiratory infection, slowly getting worse and worse. She said the genital herpes outbreak started out slowly and got worse and worse. She said she usually had only 1 genital herpes lesion, but after the Prevnar 13 vaccine, she had 8-9 genital herpes lesions. The patient stated she had a bad reaction to the Prevnar 13 vaccine in Nov2018. She said her concern was she had genital herpes, and had a very severe outbreak, along with a croupy pneumonia, saying she felt like she was near death at the time. She said her experience with the Prevnar 13 made her concerned with vaccines. She said she didn't know at the time she had the bad reaction with the Prevnar 13 vaccine that Pfizer was the Prevnar 13 manufacturer. She said she just found that Pfizer was the Prevnar 13 manufacturer and was thrilled that Pfizer was the manufacturer of the COVID vaccine. She wanted to know if she should have the COVID vaccine based on her experience with the Prevnar 13 vaccine. Her doctor told her the severe genital herpes outbreak and the croupy pneumonia weren't side effects of the Prevnar 13 vaccine. She said her doctor blew her off, so she went to her pharmacist, and her pharmacist wouldn't tell her who the manufacturer was of the Prevnar 13. She said she called the Clinic and told the Clinic her experience after she had received the Prevnar 13 vaccine, and the Clinic told her to fire her doctor and pharmacist. She said she told herself she won't take vaccines anymore, but since she survived, and now knowing that Pfizer was the COVID vaccine manufacturer, she would like to know if she should get the COVID vaccine. She also inquired whether someone with genital herpes could receive the new COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (BNT162). She said she was virology lover. she was a naturopath. The patient stated she had gained 10 lbs. since COVID Reported she received the Prevnar 13 vaccine at a pharmacy. Treatment: Declined any. She stated after she fired her doctor and pharmacist, she used Echinacea, Vicks VapoRub and chicken soup. Spring Valley Echinacea 760mg, UPC Number: 681131016193, Lot Number: 004325,  Expiration Date: Aug2020. The Spring Valley Echinacea 760mg was distributed by (Pharmacy Name) Stores, (City and state name). She said the Spring Valley Echinacea 760mg was a certified organic product of China. Vicks VapoRub UPC Number: Unknown, Lot Number: 92954354M2, Expiration Date: Sep2021. It was reported that the Vicks VapoRub was made in Mexico by (Company Name) providing number from the Vicks VapoRub product packaging. The patient needed something to see with to get the numbers off of the Vicks VapoRub product packaging. She stated she put glasses on to read the Vicks VapoRub product information, and had difficulty reading and providing the product information. She had a whole luggage full of supplements, she kept her supplements in a piece of luggage just in case she needed to take her supplements with her if she went to the hospital. She stated she told Dr. (Name)she wanted to strengthen her immune system, and asked Dr. (Name) how she should do that. She said Dr. (Name) told her that she could strengthen her immune system by immunizations. She said she told Dr. (Name) she didn't want pneumonia as an older person, and she would get the pneumonia vaccine. She said she called Dr. (Name) after she had the bad reaction to the Prevnar 13 vaccine, and she said Dr. (Name) told her "sorry, those are not side effects of the Prevnar 13. Reported she hadn't had a vaccine since she was a kid". She talked to someone and filled out a form for Prevnar 13. She was asked what she had used when she was trying to recover. She reported that she used echinacea and vicks vapo rub and she was asked for the lot numbers. She just caught that there was an error since she provided the lot number from her vicks vapo rub that she purchased two weeks ago. The vicks vapo rub that she had used when she had the issue two years ago with Prevnar 13 vaccine hadbeen discarded. The lot number she reported for the vicks vapo rub was null and void since it was from her recent container. The echinacea lot number she provided was the same since she still used the same bottle. There were no relevant tests and investigation assessment. Patient's Weight was 150 lbs and 68.04 kg on unknown dates. The outcome of events gained 10 lbs, severe herpes outbreak was unknown. The outcome of events croupy pneumonia, upper respiratory infection and genital herpes was not recovered.  Information about lot/batch number has been requested.