Report #2834098

Received Apr 3, 2025

ER / ED visit

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Overview

Sex: Male
Age: 63 yrs
State: AZ
Recovered: Not recovered
Vaccinated: Mar 5, 2025
Onset: Mar 12, 2025
Days to onset: 7
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (1)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
VARZOS	ZOSTER (SHINGRIX)	GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS	2	3X97J	IM / LA

Symptoms (3)

Injection site rashRashRash pruritic

Symptom narrative

SPOTS/RASH THAT STARTED ON LEFT DELTOID, ABOVE VACCINATION AREA. PATIENT THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS A BUG BITE. WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE RASH TRAVELED DOWN THE ARM AND BECAME ITCHY AND IRRITATING. PATIENT THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE CHICKEN POX. RASH THEN SPREAD TO BILATERAL ARMS AND LEGS AND WAS ITCHY, NOT EXACTLY PAINFUL, BUT ANNOYING. PATIENT RETURNED TO PHARMACY 4/2//25 FROM RX'S FROM EMERGENCY ROOM; FAMCICLOVIR AND PREDNISONE TO TREAT THE RASH. ER MD NOT 100% CERTAIN RELATED TO VACCINE BUT HIGHLY LIKELY. THIS WAS MY THOUGHT AS WELL AS THE RASH BEGAN WITHIN 1 WEEK OF VACCINATION. PATIENT IS STILL ACTIVELY RECOVERING.

Current illness

NONE

Medical history

NONE

Other medications

FAMOTIDINE 20MG BID

Allergies

NKDA

Lab data

UNKNOWN IF ER RAN TESTS.