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Report #2843629

Received Jun 2, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
50 yrs
State
CA
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
May 23, 2025
Onset
May 23, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARZOSZOSTER (SHINGRIX)GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS275D3AIM / RA

Symptoms (2)

ArthralgiaMobility decreased

Symptom narrative

ON 05-23-25, SHINGRIX VACCINE WAS ADMINISTERED BY RPH. PT HAD CONTACTED RPH: IN REGARDS TO HER CONCERN OF EXPERIENCING PAIN ALONG LEFT SHOULDER JOINT AREA, AND THE INABILITY TO LIFT HER LEFT ARM ON 5-23-25 AROUND 5:45 PM. RPH HAD ADVISED HER MAY BE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECT OF MUSCLE TENDERNESS AT INJECTION SITE, AND TO APPLY A COLD COMPRESS AND TAKE OTC IBUPROFEN IF TOLERATED. RPH, HAD ADVISED PT IF PAIN BECOMES SEVERE TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT HER MD AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. ON 5-24-25, PT WAS PRESCRIBED MEDROL DOSE PACK BY HER NP. PRESCRIBER BELIEVES THAT VACCINE WAS ADMINISTERED TOO HIGH UP THE SHOULDER REGION IN THE SHOULDER CAPSULE CAUSING HER CHRONIC PAIN, LIMITED SHOULDER MOVEMENT, AND NERVE PAIN. PT HAS BEEN IN CHRONIC PAIN, AND WAS UNABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY MOVE HER LEFT ARM FROM 5-23-25 TO 5-28-25. ON 5-28-25, PT WAS ALSO COMPLAINING OF SHARP PAIN RADIATING DOWN HER LEFT ARM. AS OF 6-2-25, PT INDICATED SHE IS ABLE TO MOVE HER SHOULDER, AND PAIN HAS SUBSIDED BUT NOT COMPLETELY. HOWEVER, SHE IS NOT ABLE TO PLACE ANY RESISTANCE (WEIGHT) ALONG THE LEFT ARM/ SHOULD REGION. SHOULDER IS STILL SORE.

Current illness

none

Medical history

migraines

Allergies

none

Lab data

NONE