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Report #2844608

Received Jun 11, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Unknown
Age
Age unknown
State
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Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
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Onset
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Days to onset
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Hospital days
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Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARZOSZOSTER (NO BRAND NAME)UNKNOWN MANUFACTURERUNKUNK—

Symptoms (2)

Herpes zosterPain

Symptom narrative

diagnosed with shingles/shockingly painful; This non-serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of shingles in a patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis. On an unknown date, the patient received Shingles vaccine. On an unknown date, 3 days after receiving Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced shingles (Verbatim: diagnosed with shingles/shockingly painful). The outcome of the shingles was not reported. It was unknown if the reporter considered the shingles to be related to Shingles vaccine. It was unknown if the company considered the shingles to be related to Shingles vaccine. Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 05-JUN-2025 Reporter stated that in extremely rare cases, if a person has lowered immunity and gets the vaccine, they can get shingles. Patient got the vaccine a week and a half ago and was diagnosed with shingles three days later and it was shockingly painful.