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Report #2859221

Received Sep 16, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
Age unknown
State
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Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
—
Onset
—
Days to onset
—
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
COVID19COVID19 (COVID19 (PFIZER-BIONTECH))PFIZER\BIONTECHUNK——

Symptoms (1)

Herpes zoster

Symptom narrative

experienced shingles after taking COVID Vaccine, consumer stated, "Yes, I did. Yes, day two to day five/had reaction to all four; This is a spontaneous report received from a Consumer or other non HCP. A female patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2 NOS), in 2023 as dose number unknown, single (Batch/Lot number: unknown) for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. The following information was reported: HERPES ZOSTER (non-serious) with onset 2023, outcome "unknown", described as "experienced shingles after taking COVID Vaccine, consumer stated, "Yes, I did. Yes, day two to day five/had reaction to all four". Additional information: The patient was just asking that where she can give some feedback on her vaccination which was not last year, 2023. She had four vaccines that year and thought two of them were Pfizer and she do not think Pfizer do the shingles one, but patient was not positive. The patient had two shingles shot (Unspecified shingles shot) that year, had a flu, the annual flu shot, and I had the COVID booster or whatever in the fall as well and that was Pfizer." The patient could not clarify the vaccination but stated it was COVID, it was flu shot and it was the two-shot series were the shingles, but she do not know if Pfizer does that one. she just have not looked it up, she did not, She know she got the Pfizer COVID booster that year." When clarified the manufacturer name as Pfizer for COVID Booster, the patient stated, "No, no she was saying she know for sure that COVID, that COVID shot was Pfizer because she had only ever gotten Pfizer." When asked if consumer experienced shingles after taking COVID Vaccine, consumer stated, "Yes, she did. Yes, day two to day five." No follow-up attempts are possible. Batch/lot number is not provided, and it cannot be obtained.