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Report #2862742

Received Oct 16, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
67 yrs
State
ME
Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
Sep 16, 2025
Onset
Sep 16, 2025
Days to onset
0
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (2)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARZOSZOSTER (SHINGRIX)GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALSUNKUNK—
VARZOSZOSTER (SHINGRIX)GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS2G2HA7IM / LA

Symptoms (13)

ArthralgiaChillsFatigueMyalgiaNauseaPyrexiaRashDry skinFace oedemaInjection site reactionPruritusRash erythematousRash papular

Symptom narrative

12h after fever, (measured 102F) myalgias, arthralgias, raised erythematous rash started about 20 hours after immunization confluent hive like rash that spread from neck onto shoulders and up onto face to the zygomatic arch area associated with tissue edema, extending across throat and nearly circumferential around neck. The site of the injection had a 5-6 cm slightly raised erythematous tender rash as well. the rash worsened in heat and erythema and itching over 3 days, despite cetirizine, diphenhydramine, famotidine, glutathione, and naproxen. Hoarseness began in the night leading into the third day. Dr. prescribed Prednisone tapering from 50 mg over 10 days. The rash resolved, skin went through a sandpaper phase, still tissue edema atalmost 30days.

Current illness

cough and nasal congestion due to ramipril

Medical history

Lyme borreliosis, babesiosis, hypothyroidism, metabolic syndrome

Other medications

MEDICATION LIST 10-07-2025Levothyroxine 0.075mg 1 PO qdLiothyro

Allergies

clotrimazole ointment: rash

Lab data

n/a