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Report #2891296

Received Mar 31, 2026

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Overview

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

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARZOSZOSTER (SHINGRIX)GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALSUNKUNK

Symptoms (5)

CryingHerpes zosterMobility decreasedPainVaccination failure

Symptom narrative

have paralysis of my left thigh; I had a huge, bad case. My whole left leg. Worst pain EVER!!! Cried day and night for weeks. Still having lots of pain and it has been 2 months. can't lift my left leg due to shingles. Here's the unbelievable par/Suspected Vaccination Failure; I had a huge, bad case. My whole left leg. Worst pain EVER!!! Cried day and night for weeks. Still having lots of pain and it has been 2 months. can't lift my left leg due to shingles. Here's the unbelievable par/Suspected Vaccination Failure; cry; This serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of paralysis in a patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingrix) for prophylaxis. Concurrent medical conditions included malnutrition (patient was malnourished and it pounced). On an unknown date, the patient received Shingrix. On an unknown date, an unknown time after receiving Shingrix, the patient experienced paralysis (Verbatim: have paralysis of my left thigh) (serious criteria GSK medically significant), vaccination failure (Verbatim: I had a huge, bad case. My whole left leg. Worst pain EVER!!! Cried day and night for weeks. Still having lots of pain and it has been 2 months. can't lift my left leg due to shingles. Here's the unbelievable par/Suspected Vaccination Failure) (serious criteria GSK medically significant), shingles (Verbatim: I had a huge, bad case. My whole left leg. Worst pain EVER!!! Cried day and night for weeks. Still having lots of pain and it has been 2 months. can't lift my left leg due to shingles. Here's the unbelievable par/Suspected Vaccination Failure) and crying (Verbatim: cry). The outcome of the paralysis, vaccination failure and shingles were not reported and the outcome of the crying was resolved. It was unknown if the reporter considered the paralysis, vaccination failure, shingles and crying to be related to Shingrix. The company considered the paralysis, vaccination failure and shingles to be unrelated to Shingrix. It was unknown if the company considered the crying to be related to Shingrix. Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 24-MAR-2026 This case was considered as suspected vaccination failure as details regarding completion of primary vaccination schedule, time to onset for shingles and laboratory confirmation regarding shingles were unknown at the time of reporting. This case was reported by a patient via interactive digital media. The batch number was not provided, and we are unable to contact the reporter; Sender's Comments: A case of Paralysis and Vaccination failure, on an unknown time after vaccination with unknown dose of Shingrix, in a patient. Based on the available information a possible causality that the event were caused by GSK vaccine product cannot be ascertained. Consent for further follow up has not been received.

Current illness

Malnutrition (patient was malnourished and it pounced)