So I have been thinking about the gardasil (HPV) vaccine a lot and wondering if it is a good idea. Then I read this really freaky thing about some side effects like paralysis! (go here: http://jenjensfamily.blogspot.com/)
Has anyone gotten their daughters this vaccine and if so, have you had any bad results? No, that's the one vaccine I'm against.
Keep in mind, it doesn't prevent ALL FORMS of cervical cancer. Girls who get the shot can still get cervical cancer. It's only meant to prevent certain forms of HPV -- a sexually transmitted disease.
People are saying that they don't want their daughters to have cervical cancer... it will NOT protect your daughter from getting cervical cancer! Read the material! It's ONLY for CERTAIN forms caused by the SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. I had it done at school (16, Australia) and we had no problems. There was only one case of someone who fainted but that was because they didn't inform the doctors they were on other medication.
Many kids will faint or feel sick, half the time it's because they've worked themselves up about it, but as a parent what would you prefer, your daughter to faint/feel sick or get cancer?
And the paralysis thing, has any even become paralysed? I've never heard of that before.
Hope that helps I'm on the fence. I star'd your question because I'm so anxious to see others responses.
My niece got it with no problems. A year ago. My oldest daughter is right about the age they start giving the vaccine.
I obviously want to protect my daughters, but this is a *new* shot. We do not know the long term effects. Could this cause unexpected problems 20 or 30 years from now? We don't know, because the vaccine hasn't been out the long. The studies that have been done were done on small groups of girls, but no studies of lasting effects have been done- and can't be done for so many years.
I'm debating it in my head and with my husband. We still have to think it through, but it will be a big decision like anything else involving my girls. If I had a girl, i most certainly WOULD have her vaccinated, just as I would for any other communicable disease for which a vaccine is available.
I say anything which may prevent a devastating, potentially fatal disease is more than worthwhile and think it unconscionable to put a child at risk for later suffering.
This issue isn't about sex; it's about preventing serious disease.
We have little to no control about when our children become sexually active, and if you think we do, you are delusional. It has been proven that teaching abstinence does zero for preventing sexual behavior in preteens and teenagers.
Kids need the facts, not a bunch of conservative claptrap. I live in Texas and our pig republican governor Rick Perry is enstilling the fear of cancer in 11 year old girls- a cancer that is actually of no threat to them at all. Their parents get scared too, they are convinced that gardisill is 'just another shot' and guess who makes a nice profit off the vaccine sales. It's disgusting.
The particular cancer this is supposedly preventing is only so deadly because it's just an STD with no symptoms there fore it goes un noticed until it is too late.
Safe sex is all our daughters need to learn. We don't need to buy into the sensationized media that want to scare us into injecting some new chemicals into our little girls so some right wing scum can get even more rich off of our ignornace and fear. So I havent done a ton of research on this, but I had a room mate that had cervical cancer and was told point blank by her doc that it was from her having so many partners at such a young age. I know that a lot of the young girls in our circle seriously slowed down with guys because they didn't realize that they could get cancer by having a lot of sex at young ages. When this vaccine came out my first thought was that I would never give it to my daughter because it is just another lazy way to encourage slutty behaviour.
Guess what... having tons of sex before your 20's has consequences. This one in my opinion is easy... don't have the dang sex and you don't have to worry about it. I asked my kids pediatrician about the shot and she said that girls dont get cervical cancer if they aren't having sex. And usually, in most cases it is the girls that are giving it up all the time that end up getting it.
So IMHO... Maybe instead of putting bubble wrap around our daughters and saying go ahead and have sex, we should say... if you don't want to catch that then don't have sex. Period... why put chemicals into your childs body that does who knows what harm as it hasnt been around long enough to tell if there are any lasting problems with the shot? Why not instead discourage sex. And thumbs down all you want, I have two teen neices who have both told me that with every 'fix' like birth control and easier more private access to morning after pills and abortions and now with this pill... they feel safer having sex therefore they dont see the problem with doing it because if they havent taken the 'fix' for the problem before hand (the gardasil pill or birth control) then they can just fix it after, abortions and morning after pills. My neices said that before it was so easy and private to get their hands on they didnt have sex, now we have made it almost inviting. I didn't get my 13 year old vaccinated for it yet. During her last physical, the nurse gave me a packet of information about it. When the doctor came in, she talked to me about it. Her oppinion of it was that since she was still young, to wait. That's what I decided to do. I feel that I should see how others getting it are reacting to it (for example bad side effects). Then we will make the call based on that. Nope. I greatly disagree with putting the ingredients in Gardasil into my children's bodies.
The majority of women clear the HPV virus from their bodies naturally. Also, most cervical pre-cancers develop slowly, so nearly all cervical cancers can be prevented with regular pap smear screening and prompt treatment. Survival for women with pre-invasive cervical cancer lesions is nearly 100% with early diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
IMO, the vaccination is riskier than the disease.
http://909shot.com/Diseases/HPV/HPVHOME.... the drug to help aid in cure cervical cancer is available..sure it might have a placebo effect if the person won't have it but will i take that chance with my daughter--of course not.
It's something that can now be prevented--why wouldn't i?
I'd be stupid to think that by doing this is a sign of allowing my daughter to have sex--that's the stupidest thing I've heard and not giving your kid a lot of credit nor yourself for your parenting skills. My daughter is 6 and damn straight I'll be getting her vaccinated--cervical cancer can happen not just from sex, many factors come into play!! I got vaccinated at it was extremely painful
1 vaccination
2 months later another vaccination
4 months later another one
I think it's good to pervent cervical cancer, however I think she should decide yes or no and go over what cervical cancer, and that will change her mind!
I gor pain, swelling, redness, itching, and stinging at the injection site. im 17 and i had the shots last year.
i had the first one and then read weird side effects and refusd to get the other two but got them later on anyway.
i felt like a guniea pig but i trust my doctor.
in australia its free so theres no bias about people making money off vaccine sales.
there has always been people who disagree with vaccinations and there always will be. vaccines that ae normal every day stuff to us now would have been fretted about when they first came out.
i dont like talking about it and would rather forget about it all.
talk to many different doctors i say and then tell your daughter the risks, pro's and cons and let her decide.
i had no side affects My mom said that it was stupid that in the state of Texas that most girls were required to get vaccinated and she would throw someone out the window if they tried to poke me with a needle. It depends on age in my opinion. If your daughter is young say 1-16 don't do it anything above I would go ahead and give it a try. Ask her consent though. You can't make her get one. My friend had a doctor appointment and got it. She said it was like a regular shot, she felt fine. I'm getting one, we're not sexually active at all (we're virgins), but I'm not taking any chances b/c seems like everything causes cancer nowadays. It wouldn't hurt to get it. Never! This is for a STD, not for cervical cancer. This is only for teenage girls that are sleeping around. Stop teaching your kids that it is ok to sleep with a million guys at 13 and you won't have any problems. My girls WILL NOT get this vaccine.
Edit** awww boohoo thumbs down all you want its my choice and opinion
Edit***** Iamhis0 has the perfect answer - exactly my thoughts i wouldn't do it, teach proper birth control & reinforce the importance of regular exams. id wait if i were you. The link didn't work. Even if it did it would'nt sway my decision. I will be getting it for my daughter. By the time she would be old enough to get it, the shot would have been on the market for over 10 years. At that point I'd weigh out what is found in that time. I don't see any reason to not get your daughter vaccinated to prevent the most common women's health problem that exists....the benefit outweigh the risks....same for child vaccines.
EDIT* Apparently not a lot of people know how HPV works, and need a little lesson in doing homework.
Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). The virus infects the skin and mucous membranes. There are more than 40 HPV types that can infect the genital areas of men and women, including the skin of the penis, vulva (area outside the vagina), and anus, and the linings of the vagina, cervix, and rectum. You cannot see HPV. Most people who become infected with HPV do not even know they have it.
Genital HPV is passed on through genital contact, most often during vaginal and anal sex. A person can have HPV even if years have passed since he or she had sex. Most infected persons do not realize they are infected or that they are passing the virus to a sex partner.
Very rarely, a pregnant woman with genital HPV can pass HPV to her baby during vaginal delivery. In these cases, the child may develop warts in the throat or voice box 鈥?a condition called recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP).
HPV infection. Approximately 20 million Americans are currently infected with HPV, and another 6.2 million people become newly infected each year. At least 50% of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives.
Genital warts. About 1% of sexually active adults in the U.S. have genital warts at any one time.
Cervical cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008, 11,070 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer in the U.S.
A vaccine can now protect females from the four types of HPV that cause most cervical cancers and genital warts. The vaccine is recommended for 11 and 12 year-old girls. It is also recommended for girls and women age 13 through 26 who have not yet been vaccinated or completed the vaccine series.
For those who choose to be sexually active, condoms may lower the risk of HPV, if used all the time and the right way. Condoms may also lower the risk of developing HPV-related diseases, such as genital warts and cervical cancer. But HPV can infect areas that are not covered by a condom鈥攕o condoms may not fully protect against HPV. So the only sure way to prevent HPV is to avoid all sexual activity.
Individuals can also lower their chances of getting HPV by being in a mutually faithful relationship with someone who has had no or few sex partners. However, even people with only one lifetime sex partner can get HPV, if their partner was infected with HPV. For those who are not in long-term mutually monogamous relationships, limiting the number of sex partners and choosing a partner less likely to be infected may lower the risk of HPV. Partners less likely to be infected include those who have had no or few prior sex partners. But it may not be possible to determine if a partner who has been sexually active in the past is currently infected.
There is no treatment for the virus itself, but a healthy immune system can usually fight off HPV naturally. There are treatments for the diseases that HPV can cause:
Visible genital warts can be removed by patient-applied medications, or by treatments performed by a health care provider. Some individuals choose to forego treatment to see if the warts will disappear on their own. No one treatment is better than another.
Cervical cancer is most treatable when it is diagnosed and treated early. There are new forms of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy available for patients [see www.cancer.org ]. But women who get routine Pap testing and follow up as needed can identify problems before cancer develops. Prevention is always better than treatment.
Other HPV-related cancers are also more treatable when diagnosed and treated early. There are new forms of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy available for patients. [see www.cancer.org ]
Other HPV-related cancers are much less common than cervical cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008, there will be:
3,460 women diagnosed with vulvar cancer;
2,210 women diagnosed with vaginal and other female genital cancers;
1,250 men diagnosed with penile and other male genital cancers; and
3,050 women and 2,020 men diagnosed with anal cancer.
Certain populations may be at higher risk for HPV-related cancers, such as gay and bisexual men, and individuals with weak immune systems (including those who have HIV/AIDS).
http://www.cdc.gov/STD/HPV/STDFact-HPV.h...
Now who with a brain can argue those facts?!?! | 