Why is the cut off for the HPV/Cervical cancer vaccine 26?
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HPV is an STD. Studies conducting from examining the medical records of patients treated for STD's suggests that promiscuous behavior starts as early as nine but tappers off by the time one gets twenty-six, at least on average. Although you can get cervical cancer and not have HPV, the likelihood is infinitesimally small. However you can't get HPV without having unprotected sex, which is a promiscuous behavior. So after 26 typically, you are (hopefully) beyond the promiscuous behavior stage and should not need the vaccine.
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hard to say. will probably be awhile. the virus is very difficult to treat because it constantly mutates, so as soon as we develop a vaccine the virus has already mutated so it is ineffective. i think there is probably quit a bit of research going into it. its becoming more of a chronic disease, its not that unusual for people to live more than 20 years after being infected anymore (in the US anyway, africa is a different story)
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I think that there was a common vaccine given to kids at their school for mumps,rubeola and chicken pox.After that time the powers that be decided it was basically eraticated at large and they changed it to be done elsewhere to the parents choosing. So, if you are going to be exposed now-you must show your own proof that you had your shots.
897693
Condoms are 97% effective. HPV is VERY common in women and a condom won't protect you from it. This causes cervical cancer. There are no symptoms and most men don't know they have it when they pass it on. Actually about 60% of the population has HPV in teh US. I believe they now have an immunization for it. Call your OBGYN and ask. Good luck!
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fisrt of all u have to see that he has an active wart or not if he has he can go to the dermatologist and then they can fizing that for him .....when there is no wart in his genitalia area the risk of transmited to u woill be decrease so much...of course HPV as a virus has no treatment completly and i dunno why u are so scared of that ...i know there is some type of HPV has related to servix cancer or methaplasy of it but they are not too much type (16,18,31,33,35 )and others are fine type....if he use condoms then the risk for transmited will be 0 and then no need to be worry even if u have un protected sex with him and he has no active wart the risk of transmited will be too low...then i advice u to both go to a dermatologist or even ur gynecologist and start ur relationship...ab vaccine u said cuz most of the virus change their version then maybe it wont be useful so much....
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I have (or had..not sure if it actually ever goes away) HPV and gave vaginal birth to both of my children. I never got warts or anything from it though. Just some bad cells on my cervix. And the last stats I can remember hearing about HPV is that somewhere around 85% of women have it.
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HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that can cause warts, an invisible infection only found on pap smear, or, in the worst case scenario, it can cause cervical cancer.  It is important for a woman to have pap smears every year and to keep the number of sexual partners to a minimum to reduce the risk of getting a dangerous strain of the virus.  Men obviously contract the virus too, but they can not be easily diagnosed if they do not have visible warts.  Condoms can reduce transmission, but are not perfect because the virus infects nearby skin too, not just the penus and vagina.
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Despite your choice of words, I have a potential answer. Have yourself checked for HPV. Up to 80% of all women have it, and don't know. Men are carriers, but have no symptoms. There is also no test for men. There are many different strains of HPV. HPV is now known to be the the leading cause of cervical cancer. Get yourself to an OB/GYN and get checked. I don't know how old you are, but most docs don't test for HPV until after the age of thirty so BE SURE TO ASK. Take care of yourself. Don't freak if your test comes back positive, HPV can resolve itself, or advance to pre-cancerous cells, then to cancerous. But the treatments are effective (they vary from freezing the cervix to removal) especially if caught early. Wish you the best.\n\nJust an FYI, HPV IS a sexually transmitted disease and is NOT prevented with condom usage. Because there is still genital to genital contact with a condom, HPV is still passed on. Ladies (and guys,too) Please be careful out there. This is one more way gettin' you're grove on will come back and bite and you in the ash!
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Do you mean HPV - Human Papilloma Virus?  If so, you can get it from skin-to-skin contact and a condom won't always protect you from it.  Some strains won't give you genital warts, but can show up on your cervix.  HPV can lie dormant in you for years.  That's why it's so important to get your yearly Pap test.  (HPV strains can cause cervical cancer.)  There is now an HPV test available for women over 30. Talk to your doctor if you are concerned.
452610
What is BV??  Do you mean HPV??  You should really discuss this with your doctor and should always be using protection anyway;)
20093
I have recently read that there is a vaccine that they are starting trials in...the catch, you must be a virgin. They will not do trials on women that have already been sexually active. The research shows it is 100% effective...too little too late for the women who have it, but good for the younger generations.
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Try this site. Maybe it will give you some insight.  \n\nwww.who.int/vaccines-documents/DocsPDF/www9532.pdf
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I could not disagree more strongly with the first two respondents.  Proponents of immunization will point out the decline in childhood illness since mass immunizations became popular.  They fail to point out the fact that these diseases declined in European countries around the same time, BEFORE these countries initiated mass immunizations for children.  A more likely explanation for the drop in childhood illness in the improvement of sanitation that we saw at this time.  In fact, every known case of polio in the U.S. since the 1970's was caused by the vaccine.\n\nWhat childhood diseases are we afraid of anyway?  Mumps?  Mumps is an innocuous viral disease that requires no medical treatment.  Bed rest for two or three days and a soft food diet with plenty of fluid will offer the child a lifetime of immunity (something no vaccine can offer).  The mumps vaccine is usually administered along with measles and rubella -a vaccine combination that is loaded with mercury and is implicated in the shocking rise in the prevalence of autism.\n\nMeasles?  Another viral disease that requires no medical treatment.  The medical community will attempt to justify the vaccine be quoting the statistic of 1/1000 developing a type of encephalitis.  my own research and experience causes me to question this statistic.  In the middle and upper income brackets in this country, this stat is more like 1/10000.  Rare.\n\nRubella?  Pertussis?  Chicken Pox?  None of these diseases are exceedingly dangerous in this day and age, and contracting them naturally offers lifetime immunity.  This, without the dangerous side effects of the vaccines designed to treat them.\n\nI won't keep writing about all of the dangers of vaccines, but I will suggest that the single most important thing that you can do for your child is to breast feed her... a lot.  Breast milk IS her immune system for the first three months, and the microbes that she comes in contact with on mom's nipple will gently introduce her to new challenges to her immune system.  The child's nervous system is about 80% developed when he is 2 years old.  If one must get immunizations, waiting until the age of 2 will give the child the best chance to avoid injury.  (Japan's current immunization schedule begins at age 2.  Since the change in this schedule SIDS has all but disappeared).\n\nDr.B.H.
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I just saw something on TV last night where blogs are censored in the middle east that contain the word 'women' but not ones that contain the word 'woman'.   My thinking on this is that it is OK to talk about a woman, but any time there is more than 1 woman (women) people get scared and have to censor it.  They even censored one of the Grand Ayotollah's websites for containing a side bar that said 'women's rights'.  The US is not too different...women are more than 1/2 of the population, yet we have never had a woman president and the glass ceiling still exists.  If we women wanted to do something abut it we could.  But the government has worked tirelessly to keep women divided.  They know what would happen if we girls ever united...\n\nThe problem with plan B was the age restriction.  And the cons won on that issue...girls under 18 don't have access.  Worse, the cons have also blocked women from receiving immunizations for HPV, one of the biggest causes of cervical cancer.
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I think an excellent topic about Cervical Cancer and the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) might be how many women go on to have other types of cancer from it. HPV causes lesser know cancers in women such as vulvar, vaginal, and anal. I run a support group for these problems and many women that have HPV and Cervical Cancer do later go on to have different problems, for some reason many women are not able to ever fight off the virus, where as most can. Maybe the role that the immune system plays in it would be something to explore....why do some women with "high risk" HPV get cancer and others don't?\nGood luck! I applaud you for picking such an interesting topic.
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There is no cure for HPV. It can cause cervical cancer, pain and sterilize you (no babies). Cryosurgery can be performed (freezing them or abnormal growth off). Check with your doctor and be completely honest of all questions. Your medical records are 100 percent confidential (even from parents if under 18)
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I am white and American but have eaten raw shell fish in the past and had unprotected sex in the 70's. I have been tested four times due to these factors. I am lucky, my test came back negative but I have not been vaccinated as I do not practice either of those two habits any longer and the shots are not suggested for people with AOPID.