HPV
During several months, I was wondering if I should take HPV vaccine or not. So after talking with my gynaecologist in Madrid, she persuaded me to do a PAP smear test and as the result was negative, I made up my mind and got the vaccine. The only side effects that I suffered after every dose were migraines. The first dose was at the end of December and the last one was in July. This vaccine doesn’t protect you against all kinds of cancers and it’s not a contraceptive either however it’s a good protection against the most dangerous HPV types.
This vaccine is free in many countries, and from 2010 it’s also en Ireland for second level school girls. Nevertheless, the rest of the women who wants to get it, they should pay it and I’m afraid it’s not very cheap although the prices are getting down.
The reason why of this post is giving some information about the vaccine and its side effects. Unfortunately, I usually suffer of many vaccines’ side effects but in this case, they were only migraines. I was quite concerned about them especially after some polemic articles few months ago but I’m afraid these articles were the ignorance result. For further information, please visit this web where HPV is clearly explained: what is is and how the vaccine works.
I think every woman should be responsible of her health and I’m including all about her sexuality as well (period, checking, contraception, fertility, menopause, etc) so having said that, all the information should be always welcome. We should keep in mind that this HPV viruses also affect men (in their cases, they develop penis cancer) and a condom is not an effective way to protect against it.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Tuviste suerte si a pesar de reaccionar fuertemente a las vacunas sólo tuviste fuertes brotes de migraña. Otras jóvenes no han tenido tanta suerte como tú, ya que han sufrido vértigos y pérdidas de conocimiento repetidas durante meses, parálisis (en silla de ruedas), temblores y calambres en extremidades, pérdida de oido y vista, problemas menstruales … y otras, infinitamente peor, ya que han muerto. No estoy de acuerdo en que el temor a la vacuna se deba en gran medida al desconocimiento que hay sobre ella. De hecho, las personas informadas sobre el virus del papiloma y sobre la vacuna aún tienen mucho más temor a la misma y no dudan en no vacunarse, primero porque saben que la vacuna no es necesaria, 2º porque saben que puede provocar graves efectos secundarios (que se están ocultando).
September 13th, 2010 at 8:12 am
Interesante. Me informaré mejor entonces sobre esta vacuna. Es que yo había preguntado sobre ella cuando salió la vacunación en España para niñas, y me habían dicho que no hacía efecto más allá de esas edades!