Cervical cancer vaccine

[PumpkinZulu]

if they dont have a great deal of research and knowledge on its effects in pregnancey, how can they have enough info to know it is safe for general use IYKWIM?

They don't, there are many findings that show it to have extremely adverse effects.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

They don't, there are many findings that show it to have extremely adverse effects.

which is exactly why my DD wont be having it. I will drill info on STI's and the importance of safe sex into her head when shes a teenager.

[Pretty Butterfly]

My DD wont be getting it this year like the others will be soon.

Haven't over 10 young girls died from the vaccine?

And i think out of about 10 strains, it may protect against one.... no where near enough for us to take the risk.

I generally dont vac my kids at all, but I also consented to the Hep B in high school for them. That semed a small risk for a very important vaccine, to me anyway. With so much contact, esp with sports, its one I wanted done.

[BellyBelly]

There are LOADS of threads in here about it, just run a search and you can read heaps without a debate

I would never put that stuff in my daughters body either with so little long term research and testing. It was rushed through way too fast. JMHO.

[Trillian]

Tink,s the fact is, this vaccination is NOT a vaccine for cervical cancer. It is a vaccine for the HPV Virus (warts) which has been found to increase the RISK of cervical cancer. This is what ****s me the most about this vaccination because it is being marketed as something that is isn't.

[BellyBelly]

Awwww Trill, but Cervical Cancer sounds better!!!

And from memory, it doesnt cover you from the most common ones? Or the most dangerous ones, one of the two lol.

I have started a FB group with loads of info which some people have been helping me moderate cos I am so busy, but if you want articles: Seriously Concerned About Gardasil (Cervical Cancer Vaccine) | Facebook

[Trillian]

LOL Kelly, I bet the genius who came up with that marketing idea think's he's awesome - look at all the money he's made for the manufacturers

It's also the one vaccination where DH is 100% in aggreance with me that our girls wont be having it.

[RainbowBrite]

My DD had the vaccine.
I was 25 when I found out I had CIN3 and needed letz treatment to get rid of the cells before they turned to cancer.
I had been with the same man for 5 years had 3 babies, and had not been sexually promiscuous before that and if I did sleep with someone I always practiced safe sex.
The treatment I received on my cervix is the reason my babies have come earlier and earlier.
Safe sex and knowledge is not always enough...I consider if I can do something that may help her not go through what I did then I will do it.
She suffered no ill effects from the vaccine except a sore red lump at the site.
Almost everyone will have had HPV at some stage of their life but not all will turn to cancer.

[Yeddi]

While cervical cancer is strongly related to the transmission of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) even the National Cancer Institute says that, "direct causation has not been demonstrated”. There are even FDA documents that support this and that the link with cervical cancer and HPV is limited to the fact that those who get the cancer are then more vulnerable to other pathogens. Therefore the cervical cancer vaccine is based purely on untested assumption of what might cause the cancer.

This vaccine also has not been evaluated for it's own carcinogenic (cancer causing) potential. Clinical trial results however a fairly scary. The US National Cancer Institute website states that no one who received all three vaccine shots developed a HPV-16 infection. However, “twenty-two women in that group did develop cervical abnormalities that can lead to cancer”. By the way, these trails are done on women who have never been previously exposed to HPV, so if they've got it it's a pretty good bet they got it from the vaccine itself. The vaccine has been proven to be completely useless to women who have already been exposed to HPV and there is also evidence that Gardasil may increase the risk of precancerous cervical lesions by an alarming 44.6% in some women.

I think most vaccines are dodgy but this one, rotavirus and the hep b ones are at the very top of my list. Actually, that's not true. They're all at the top of my list, but this one's flaws are far more obvious.

[Ahurani]

I got all 3 :/

[BellyBelly]

i think most vaccines are dodgy but this one, rotavirus and the hep b ones are at the very top of my list. Actually, that's not true. They're all at the top of my list, but this one's flaws are far more obvious.

Ditto! I would add chicken pox to that too

[Tinks]

The Chicken Pox vaccine annoys me. It wasn't on the schedule when my 1st 2 were younger and by the time my 3rd was due for it she'd already had Chicken Pox (she had it at 4mths old) so none of them had to have it.

I've done some reading and have decided against it. If she decides to have it later on she can but for now I've signed the form with a big fat NO.

[BellyBelly]

I mentioned this in another thread but they know something is wrong with it and its not working, they are thinking of introducing 1 or 2 more additional shots with the program :/ Great... that'll convince me!

[Tinks]

I mentioned this in another thread but they know something is wrong with it and its not working, they are thinking of introducing 1 or 2 more additional shots with the program :/ Great... that'll convince me!

So does that mean they'll have 4-5 doses instead of 3?

[Cherished]

vaccination for yourself or your kids is such a personal thing. For me I would never consider getting it yet two friends rushed in to get it as soon as it was available and was free. It's really up to you. I'd be more inclined to focus on what is causing cervical cancer in the 1st place and work on preventing it if you're that worried about it.