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i had no idea there have been serious side effects and many people are not having this jab because no one knows the long term effects. I’m really worried now becuase i had my first jab last week and im not sure whether to carry on the treatment which i am due for next month. What would you do?
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Pay no attention to misinformed, unproved snippets of information. All Vaccinations carry their rare risks, but the benefits do outweigh the rare risks. Unfortunately the HPV vaccine has nearly turned into the whole MMR debate all over again,- where the media and anti-vaccination brigade have put a lot of incorrect unproven information into circulation. I can't tell you what to do, but I will give my opinion which is based on actual fact. I’ve researched this vaccine extensively.
The RARE negative side effects reported are just that, rare. There haven't been many severe reactions and of those that have occurred, there’s no proven evidence to link the reaction to the actual vaccination. For example, that girl's paralysis could have been the result of something else.
Thousands of girls have had this vaccine and only a handful of girls have reported to have had severe reactions. The most common, mild and minor reactions experienced are redness and soreness at the injection site and fainting. (The fainting was likely the result of just having the injection rather than the actual vaccine being to blame.)
In the UK, cervical cancer is the 12th most common form of cancer in women, with around 2,800 cases and just over 1,000 deaths from cervical cancer each year and 270,000 worldwide. It is a silent cancer. Although smear testing has brought the number of cervical cancer cases down, no test is 100%.
The problem with cervical cancer is that by the time symptoms are noticed, it is sometimes too late and the disease has metastized, if you’re young (like what has happened to Jade Goody for example), the disease will spread more swiftly. Even if the cancer is caught in time, it won’t prevent the mutilating surgery that has to be carried out in order to save your life. This includes removal of part of the bowel, ovaries and womb.
70-90% of cervical cancer cases are caused by the HPV (Human Papilloma Virus), the cervical cancer vaccines offers full protection against the types of HPV that have a direct link with Cervical cancer (types 16 and 18). If there’s a chance that you can save yourself from the sheer misery cervical cancer would cause, I would take it.
With regards to long term side effects, this vaccine has undergone the same testing that other drugs go through before being licenced. The only long term uncertainty is whether or not we will need a booster vaccine in later life. If so, we’ll be given it.
By the time we all reach late adulthood, 70% of us will carry the HPV virus, it is not simply a case of “if I limit my partners I am not at risk” you only have to sleep with one partner to contract HPV. It is true that the majority of people who contract genital HPV will not have complcations from it, but one really cannot afford to take that risk
To summarise; the rare risk that you will have a severe reaction to the vaccine are by far outweighed by the protection it will offer you from a devastating form of cancer. ALL medication has it rare side effects, you can die from having the flu vaccine. Please also bear in mind, that of all the rare side effects reported, none have actually been conclusively proven to be a result of the vaccine.
I apologise for my long winded answer. I didn't know how to condense.
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This vaccine does have severe side effects such as death. I’m a nurse and I won't ever take this vaccine. My girlfriends daughter died after taking the shot…too much of a coincedense too take that risk Report Abuse
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loads of questions are on here so not everyone read that question
big side effect of not getting the injection erm lets guess CERVICAL CANCER think yourself lucky to be offered it
As for side effect do you know that almost each injection and tablet you take has side effect it also does NOT mean they’ll happen its means you might get these you don't even get them all sometimes you don't even realise you got a side effect.
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please get the treatment. Two of my friends had cervical cancer, both had HPV present. One died and one went onto have radical hysterectomy and radiotherapy directly onto cervix (horrible treatment that can kill your ability to have sex).
Cancer is the worse than any side effect I’ve heard of!
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I'm due for my second jab soon and to be honest do you think they would offer it if it would cause you harm? I would much like to have it than chance the fact of getting cervical cancer
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My 3rd one is due soon! OMG!
ii hope there are no long term side effects.A few of my friends and i were off school for a day after the second jab because it made us feel like weak and ill :S
Scared!
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carry on with it, they wouldnt give it to you if there were serious risks
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