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  • #185274
    dave jay
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    I surrender.

    #187251
    Singing Detective
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    Are there any statistics or reports of adverse affects of this vacine? I am asking out of total ignorance, but speaking personally if this had been available when I was younger I would have chosen to have it.

    As with other vaccines, side effects such as a sore arm, redness and minor swelling at the site of injection and a mild temperature may occur. There are no known serious or adverse side-effects as a result of having the vaccine.
    The vaccine is safe and has undergone rigorous safety testing as part of the licensing process required to be used in the UK and other European countries. Detailed safety testing through extensive pre-clinical testing and in clinical trials is a requirement for licensing.

    HPV stands for human papillomavirus. There are over 100 types of human papillomavirus but only 13 of them are known to cause cancer. The others are harmless or cause conditions like genital warts. Infection by HPV is common and at least half of all sexually active women are infected by a strain of genital HPV in their lifetimes. HPV is transmitted through intimate sexual contact including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse.

    Most infections clear by themselves, but in some people the infection can persist. Although HPV infection is usually symptom free, it can damage the lining of the cervix. Persistent infection can cause abnormalities of the cervix, which, if left undetected and untreated, can cause cervical cancer. Two particular strains of HPV, types 16 & 18, cause over 70% of all cervical cancers in the UK.

    #187324
    dave jay
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    Thanks for the heads up Detective .. !

    #187645
    Love Divine
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    Are there any statistics or reports of adverse affects of this vacine? I am asking out of total ignorance, but speaking personally if this had been available when I was younger I would have chosen to have it.

    As with other vaccines, side effects such as a sore arm, redness and minor swelling at the site of injection and a mild temperature may occur. There are no known serious or adverse side-effects as a result of having the vaccine.
    The vaccine is safe and has undergone rigorous safety testing as part of the licensing process required to be used in the UK and other European countries. Detailed safety testing through extensive pre-clinical testing and in clinical trials is a requirement for licensing.

    HPV stands for human papillomavirus. There are over 100 types of human papillomavirus but only 13 of them are known to cause cancer. The others are harmless or cause conditions like genital warts. Infection by HPV is common and at least half of all sexually active women are infected by a strain of genital HPV in their lifetimes. HPV is transmitted through intimate sexual contact including, but not limited to, sexual intercourse.

    Most infections clear by themselves, but in some people the infection can persist. Although HPV infection is usually symptom free, it can damage the lining of the cervix. Persistent infection can cause abnormalities of the cervix, which, if left undetected and untreated, can cause cervical cancer. Two particular strains of HPV, types 16 & 18, cause over 70% of all cervical cancers in the UK.

    Thanks SD, so that means it could be/ would be effective for older women to have it also if free of any pre cancerous cells?

    #187649
    Singing Detective
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    Older women upto about 45 will be protected too, although only against those strains of HPV to which they have not yet been exposed.

    #187696
    Love Divine
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    Older women upto about 45 will be protected too, although only against those strains of HPV to which they have not yet been exposed.

    So why are GPs not offering it?

    #187698
    Singing Detective
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    No doubt the cost to the NHS.

    Gardasil is licensed for use in the UK and is available in private clinics and Cervarix, a vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline, was close to approval, may even be so by now.

    The Joint Committee on Vaccination will have to chose between the two in a decision which will make the successful company millions of pounds for years to come.

    There is a helpline on 0845-602-3303.

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    Love Divine
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    No doubt the cost to the NHS.

    Gardasil is licensed for use in the UK and is available in private clinics and Cervarix, a vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline, was close to approval, may even be so by now.

    The Joint Committee on Vaccination will have to chose between the two in a decision which will make the successful company millions of pounds for years to come.

    There is a helpline on 0845-602-3303.

    Thanks SD.

    Cost of a vaccine is how much as against the cost of treatment, possibly for years? Ignoring the potential trauma of going through the treatment, surely the chance of prevention is better/preferable/more cost effective than trying to cure?

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    To be honest LD, because of the smear program in the UK for over 25’s and also Dave Jays only redeeming factual point, IMO,(possible need for boosters) the program might not be cost effective to extend the age of vaccinations.
    However as you assert this doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be preferable.

    I read somewhere the vaccines have been proven to have benefit in women upto their mid 40’s. Also I think i’m right in saying that both vaccines are licenced in the EU for women upto 26. I’m sure your GP could give more info and even arrange the vaccine privately.

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    Love Divine
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    To be honest LD, because of the smear program in the UK for over 25’s and also Dave Jays only redeeming factual point, IMO,(possible need for boosters) the program might not be cost effective to extend the age of vaccinations.
    However as you assert this doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be preferable.

    I read somewhere the vaccines have been proven to have benefit in women upto their mid 40’s. Also I think i’m right in saying that both vaccines are licenced in the EU for women upto 26. I’m sure your GP could give more info and even arrange the vaccine privately.

    Thanks Roland, I will ask next time I can get an appointment – you have to know you are going to be sick at least 3 weeks in advance at my practice to get one.
    It could be argued that the smear programme would not be necessary if this vaccine works. Or at least less regular tests be needed therefore at least this would offset the cost of the vaccine? My GP told me some 5 years ago that I don’t need smears and I am over 25, but under the age of the top range that it is deemed affective up to. (I’m not a nun either!) Makes one wonder if that conversation was a cost cutting exercise….

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    moehat
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    the question I always want to ask at the doctors having listened to what they have to tell me is ‘if I was the Queen what would you be telling me now?’

    #187967
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    the question I always want to ask at the doctors having listened to what they have to tell me is ‘if I was the Queen what would you be telling me now?’

    "The sex change and disguise works very well your Majesty"

    #250770
    dave jay
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    .. I see someone’s kid has died after getting this needless injection.

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    It seems that the injection wasn’t linked to the death.

    #250998
    dave jay
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    Funny that they have said that before the autopsy has been carried out Rob.

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    Point taken

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    The following was reported yesterday morning

    A girl who died shortly after being given GlaxoSmithKline’s cervical cancer vaccine had an underlying medical condition and the dose was "most unlikely" to have caused her death, health officials said on Tuesday. The officials said initial indications from a post mortem examination by an independent forensic pathologist had revealed the underlying condition, but gave no further details.

    "The preliminary post mortem results have revealed a serious underlying medical condition which was likely to have caused death," said Dr. Caron Grainger, joint director of public health in the area where the 14-year-old girl died.

    "We are awaiting further test results which will take some time. However indications are that it was most unlikely that the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination was the cause of death.

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