about the HPV Vaccine Melody Tripp EN 200A College Composition Craig CasterlineWarner Pacific College October 7‚ 2014 Abstract Being a parent of a preteen is a hard adventure all by itself. When you go into a pediatric office for an 11-year-well-child-checkup‚ there are many vaccinations that are now required for children entering middle schools. One of the vaccinations in this series is optional. This vaccination is to protect our children against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which can
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vaccinate their sons and daughters against HPV or not. The human papilloma virus a very common virus. It is the most common sexually transmitted infection that affects about 80% of sexually active people. Doctors‚ scientists and physicians have worked for a long time trying to generate a vaccination against HPV. They eventually developed two called Gardasil and Cervarix. These vaccinations were developed to prevent contracting the HP virus and also HPV related cancers i.e. cervical cancer. The
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the sexually transmitted disease‚ HPV (Lee 1). How can we solve this overwhelming problem? Miraculously‚ the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer (Ballaro 1). Some believe that the newly approved vaccine should be widely spread as a means of eliminating this deadly disease‚ while others think it was solely generated for a pharmaceutical firm rather than to promote public health (Otis 1). Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus
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The problem doesn’t seem to lie with the fact that there is not enough research conducted on the safety of the vaccine‚ but rather the education of the physicians and subsequently to the parents. Research indicates that HPV vaccines have high safety rates‚ and the most common adverse effects are pain and swelling of the injection site which can be true of most vaccines given. “In prioritizing this approach over general health advertisement campaigns‚ physicians retain their position as patient advocates
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HPV Vaccines for School Aged Girls Human Papilloma Virus is a sexually transmitted infection that is spread between men and women through sexual intercourse‚ genital skin-to-skin contact and oral sex with a carrier. “HPV’s are a family of more than 100 virus types that cause such problems as common warts‚ plantar warts‚ skin cancers‚ anal and genital warts‚ recurrent respiratory papilomatosis (a rare benign infection of type HPV 6 or 11 that passes from mothers to infants during childbirth)‚ head
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The HPV vaccine has created many heated debates‚ but the bottom line come down to whether or not the time for this vaccination is now. Mike Adams‚ author of “HPV Vaccine Texas Tyranny‚” and Arthur Allen‚ author of “The HPV Debate Needs an Injection of Reality‚” discuss the mandated HPV vaccine. Both acknowledge that the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine lack credibility and that the affordability of the vaccine is not favorable to disadvantaged families; however‚ they disagree that there is
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HPV vaccine Introduction The human papilloma virus (HPV) causes infection with certain species of human papillomavirus associated with the development of cervical cancer‚ genital warts‚ and some less common cancers. According to a recently survey‚ cervical cancer has become a second commonest female cancer worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 80 percent of deaths from cervical cancer occur in developing countries. In Hong Kong‚ cervical
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Bushra Altaf Wednesday 10th November Should 12 Year Old Girls Be Vaccinated Against HPV? since September 2008 there has been a national program to vaccinate girls ages 12- 13 against the human papilloma virus (HPV). As well as this in September 2008 there was also a ‘Catch Up Campaign’ that was started to offer the HPV vaccine‚ also known as the cervical cancer jab‚ to older girls aged 14-17.The programme is delivered largely through secondary schools and
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vaccinated‚ vaccines can prevent death from diseases and illnesses‚ it saves you time and money‚ and it protects those around you whom you care about. Vaccines can provide a lifetime of protection against many diseases and infections‚ such as the flu‚ pertussis‚ HPV‚ and hepatitis A and B. In earlier times‚ the flu would cause death and now we have the opportunity to avoid these illnesses from invading our bodies or spreading to others. As quoted in an article‚ it states that‚ "In the US‚ vaccine-preventable
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prevent getting diseases. Many of us think vaccines cause autism‚ but researchers say‚ it does not give you autism. Vaccines are important to get because if they were not‚ then why would Disneyland be closed because people spread the virus‚ which was measles. Also‚ adults need to ask their doctors which one is needed because many people are dying from diseases and are not aware of what vaccine is needed at what age. Some background information that vaccines are important to get because “influenza kills
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