Hpv vaccine, yes or no?

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Please dont scream at me!
Dd has been offered hpv vaccine and im unsure. I have health anxiety and deep distrust of doctors due to personal experiences, however I obviously want the best for my dd.
I've read some stories of children having bad side effects, of course getting cancer is awful but is a no brainer to get this?
My family are very anti vax so I can't get an unbiased opinion on this from them.
Shes had all the other vaccinations except flu and covid.

I was diagnosed as pre-cancerous at the age of 20. That’s 5 years below the age of first smear in Uk (25). For me it’s a no brainer and my daughter will be having the vaccine.

A side effect of NOT having it is getting ill....people always forget the side effect of not having it.

Studies show its very effective at stopping hpv. Get the injection.

I'm glad you have decided to do it, the NHS wouldn't fund this if the benefits didn't hugely outweigh the risks, it has been a huge improvement for women's health. We had DS done privately as he was too old for the school programme, it benefits men as well.

100% yes, I cannot believe that anyone would say no!!

As someone who works with women who are dealing with cervical cancer… 1,000,000,000,000% get that vaccine.

It was a no brainer for me with my daughter. My sister in law died of cervical cancer at 34, leaving behind a husband and a 10 year old. She went through hell. My daughter had a sore arm for a couple of days, that’s all. You have to think of her potential future. Why you wouldn’t allow something that will protect her from this insidious cancer is beyond me.

Yes. Have it. My mother and aunt both had cervical cancer simultaneously, and assumed it was premenopausal symptoms as both in 40s. It reached aunt’s spine before detected and she subsequently died a rather nasty, painful death. My mothers was caught before it spread - total hysterectomy at 42. My sisters and I all then tested and one, who was only 21 and had only had two BFs (been married to 2nd for 25 years ie she was not promiscuous) also had CIN1 changes.

So, its a largely avoidable cancer amongst a plethora of cancers we cannot easily prevent, detect or treat. I happily got both DS and DD vaccinated.

She should definitely have the vaccine. I wish it had been around when I was younger.

Im really glad I asked now.
It's quite clearly very important, I didnt realise it had been around quite so long either.

No brainer. My boys had it too as it also protects against some head and neck cancers.

Our eleven year old son had his last Monday, all he had after was a slightly sore arm, he has allergies too, so he is at greater risk of experiencing a reaction after any vaccine.

I really wish this vaccine had been around when I was a teenager. I don’t think we celebrate enough the lives saved by this, so I can understand why people would hesitate until they can see the impact it’s had. It really has made the most fantastic impact.

What about flu, cancer and Covid would be enjoyable or educational for your DD? If you don't trust doctors, what do you intend to do if she falls ill with one of those?

Health anxiety is hell on earth don't pass it on to your daughter get her vaccinated and keep your feelings to yourself

Its a no brainer, like rubella.

Anti-vaxers are dick heads, don’t be a dick head!

You are doing the right thing getting her vaccinated.

My DH had treatment for HPV head and neck cancer a few years ago. It is a horrible brutal treatment. Thankfully he is now clear and healthy, but this vaccine protects against this cancer too. I'm so grateful my DC will not have to risk suffering the way their father did.

100% get the vaccine and flu if it's offered at school unless she's allergic to it.

My cousin had cervical cancer, so its a hell yes to the vaccine from me. I actually cried when my dd got her vaccine, because I knew she would be very unlikely to go through what my cousin had to.

I wish they had it back in my day.
Absolutely she should get it. And it's for boys as well if you also have sons.

You know that many strains of HPV cause cancer? Not many cases of cervical cancer are in people who don't have it. Why risk not being protected against many cancers of the reproductive organs?

Both my ds and dd refused this (they refuse all vaccinations due to ASD and needle phobia). It makes me so anxious that they aren’t protected

It is a vaccine that is more or less guaranteed to stop her ever getting cervical cancer. It would be negligence not to let her have it. The rest of your family don't need to know.

Flu jab is more of a social conscience thing. Your child is unlikely to be terribly ill from flu. But proper fly (not a cold) is absolutely miserable and not something I want to have if you can avoid. But a vaccine would stop her spreading it to elderly people or vulnerable people who can't have the jab who might get very much more ill. So I personally consider getting flu and COVID jabs as part of being a good person in the world / contributing to society as much as something for my benefit (although I'm very grateful for the benefit to me, too).

I wondered that, too. Why would anyone want their kid to catch influenza or Covid?

It’s great that you‘ve decided to get her vaccinated.

My mum, in the 1990s, was diagnosed with a heart condition caused by rheumatic fever as a child in 1950. Nowadays it’s standard to give antibiotics so it’s very rarely seen in the UK. It was so rare that consultants loved using her as a teaching case - it was something the students would not otherwise come across.

I imagine in 30/40 years time some of the few women who weren’t vaccinated against HPV as girls will also be presented to medical students because they have a cervical cancer that has otherwise become so rare it’s a medical oddity.

It‘s great that your DD won’t be that medical oddity.