Would you complain about this gynaecologist

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Went to visit gynaecologist at the clinic last week. While there the gynaecologist told me that what I had wasn’t linked to hpv and having the jab all those years ago wouldn’t have possibly prevented me from getting this. What I have is hob related and the jab could have possibly prevented it. She also said that she’s wouldn’t give her kids the hpv injection. I found that strange as surely being nhs doctor she shouldn’t be giving her anti vax opinion on the jab. Lastly what I was told by my gp and all of the internet was that it would go away on its own. She didn’t tell me this just kept on insisting she could remove it until I said won’t it go away in a few weeks. There is no harm in waiting for it to go but she was quite insistent about removing it. Then said I could come back next week once I change my mind.

It sounds like the specialist was correct.

What by telling me genital warts isn’t part of the hpv family when it is and that the vaccine would have been useless at protecting me when there is a chance it could have prevented it. NHS website also contradicted what she said as did my gp.

Wasn’t told what type as they don’t swab or anything she just looked and said there genital warts. My doctor said she thought they looked like genital warts and said it’s part of the hpv family

I had all my hpv vaccines very young and still got hpv so doesn't really matter tbh

You’re saying the NHS website and your GP told you one thing but the specialist disagreed and told you something else.

Why are you taking the word of a website and a GP above the word of a specialist hospital consultant? Obviously the consultant knows more than a GP! She’s unlikely to be wrong - more likely your GP is wrong.

Either the OP has misunderstood of the clinician IS wrong, genital warts are a clinical sign that someone has been infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV). I suspect she wasn’t a gynaecologist OP, probably a clinician with a special interest at a GUM clinic.

the HPV vaccine protects against infection by the majority of the strains of HPV. But not all and vaccines are never 100% effective. Earlier ones were significantly less effective against those which cause skin lesions.

She’s very stupid not getting her daughter vaccinated, although she will get the herd protection from everyone else not being so daft.

That's not good. I had warts on my hand when I was a kid, so I've been thinking I was immune to HPV, not going for smear tests. I'll need to rethink that

Yeah, there are lots of different strains so you could probably get it again maybe? Does hpv cause verrucas cause I had those as a kid. I was referred to see a hospital specialist after my first smear but last 2 smears since have been fine and hpv cleared itself after a couple of years.

Genital warts go away sometimes

skin tags wont

so which do you have?

vaccine protects agains 9 strains of HPV, 40 plus strains exist. Cant cover all of them…. Some strains cause warts, others cause cervical cancer. I have expertise in this or would mot post

GMC advises doctors promote public health and vaccination. This is a good vaccine to have.