HPV jab

[supermama212]

dd having the 2nd next week. After the 1st she went green and passed out the drama queen!! fainted. i know now she has had the 1st she has to have the 2nd and 3rd. is there a possibility of this happening again??
tia x

1. she does not "have to have" the second and third. There is no biological or medical or legal necessity (although if she does not get two and three, one is not likely to have provided her with long lasting protection).

1. yes, there is a possibility that this happens again, so maybe she wants to sit down for the shot and stay put for 10 minutes or so before she returns to class.

Good luck!

well its better for her. she sat down afterwards last time so that again???

i dont want her to get cervical cancer or hpv. Does anyone else think 12/13 is too young though! i mean not many (if any) will be sexualy active

That's precisely why they give it to them at that age. It gives 100% protection, but only if given before they become sexually active...

My DD2 also fainted when she had the first, but was absolutely fine with the other two.

a girl threw up immediately after the shot in DD's year, but she was fine, just local pain...

Rockstock - it does NOT give 100% protection! It protects against 2 of the most common strains of hpv that may go on to cause cervical cancer in some women (not 100% effective against those two strains either) and that is out of over 100 strains of hpv. Please make sure your DD is aware of her sexual health and gets regular smear tests even if she is vaccinated. That is the best way to protect herself.

This vaccination scares me because so many people think it guarantees protection against cervical cancer. It does not. I worry that it makes people more complacent and less likely to go for smear tests which means that if they do get hpv and it causes abnormal cell changes then it could go unnoticed for some time allowing them the opportunity to potentially develop into CC.

No, but as near as dammit - like ANY immunisations, not one is 100%. This one is against two particular strains of the HPV that cause 70% of cervical cancers. That's good enough for me.

My older DDs are 17 and 18. The older one has had her first smear and will do it every other year. I'm quite sure the next one down will follow - they are sensible girls and are very aware of sexual diseases.

right so it is a good thing to have the next two.
I agree that no immunisation gives 100% protection - they all have less chance of getting cervical cancer but they still could get cancer :o

Sums it up pretty well. Better to cover things that can be than not IMO...

i agree rockstock.
btw i am supermama212 just changed my name!

Anyway, I hope your DD is ok after the next two - I'm sure she will be.

i hope so, i did go strange when i had rubella ( many many moons ago!) she is a drama queen imo but she says she nearly fainted and i belive her. at my school lots of the girls "faint" only 3 this year actually have... ( i will have cursed em now...)

I went funny with my rubella too, bloody hell that was nearly 30 years ago, thanks for reminding me! And my BCG. And I'm not a fainting person either

My DD2 did actually faint with the first - I know she did for sure as DD1 was having hers done at the same time. BUt she was absolutely fine with the other two. Apart from the usual whining about her sore arm. Diddums. In fact the muppet won't have the depo injection and prefers to take the pill. Madness, but her choice. This is a child who had blood tests every 12 weeks until she was 15.

AP - they at still at risk of cervical cancer even with the vaccine. Please make sure they have regular smears. I hope all goes well.

rock same here god that was ages ago!!!
girls at my school have 2nd thursday, i bet i have cursed em....

silly previous post
when i had bcg i fainted and tb... back in the day (god!) i was a massive neadlephobe couldn`t look at them. i think blood tests help me get over em!

Quite a few girls at dd's school had hysteria about the jab......not fainting, just had psyched themselves up that it was going to hurt, much weeping and wailing.
Lots of tutting from the nurse.

DD had it today. she was fine today she didn`t go funny this time around!
She said a lot of the girls were hysterical. Yes lots of tutting from the nurses!!

I wondered this morning whether she'd had it. Glad to hear it went fine for her. Two down, one to go

yes rock she had hers after lunch. only complaint is her arm is very sore! :o
only worry is she is going for a blood test soon at the hospital as her cousin has just been diagnosed with diabetes. she wants to know if it will hurt as much!! i said no but what do u mn think?

Well it doesn't hurt any more than a jab imo, but perhaps get some emla cream and put some on the tops of her hands and inside elbows about 30-45 minutes before the blood test, that should do the trick. DD2 had very regular blood tests until a couple of years ago and stopped bothering with the emla when she was about 5 as she realised that it didn't actually hurt all that much after all....

they have asked for her to go for the bloods on friday when i go to hospital for an appt. i spoke to the clinic and they will put some Emla cream on about 45 mins before.

Sorted

yes sorted rock :o
have u heard about the meningitis jab that could be available nxt year?!?

I heard a snippet on the news earlier, but have been mostly hurling my insides up since noon, so don't know much more than that.

Definitely something I would consider for DD3 (she's not quite 3yo), but the other three, well certainly DDs 1 & 2 are 17 and 18 now, so they can decide for themselves. Not sure about DS (15), but I should think if it's about, it's worth him having it too.

A friend's child died from meningitis about 15 years ago, so if I can jab it for DD3 I will.