HPV Vaccinations - Cervical Cancer - How safe is it? Would you let your dd have it?

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That says it all really.

How safe is it?

Would you let your dd have it? If she wants it that is.

i don't want dd to have it. i am unconvinced that it is safe, effective or neccessary.

Why though? What makes you think its not safe?

Is there anywhere that gives info, that is not the nhs website its self?

I worry about things like the one that was given to women and had live HCG, and all those women then miscarried. It wasnt this jab, or even this Country, but this sort of thing happens.

Look at the Tamiflu advise, then we were told not to give it children, after paerants had been for a few months.

My dd has had this as she suffers from a skin condition that predisposes her to cervical cancer. Her yr(10) at school haven't been vaccinated yet but she needs extra protection if there is any and so was fitted in with the first year.

If she didn't have this, I'm not sure tbh, I think probably yes I would go for it.

Another thread on Teenagers about this.

I refused permission last year for youngest DD - didn't like the apparent short trial period and that everything I read suggested it hadn't been trialled on the target age group, the fact that the vaccine used here wasn't approved by the FDA in the US, the lack of long term data because it was the first year of use and, most of all, the fact that we were told about it by the school the day before the first vaccination. The leaflet couldn't answer my questions and neither could NHS Direct, the school or the local co-ordinator.

I'm a bit wary too because eldest DD was so ill after the diphtheria vaccination that she didn't go to school for three months. I have no idea if it was related but it left me very scared and lacking in confidence about making a decision.

We have heard today that her year (10) will be done shortly - she said a lot of the girls in her class felt it was too late because they'd already had sex!

My dd is in year 11, and is being done shortly, go the consent form yesterday. I would think its too late for some already, but wonder if they will be asked first?

I am so unsure about this one.

Also, if the Mother is a carrier, wont it be transfered at birth? Wonder if that has been looked into?

My dd(16) has specifically asked for it and I have agreed. From the little I can see the chances of it harming her are even lower than the chances of her developing cervical cancer from hpv. It's the lesser of two evils.

my 2 (17 and 14 yrs)have just had the third jab. (Gardasil) They had no problems, no reactions, no nothing. A slightly sore arm

I did as much research as a non-medic can and couldn't find anything to suggest it wasn't a good idea. A pharmacist friend of mine told me she would be having her own daughters vaccinated so that gave me confidence.

Also, if its from men, why cant they be vaccinated in a way then women wont become infected?

Can it be passed from mother to daughter during birth?

Men can be vaccinated, and Gardasil has just been approved in the US for use in men and boys. However, as the benefit to them is less (trials are underway to look at the effectiveness in preventing anal and penile cancer, but these are much rarer so harder to show benefit in the short term), it is hard to currently justify vaccinating all the boys for something not directly for their benefit - much like when rubella vaccination was introduced.

HPV is not passed from mother to daughter or son during birth.

My DD insist that I sign the permission slip for this jab, she is 15, so it would be morally wrong to say no.

She has had all her jabs with no ill effects so I have no reason not to trust this one.

My DD is also year 11 and I can say with some certainty that it is timely in her case.

ASAIK and I do have experience of problems myself, men carry the HPV virus and pass it on to women. It can take just one man if he is infected.

My dd is having the vaccine next week. I have spent a couple of nights reading up about it and I think it is a good idea.
As abouteve said, dd has never had any side effects from her other vaccinations so I am confident it will be the same with this jab.

Luckily for us, we've got a number of years until we face this question. DD is 8 at the moment so at least three years (I think). her GP is a great advocate of this, he is the doctor for her school, but I wonder if he is being paid on a number of take ups basis. I am a cynical moo.

My daughter has had 2 of the jabs and ever since has been loosing her hair has lost over half. When I researched this it is not uncommon. Anyone else experienced this and will it stop and come back? I am very worried and she wont be having the 3rd jab

My daughter did not have these injections.

I did lots of research before I came to this decision. There are approx 120 types of HPV virus. This vaccine will only protect you from two of them - the most common types.

Despite what you would be led to believe, cervical cancer is still a rare cancer. I did not feel confortable giving my daughter a drug that has not had years and years of trials.

What I also found out was that young woman would still be expected to screen and have smears from the age of 25 regardless of whether or not they have been vacinated.

I am far more comfortable teaching my daughter the safe sex message and not frighten her with the idea that cancer is around the corner if she does not have this jab.