HPV Vaccine

[Lucy43D]

Hi everyone, mum's, dad's,nans,grandads, uncles and aunts sisters brothers etc, my sons 12 and the school has sent home a vaccine card, for him to receive HPV, ,Tdap and MenACWY, now I'm relatively ok with Tdap as that's the booster for what was 3 in 1, tetanus etc, and THE menACWY is meningococcal ACWY...but my heads a little burnt out with the HPV, so I'm hoping to get some pros and cons from all you guys, see my daughter got HPV vaccine when it was introduced to school about 10 years ago and she was in bits afterwards for a long time (years)with side effects, massive headaches, mood swings depression etc so I'm hoping time has improved this vaccine but yes I'm very on the fence to let himself get it, so any views will be welcome TIA

Are you sure it was vaccine side affects and not just her teenage years coincidentally

That doesn’t sound like vaccine effects tbh.
And yes, if you want to eradicate cervical cancer then please have your son vaccinated. It absolutely works and it’s important for both females and males to take responsibility for this.

It's a no-brainer for me. I watched the Rhod Gilbert documentary and if I can do something to prevent my dc going through what he had to, I absolutely will. I also think it's very unlikely the symptoms your dd had were related to the vaccine and were coincidental.

The pro is protection from strains of hpv that can cause abnormal changes that can turn into cervical cancer and kill your daughter. The pro for boys is that they can't transmit a virus that can lead to cervical cancers and kill other peoples daughters. It's a win all round. Currently awaiting my appointment to get my high grade abnormal cells caused by HPV lazered or frozen or cut away.

Wishing you luck and a speedy recovery @Hubblebubble

I’m a science student and I paid privately for the vaccine

When I got it the pharmacist told me that based on current data by the time my daughter is old enough for one smear tests will not longer need to be done routinely

Thanks guys, I appreciate the positive replies, my daughters symptoms were related that was said by our own gp and particularly common at the time which I said was more than 10 years ago I have faith but my partner is against all vaccines and whilst we don't share my son it did put a shadow of doubt in my mind 😀 so u can't thank you guys enough 44 also @Hubblebubble best wishes to you and a speedy recovery xx

15 years ago, I chose for my dd NOT to get a HPV vaccine (after consulting our GP) and she suffered from all the "side effects" that have been reported. When she was 18 I had to jump through hoops to get her a HPV catch up vaccine. But while I had to admit that it was my "hysteria" that prevented her from getting it in the first place I do believe if she had had it I would have absolutely attributed my DD's symptoms to the vaccine. But she had no medicine prior to changing utterly at about 14/15 and suffering ever since. So while her change was sudden and the effects awful and lasting to this day I cannot blame anything other than bad luck/chance.

When it came to getting it for my younger children I did not hesitate. They have been vaccinated. No obvious side effects.

The hpv vaccine doesn’t just stop cervical cancer. There is a rise in young men getting head and neck cancers which are caused by HPV. Just like Rhod Gilbert. Im unfortunately in the minority where I’m a female and I’ve just finished treatment for the same cancer as him. Caused by the HPV virus. The vaccine wasn’t available when I was a teenager, I wish it had been!

My year group in school was the first in our school where the girls all got the HPV vaccine as part of the roll out. We didn't suffer from anything that was notably different to the girls year above who weren't vaccinated (except for achey post-vaccine arms!). Just your usual teenage stuff.

Yes my daughter was the same, and to this day she still has some effects and her monthly cycle for a young woman is horrendous, never had a problem with it prior to vaccine..my mind is so torn as I have asked friends who are guys only one said get it, my daughters boyfriend who's late 20s said no as he thinks my sons to young to have so many vaccines all at once as there will be 3 administered at once , so HPV, Tdap and MenACWY..

www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathclyde/news/2024/nocervicalcancercasesdetectedinvaccinatedwomenfollowinghpvimmunisation/

That's all I need to know

my daughters boyfriend who's late 20s said no as he thinks my sons to young to have so many vaccines all at once as there will be 3 administered at once , so HPV, Tdap and MenACWY..

I'm assuming he's a Doctor or a researcher? What's his specialism?

It stops boys transmitting a disease that kills women. It's a no brainer for me.

It doesn't just protect their future partners. It protects boys against head, neck and penile cancers. My teen had his, absolutely no side effects.

And also stops boys transmitting it to each other- HPV is one of the leading causes of neck and throat cancer in men. So again, I can't see any disadvantage the potential, alleged 'hysteria' around the vaccines that was advertised was also if I remember rightly attributed to teenage girls acting/ being hysterical due to age and social factors- basically all unintentionally riling each other up emotionally. Although no, I don't have anything other than anecdotal to support that.

@Darknesshasdescended - posted at the same time- I do think that the protection for boys is overlooked/ under reported!

Completely safe

Get the vaccine

I paid for ds to have the HPV vaccine aged 11 and am glad I did. For me it was about reducing his risk of head and neck cancers: they aren't that common but imo both the cancers and the treatment are life-changing. But I'm glad it also means he won't pass on HPV to sexual partners either.

It's an excellent and very effective vaccine.

As a health care professional I don't always fight back when people say things in my sessions that aren't true. I sometimes just say 'mmm' or 'what has made that connection for you'. If your gp did genuinely say, unprompted 'The evidence suggests that these symptoms of your daughter's are directly related to her having had the vaccine' then that's one thing. It would be an unusual thing to say, for sure, and I'd ask him to explain more about it.

@Longma- I did clarify that in a later post, it's important for both.

@CadyEastman he's just a concerned person in my sons life....

Most of my friends with a medical background paid for their sons to have this privately before it was available to boys free. Mine was in the first year to get it in the national scheme- it’s an absolute no brainer imo having looked after men in their 40s with horrible HPV related head and neck cancers.

Thanks again everyone for the advice and taking the time to help 😀

DS2 had HPV through school. DS1 is 18 and his year group were not eligible so we paid for him to have it.

We also paid for him to have the meningitis B vaccination before going to university (only currently free to babies).

Vaccinating our children is really important if we want to protect them. Why would you not want your child to have the best possible protection from diseases that could kill them.

Yours daughter's symptoms are extremely unlikely to have been connected to the vaccination but even if they were, they are a small price to pay to protect against cancer.