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HPV vaccine, Is your dd having it?

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alwaysupdating · 21/01/2021 09:36

Dds school have been emailing saying I need to complete consent forms for dd to have the vaccine. They started emailing about it during the first lockdown and there was alot of conspiracy theories going around at the time about vaccines. Normally I would have gone ahead and said yes to the vaccine but I found it odd that at that time dd wasn't at school they started emailing continusiously. Anyway I'm still undecided and wondered what other thought about it?

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steppemum · 21/01/2021 10:19

I don;t think that it is routinely offered to boys in Uk thoughis it?

My dd has had it.
Dd 2 should have had it this year I think (year 8)

I don't recall dd1 having 2 jabs, just one, but I may have that wrong.

BlingLoving · 21/01/2021 10:21

@steppemum

I don;t think that it is routinely offered to boys in Uk thoughis it?

My dd has had it.
Dd 2 should have had it this year I think (year 8)

I don't recall dd1 having 2 jabs, just one, but I may have that wrong.

I think the offering to boys thing is fairly recent. I recently saw a poster in a local pharmacy or something advertising it. I got the sense it was definitely new here for boys. Am thrilled as was going to get DS done privately if necessary but now won't need to.

dementedpixie · 21/01/2021 10:21

Dd has had both jabs. She is 17

Sparkles512 · 21/01/2021 10:21

When it was first introduced in the UK it was given in 3 jabs and only to girls.
May have changed now though?
I can't remember the ins and outs of the documentary it was around 10 years ago think it was a BBC one?

Ginfordinner · 21/01/2021 10:22

@TeenPlusTwenties

I don't understand why you wouldn't want her to have it to be protected against the virus that is the cause of most cervical cancer?

Not just cervical cancer. Mouth cancers as well. A close family member has just had brutal surgery and undergone several weeks of radiotherapy to deal with a mouth cancer caused by HPV.

I am so glad that DD had her HPV jabs, as this is too close to home.

dementedpixie · 21/01/2021 10:22

Depends on the age you get your first one as to whether you get 2 or 3 injections

smileyplant · 21/01/2021 10:23

I was also in the first year group to have it, no one in my school didn't have it. My best friend's mum died of cervical cancer at 42 so anything to stop that happening to others is great in my eyes. When I have children they definitely being having it boy or girl even if it's something I have to pay for privately.

Fuckitsstillraining · 21/01/2021 10:33

www.thesun.ie/fabulous/2346466/young-woman-with-terminal-cervical-cancer-urges-parents-to-get-daughters-vaccinated-against-diseasesaves-lives/

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 21/01/2021 10:38

It's new for boys, they will have waited to see if there was a corresponding dip in cases before committing to a second national vaccination programme. Contrary to (some) belief, they don't just roll these things out at the drop of a hat, there has to be both evidence the vaccine works in the first place then evidence the vaccination programme itself also works before rolling out further.

I think it's brilliant. It's also brilliant boys are getting it because it sends a strong message about taking care of your partner's (sexual) health.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 21/01/2021 11:31

Can you get it later on, if not at school? My DD didn't have it - they were the first year at school to receive it and, after research, she decided against it. However, I think she may have changed her mind.

dementedpixie · 21/01/2021 11:37

www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/hpv-human-papillomavirus-vaccine/

Says you can get it up to age 25 on nhs. If getting it after age 15 you need 3 doses

BigSandyBalls2015 · 21/01/2021 11:39

Thanks Demented.

EssentiallyDelighted · 21/01/2021 11:42

Mine has had it and we paid for DS to have it too, without hesitation.

NotYourReindeer · 21/01/2021 11:46

When DD had hers the nurse said it is also for boys but the NHS (at the time, maybe 3 or 4 years ago) were reluctant to make it known because there was a worry that boys wouldn't then use a condom as they would believe they were vaccinated against STIs. So they were researching the pros and cons of making it widely known/available to boys for that reason alone.

Personally think that as long as they fully understand what they are being vaccinated against and what is not covered, it won't be an option.

gnushoes · 21/01/2021 11:48

Mine both had it - I had endless worry with abnormal cells and a colposcopy. Why on earth would you NOT do this for your daughter. OP seems to have set this running and disappeared.

HappyFlamingo · 21/01/2021 11:51

My DD had it last year.

RaspberryCoulis · 21/01/2021 11:52

My DD had it, and a booster.

I'm absolutely delighted that in Scotland it's now being offered to my 12 year old son too.

No questions whatsoever about whether they'd have it.

Allispretty · 21/01/2021 11:55

@BigSandyBalls2015

You can get it any point but you need to pay it over £25 and cost is extortion.

What pisses me off is high risk women who have repeat abnormal smears and positive hpv tests are not offered it. I've had hpv now for over 2 years so the likely hood is I'll be back and forth yearly for smears and having half my cervix removed which is a bigger cost to nhs than removing some risk by giving the injection

Allispretty · 21/01/2021 11:55

*should have read you need to pay it over 25 and the cost is extortionate

meditrina · 21/01/2021 12:42

I don;t think that it is routinely offered to boys in Uk thoughis it?

That changed with effect September 2019, and it is now offered in year 8 to both sexes. There is however no catch up programme for boys older than that, though it is available privately.

StealthPolarBear · 22/01/2021 08:23

Yes, my ds, who must have had it in 2019 was in the first year to receive it.

EwwSprouts · 22/01/2021 21:36

I've paid for DS to have it as there was no UK catch up programme for slightly older boys.

Rowgtfc72 · 28/01/2021 14:54

Dd had her first jab.
It didnt even cross my mind to refuse it.
I googled the other day and you get two years to get the second jab.

gegs73 · 29/01/2021 19:58

DS gets his jab next week at school year 9.

Seoirnbru · 29/01/2021 20:02

Without a doubt. My son is lucky to be in the first year of boys getting it- he’d have had it privately if not. It’s not just cervical cancer it protects against, I have seen a lot of nasty head and neck cancers in youngish non-smokers that are almost certainly hpv related.

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