Thank you for putting this out there plain as day. Too much bad information exists about Gardasil and why it is needed at such a young age!
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More than 80 percent of all sexually active men and women have or have had HPV during their lifetime. While two thirds of those people will clear the virus on their own, 10 percent of the affected women will go on to develop high-risk HPV and/or cervical cancer. While it is thought that most people clear the disease, it is possible that it could be dormant in your body, waiting for a time when youe immune system isn't so strong, say around the time of menopause or after an long illness.
Because much remains to be studied about HPV, it isn't know if people actually clear the disease, if they have it and develop immunity to it or if it simply is dormant. That is why Gardasil is so important. If you get the vaccine, you are protected against high-risk strains that lead not only to cervical cancer, but anal, penile, head, neck, throat and oral cancers too. Thus, it eliminates the worry if you are one of the people who has it, but it is dormant.
Aagin, thank you Dr. Rouse-Raines for the article. It is always nice to see something factual out there on women's very real lifelong struggles with persistent HPV and cervical cancer.
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Thank you for putting this out there plain as day. Too much bad information exists about Gardasil and why it is needed at such a young age!
In reply to Kristin's comments -
More than 80 percent of all sexually active men and women have or have had HPV during their lifetime. While two thirds of those people will clear the virus on their own, 10 percent of the affected women will go on to develop high-risk HPV and/or cervical cancer. While it is thought that most people clear the disease, it is possible that it could be dormant in your body, waiting for a time when youe immune system isn't so strong, say around the time of menopause or after an long illness.
Because much remains to be studied about HPV, it isn't know if people actually clear the disease, if they have it and develop immunity to it or if it simply is dormant. That is why Gardasil is so important. If you get the vaccine, you are protected against high-risk strains that lead not only to cervical cancer, but anal, penile, head, neck, throat and oral cancers too. Thus, it eliminates the worry if you are one of the people who has it, but it is dormant.
Aagin, thank you Dr. Rouse-Raines for the article. It is always nice to see something factual out there on women's very real lifelong struggles with persistent HPV and cervical cancer.
April 22, 2009 - 5:34pmThis Comment
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