: Re: Nothing new here : Discussion in TER General Board, posted by IBeCurious

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/hpv/public/index.html
"... HPV vaccination works extremely well. HPV vaccine has the potential to prevent more than 90% of HPV-attributable cancers. ..."
"... The protection provided by HPV vaccines lasts a long time. People who received HPV vaccines were followed for at least about 12 years, and their protection against HPV has remained high with no evidence of decreasing over time. ..."
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holystonethedeck3 years ago72 reads

Re: There's a vaccine for that

There is a lot of HPV around - in some places I've read that a large percentage of the adult population has it.

As far as I know once you have it the vaccine doesn't help, that's why there is a push for young girls to get it. Why the same doesn't apply to boys, I don't know.

I had inquired with my doctor about it and he told me that at my age (late 50's) it wouldn't normally be given since it would probably be useless. In fact, the CDC recommends against the vaccine for anyone over the age of 26.

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