HPV Vaccine

Contributor: deceased deceased
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Originally posted by Not Here Anymore f/k/a Happy Lady
That link leads to an article that is dated "Current as of November 2001." I don't know if you are aware of that.
So the numbers might be higher by now, I am aware its 8 years old.
09/07/2009
Contributor: deceased deceased
I wish they had more vaccines when I was younger. I had chicken pox twice, and in my 40's got shingles. Now they have a vaccine for it. I finally got my mother to get the vaccine. I am left with permanent neurologic damage to my right leg from shingles. I had a temp of 105.3 with shingles, a few seizures, and my sacrum to my posterior knee were coverd with lesions. That cleared in a few weeks, but I was left with foot drop and neuropathy that is permanent (it feels like a herniated disc).

Wish there had been a vaccine.

When they have a vaccine for H1 N1, I am getting it. I had H1 N1 and almost died. Thank god for intubation.
09/07/2009
Contributor: J's Alley J's Alley
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Originally posted by deceased
I wish they had more vaccines when I was younger. I had chicken pox twice, and in my 40's got shingles. Now they have a vaccine for it. I finally got my mother to get the vaccine. I am left with permanent neurologic damage to my right leg from ... more
I highly suggest getting tested for immunity to chicken pox if you are over 16 and getting the vaccine...it is totally safe unless you are allergic to eggs (seriously, I am not kidding about that part). As for H1N1 they have a vaccine and are testing it on kids now, you may still be able to volunteer for clinical trials of that.

My whole family is medical except me (the teacher) so we don't do flu vaccines, but I do think if you are at high risk it can't hurt.
09/07/2009
Contributor: J's Alley J's Alley
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Originally posted by ToyGeek
All vaccines have risks, and newer vaccines can have unknown risks. The question that should be asked is whether the benefit outweighs the risk for the individual patient, which is why talk of making this vaccine a requirement for girls attending ... more
It is far more than 27 deaths, most of them were not directly caused by the vaccine, but rather caused by other issues the vaccine made worse. That is the bad part. I don't think this needs to be mandatory. I was always well aware of the risks of HPV and was very very careful. This isn't an airborne disease, so a mandatory vaccine is a violation of rights.
09/07/2009
Contributor: Adriana Ravenlust Adriana Ravenlust
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Originally posted by Saraid
A little off-topic, but, there's a chickenpox vaccine? I thought everyone just got it once when they were a kid and that was it. I got it when I was 6, then I was fine.
There is! I actually got it a few years ago after being tested for immunity cause I never had it as a kid. I wasn't immune and so my birthday present was a jab in the arm. Haha.

But I really don't see it on the same level as HPV.
09/08/2009