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HPV Vaccine

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My oldest daughter is 13 and my wife and I are going to fork out the $350 bucks for the shot before she becomes sexually active. how about ATOT parents with teenage daughters are you going have them get the shot?

I think men should get the shot as well to help stop the spread of HPV.

 
All major insurers in Washington cover it, I heard. I didn't know guys should get it but I guess that makes sense.
 
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
I don't even know what HPV is, but if it's an STD then I'm not getting it for obvious reasons.
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HPV is a STD that doesnt harm males, but can lead to cervical cancer in females.

Well harm is used loosely. HPV is genital warts. Different types of HPV can cause cervical cancer in women, or penile cancer in men. Its also linked to anal cancer among gay men. Most types of HPV are mostly harmless to men. Most sexually active men have a type of HPV, but probably dont know it, thats how common it is.
 
i didn't even know it was approved for guys. $350 bucks is a lot of money, i think i'll wait until they've got one that covers all the strains.
 
Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
i didn't even know it was approved for guys. $350 bucks is a lot of money, i think i'll wait until they've got one that covers all the strains.
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This covers all the most common strains that are linked to causing cancer.
 
Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I thought the vaccine was exclusively for women at this point?
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yes that is so, however a lot of testing is being done on men and so far its looking really good.
 
absolutely.

My wife had HPV when she was younger and had to have treatment after an abnormal papsmear. After the one treatment and 10 years later it is all gone and she has had normal papsmears since. Some strains you get over after time.

The treatment was painful and she says she does not want our daughter to have to go through it.

So $350 so my daughter doesn't have to go through a painful procedure, sounds like money well spent to me.
 
If we're talking about children, then what's $350 if it helps reduce the threat of cancer down the road? Let's face it, kids are becoming sexually active at early ages and HPV is running rampant. Just seems like a no-brainer if you have a young daughter. Cancer scares the hell out of me so if I had a kid, I'd definitely want this done.
 
Originally posted by: Wreckem
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
I don't even know what HPV is, but if it's an STD then I'm not getting it for obvious reasons.
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HPV is a STD that doesnt harm males, but can lead to cervical cancer in females.

Well harm is used loosely. HPV is genital warts. Different types of HPV can cause cervical cancer in women, or penile cancer in men. Its also linked to anal cancer among gay men. Most types of HPV are mostly harmless to men. Most sexually active men have a type of HPV, but probably dont know it, thats how common it is.
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A bit of misinfo and ambiguity up there.

There are almost 100 types of HPV. Most people are affected by some. Many of the symptomatic ones can be asymptomatic in many people and be dormant for years.

Some cause warts...the ones that cause the warts are generally the ones that will not cause cancer. However; you can have two or more strains.

With regular pap smears females are pretty safe from dying from this.

HSV is also very common...most that have it don't even know it.

 
I do not have children (specifically girls) but if i did, or if i was younger i would most certainly get this shot.
Is it not covered under your health insurance?
 
I have been reading up on the vaccine and it looks great. My concern is in how rapid this has become popularised. The vaccine has been approved for a lil over year know, as I recall, and it already has become manditory in a fair amount of school systems for 6th graders. The point being, look at how often, as of late, companies have thrown products on the market that are "safe" only to find out that it is anything but safe.

As for me, I will be very cautious and watch this over the next year(s) and see what happens. Luckily I do not have any children so I really am not worring about it. However, if all is well with the vaccine then I hope it is approved for males too and maybe we can eliminate HPV outbreaks in the US!
 
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
I do not have children (specifically girls) but if i did, or if i was younger i would most certainly get this shot.
Is it not covered under your health insurance?
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some cover it the others are working it out now.
 
Originally posted by: Citrix
My oldest daughter is 13 and my wife and I are going to fork out the $350 bucks for the shot before she becomes sexually active. how about ATOT parents with teenage daughters are you going have them get the shot?

I think men should get the shot as well to help stop the spread of HPV.
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Men should get it simply because there is no test to tell whether they have it and pass it on.

My ex has it and has the cancerous strain, it's a difficult thing to go through, she can't have kids except by cesection now.
 
good job!!!!

seriously its the best decision.. i know far too many girls who have HPV.

It scares me cause we guys are carriers but we have no symptoms.
 
I'll pass for now, and wait to see if anyone discovers any complications that the vaccine causes. Since getting HPV does not seem to be a life threatening thing for males, I'm not going to rush in a get a shot that may or may not end up having side effects.
 
again...almost every woman that gets a pap smear yearly will never have to worry about life changing problems due to HPV.
 
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