HPV Vaccination

[salbahis]

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HPV Vaccination, kinsay girls diri naka try ani?, pila pud ang bayad ug asa?, ako tana ipa-vaccinate ako wife... just incase likay sa cervical cancer!!!

[salbahis]

Doctors urge early HPV vaccination for girls

By Dona Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:36:00 03/17/2009

Filed Under: Health, Children
MANILA, Philippines—Because youth today begin to be sexually active at a younger age, pediatrician and obstetricians are encouraging parents to have their adolescent girls vaccinated against cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of death among women in the country.

Doctors said available vaccines against certain types of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, are best administered to girls as early as 9 to 15-years-old.

Dr. May Montellano, president of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines, said the vaccine prevents—not treats—infection.

“That's why the best time to receive HPV vaccination is before puberty prior to sexual debut. Studies show that the younger the age at vaccination, the higher antibody concentrations are achieved and therefore the better the protection against HPV infection,” Montellano said at a forum Tuesday.

She also said there is a higher immune response among adolescents than among young adults.

“For it to be efficacious, it should be given prior to sexual activity because this is a sexually transmitted disease,” Montellano said, noting that men serve as HPV carriers.

Dr. Margaret Stanley, a visiting British professor on epithelial biology and an expert on HPV, said the best time to give the vaccine is during pre- and early adolescence, when the risk for infection is minimal or nil.

“The period of greatest risk for acquiring HPV infection is during mid- to late teens and early adulthood. Therefore, vaccinating children aged 9 to 15-years-old would be the ideal strategy,” she said in the same forum.

But she said the vaccine could be administered to women up to 45-years-old.

There are two cervical cancer vaccines which were introduced in the market a few years ago: Gardasil by Merck Sharp and Dohme and Cervarix by GlaxoSmith-Kline.

The vaccine is given in three doses over a period of three months.

Stanley said there is no difference between the two vaccines when it comes to producing good immune response against HPV types 16 and 18, which cause cervical cancer.

The only difference, she said, is that Gardasil also protects against HPV types 6 and 11 which cause genital warts.

Dr. Ricardo Manalastas Jr., chief of the Philippine General Hospital's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Infectious Diseases, said they have an advocacy program to make the HPV vaccine more accessible.

He said for groups with a minimum of 15 members each, they could give the vaccine “at almost half the price” if this would be administered by private practitioners, since they can purchase the vaccine in bulk directly from the manufacturers.

“The HPV vaccine can significantly reduce the risk of developing cervical cancer and other genital cancers and diseases. Through our advocacy program, we aim to give more Filipinos access to this important vaccine,” Manalastas said.

He said their group does not make any profit and sometimes spends their own money on syringes and other vaccination equipment.

Manalastas said their long-term goal is to have HPV vaccination made part of the national immunization program. But even Montellano agreed that including HPV vaccination in the national immunization program “will take some time” since the government's priority is giving vaccines to babies and children.

Stanley said if the country could implement an adolescent immunization program, this would greatly help eradicate cervical cancer.

“Vaccination plus screening could in theory prevent almost 100 per cent of cervical cancers. However this only applies to countries with organized screening programs,” she said.

Regular pap smears could early detect cervical cancer. But at present, according to Manalastas, only a third of women who should be getting pap smears annually do so.

Source: Doctors urge early HPV vaccination for girls - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

[salbahis]

atud ani oy.... ang male diay ang carrier sa HPV?

[pinkavaya]

yes, ang male ang carrier hpv...
na mention na sa ako OB..

tag pila kaha ning hpv vaccine noh?

[salbahis]

waaa.... diin sad kaha na namo no?....

bahala na siguro mahal wui kaysa magmahay... mangutang lang ko para ani... kay lisud... na... beside it's the for good of both of us...

[Dorothea]

If you and your wife are in a monogamous relationship, I don't see the need for her to get vaccinated. When she has her annual pap smear, ask the OB to do an HPV screen test for her. Kung ok gani, then wala na'y problema, as long as the both of you are monogamous.

[salbahis]

If you and your wife are in a monogamous relationship, I don't see the need for her to get vaccinated. When she has her annual pap smear, ask the OB to do an HPV screen test for her. Kung ok gani, then wala na'y problema, as long as the both of you are monogamous.

well she hasn't have any annual pap smear... well we don't have kids yet... well wala noon ko duwa ug lain team... sauna siguro nga wala pako minyo... daghan ko team... pero karon... stick to one nako...