vaccine

dogsrule
dogsrule Member Posts: 96
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Had my 16yr old son vacinated for HPV virus this week. They have been giving to girls betweeen 12 & 24 now for awhile. They just approved for boys. Doctor recommended this. He has 3 daughters and absoulutley is having them vacinnated. They want them to have it before they have sexual contact. I know this is a fairly new vaccine but when I had my son vaccianted for chicken pox that was new and now is mandatory for all children starting school.

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  • D Lewis
    D Lewis Member Posts: 1,581 Member
    #2
    I believe that was a wise move.
    My renegade Doctor is giving me the vaccine, based on the results of a single study that suggests that (for Cervical SCC at least) the Gardasil shots after surgery alone (no chemo or rads) reduces the chance that SCC will return. Interesting result. May not be a valid conclusion, but no harm in trying.

    Deb
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #3
    Vaccine
    I have always been skeptic in the new vaccines field, so I will wait a while and see how it does first. If is does help someone from getting this dreaded C thing then I guess I would be for it as I don’t want anyone to go through this crap
  • Kimba1505
    Kimba1505 Member Posts: 557
    #4
    Hondo said:

    Vaccine
    I have always been skeptic in the new vaccines field, so I will wait a while and see how it does first. If is does help someone from getting this dreaded C thing then I guess I would be for it as I don’t want anyone to go through this crap

    So relevent.
    This is so relevent to me right now. I have two sons, 16 and 13. Mark is not thier dad, so they do not have the family history factor. Mark is meeting with his radiologist today. I will have him pose the question regarding vaccinating boys. So scarey raising kids these days (as if I had experience raising kids during another era). LQ (Laughing Quietly...made that up.)
    Kim
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #5
    Kimba1505 said:

    So relevent.
    This is so relevent to me right now. I have two sons, 16 and 13. Mark is not thier dad, so they do not have the family history factor. Mark is meeting with his radiologist today. I will have him pose the question regarding vaccinating boys. So scarey raising kids these days (as if I had experience raising kids during another era). LQ (Laughing Quietly...made that up.)
    Kim

    Family History
    Morning Kim,

    You mention Marks family history, but I don't really believe that HPV is really inherited. I really believe that we all are exposed to these different cells, viruses, germs, whatever over time and contact with others.

    It's just the luck of the draw, physical conditions of the body at some given time, fatigue, illness, lowered immune system, etc....that really determines if the body can fight off the attack when and if it occurs.

    Are you all talking about Gadasil, or some other vaccine as for the boys?

    On the Gardasil site, it mentions vaccines available for both girls and boys, between the ages of 9 - 26 (preferably before sexxual contact), that it helps protect agains HPV types 6,11,16 and 18, but that's not an absolute. Which the H&N HPV does fall within those types.

    The big statement that I still don't see, is it does not mention head & neck cancers at all...it still only refers mainly to genital HPV (cervical, vaginal, and vulvar in females, and genital warts in males).

    They do and I'm sure will eventually need to study the current trend and relationship between HPV and H&N Cancers though. A vaccine to eliminate or protect against even the 70% stated on the Gardasil site would be great.

    Best,
    John

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