Severe allergic reactions following vaccination are rare, but can be life threatening. Symptoms of a severe allergic reaction can include hives, swelling of the face and throat, difficulty breathing, a fast heartbeat, dizziness, and weakness.
Possible side effects
Pain, redness, or swelling in the arm where the shot was given. Fever. Dizziness or fainting (fainting after any vaccine, including HPV vaccine, is more common among adolescents than others) Nausea.
On very rare occasions, a person may have a serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) to any vaccine, including HPV vaccines. In the United States, anaphylaxis following vaccination has a reported rate of 3 cases per 1 million doses administered.
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Some people should not get some HPV vaccines if: They have ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction to any ingredient of an HPV vaccine, or to a previous dose of HPV vaccine. They have an allergy to yeast (Gardasil and Gardasil 9). They are pregnant.
The top five reasons for parents not vaccinating adolescents with the HPV vaccine are lack of knowledge, not needed or necessary, safety concerns/side effects, not recommended, and not sexually active (27). Clearly, there is room for more education and counseling to improve the acceptance of the vaccine series.
Everyone through age 26 years should get HPV vaccine if they were not fully vaccinated already. HPV vaccination is not recommended for everyone older than age 26 years.
HPV can cause cervical and other cancers, including cancer of the vulva, vagina, penis, or anus. It can also cause cancer in the back of the throat (called oropharyngeal cancer). This can include the base of the tongue and tonsils. Cancer often takes years, even decades, to develop after a person gets HPV.
Kanduc [23] found a shared pattern between 34 pentamers from the HPV viral capsid protein and human protein. These proteins, when altered, have been shown to play a major role in arrhythmias, cardiovascular diseases and sudden death.
Men definitely need to be concerned about human papillomavirus (HPV). More than 40 types of HPV can be passed on through genital or oral sexual contact, and HPV can infect men's genital areas, including the skin on and around the penis or anus, as well as the mouth and throat.
Gardasil-9 (9vHPV) is the vaccine that protects against nine HPV types (6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 and 58). According to the Indian Society of Coloscopy and Cervical Pathology, high-risk HPV strains 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58 are responsible for an additional 10% to 20% of cervical cancer cases.
ACIP also recommends vaccination for everyone through age 26 years if not adequately vaccinated when younger. HPV vaccination is given as a series of either two or three doses, depending on age at initial vaccination. Vaccination is not recommended for everyone older than age 26 years.
To date, protection against infections with the targeted HPV types has been found to last for at least 10 years with Gardasil (18), up to 11 years with Cervarix (17), and at least 6 years with Gardasil 9 (19).
The reasons they give include the fact that the vaccine is too new, there are concerns about long-term safety (13), they are worried about the side effects, they think their daughter is too young (14), or they may not feel that their daughter is at risk of an HPV-related disease, such as cervical cancer.
With regard to concerns about HPV vaccination and fertility in women, CDC and FDA have not found any convincing evidence that HPV vaccines cause primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). Also known as “premature menopause,” POI is a condition in which a woman's ovaries stop functioning before age 40.
Several studies have shown that there is no relationship between Gardasil and autoimmune disorders: A 2012 study and a 2014 study both found women and girls who received the Gardasil shot were not more likely to develop autoimmune disorders than those who were unvaccinated.
Cervical cancer is the most common HPV-associated cancer, and some cancers of the vulva, vagina, penis, anus, and oropharynx (back of the throat, including the base of the tongue and tonsils) are also caused by HPV. HPV can infect the mouth and throat and cause cancers of the oropharynx.
HPV is so common that almost every sexually active person will get HPV at some point if they don't get vaccinated. Health problems related to HPV include genital warts and cervical cancer. Genital warts: Prior to HPV vaccines, genital warts caused by HPV affected roughly 340,000 to 360,000 people yearly.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection. More than 90 percent of sexually active men and 80 percent of sexually active women will be infected with HPV in their lifetime.
Cervical cancer and HPV
More than 9 of every 10 cases of cervical cancer are caused by HPV. Almost all cervical cancer can be prevented by HPV vaccination. Every year in the United States: Nearly 200,000 women are diagnosed with a cervical precancer.
A compromised immune response is the prerequisite for disease progression. One unique feature of HPV infection is that it can affect the immune system in such as way that it presents a much more tolerant state, which facilitates persistent hrHPV infection and cervical lesion progression.
Anyone who meets the criteria, whether they have had sex or not, can get the vaccine. Although the recommended age to receive the vaccination is before people become sexually active, it's approved for people up to age 45.
HPV Vaccine Age Limit: You Might Not Be Too Old — What You Should Know. The HPV vaccine was originally approved for females ages 9 through 26. Now, adults up to age 45 can get vaccinated.
“By the time you vaccinate individuals in their 30s and 40s, many have already been exposed to HPV, so the health benefit really decreases at these older ages,” she said. “It's also important to emphasize that cervical cancer screening remains an effective and cost-effective way to protect women from cervical cancer.”