You’ve probably seen the commercials for Gardasil (One Less), the HPV vaccine for young girls, and if you have a daughter you have probably wondered if this is right for her. Well, I am here to give you the facts as someone who has been vaccinated and lived to tell the tale.
HPV is short for Human Papillomavirus, one of the most common viruses in our population today. HPV is interesting because it can cause anything from plantar warts to genital warts to cervical cancer. There are a multitude of HPV strains out and about, and almost 50 % of people in the United States will have a at least one strain of HPV at some point in their lives, and there are not many ways to stop it.
There is one way to prevent a small slice of the HPV strains. This is a vaccine currently marketed as Gardasil. The Gardasil vaccine is administered in three injections over a period of six months. While it is a relatively new vaccine, it can protect women from 70% of genital warts a...
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