Many people hear the word HPV(Human Papillomavirus) and really don’t think anything of it but that it's a disease. It's not like when they hear the word cancer and everyone is quickly alarmed. People fail to realize the different things that can eventually cause cancer and HPV is one of them. It is considered to be one of the deadliest diseases after cancer and HIV. As a result of this, researchers have created a drug to prevent the contraction of the disease but parents refuse to allow their child to even be administered the drug. Parents assert that the drug has too many side effects involved and that it is unsafe. If you look at more closely though, this is just one of the many drugs that causes side effects. In my opinion I believe we should
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The Human Papillomavirus or HPV is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes genital warts or a change in the cervix cells. This sexually transmitted disease can also cause young women to develop cervical cancer. There are over 100 different strains of HPV that can occur. The most common ones that cause health problems are type 6, 11, 16, and 18. This disease isn't like any other sexually transmitted disease. You can actually contract it through just coming in contact with the genital area. If you were to even use a condom, there wouldn’t be any guarantees that you wouldn't contract the disease. Once you've developed raised warts on the genital areas or any part of your skin, you are now considered contagious. Unfortunately this disease isn't something that would go away after awhile. You have to receive a certain type of medicine that will help your body make the disease become inactive. The medicine that they have created is called Gardasil. The vaccine gardasil protects against strains 6,11,16, and 18. You have to receive three different forms of the drug. The vaccine can be administered to women as young as 11 years old. The drug is unable to protect those who have already contracted the disease. Therefore the younger you are the more effective the drug is and beneficial to your health …show more content…
The disagreement side comes from various different reasons. It could be related to religion, society, health, money, pro's and con's, legal battles between the schools vaccination list, etc. According to Heather McCracken the author of the article "The Cancer Vaccine: Why So Many Kids Are Not Immunized Against HPV," argues that doctors don't recommend the vaccine to teens and their parents because of the fact that it is awkward to be having the conversation of sex. In my opinion I do believe that having that particular conversation with your parents is probably the most awkward situation ever. Even after the conversation it is still awkward between the parent and the teen. So I truly understand where individuals are coming from, but as a result many preteens miss the opportunity to be able to protect themselves against a life threatening disease. Safety is another issue that stirs up controversy between experts and parents. As I was researching on the FDA's ( Food and Drug Admnistration) website I found an article called "Addressing Questions About Gardasil," it states "There have been reports of serious adverse events in girls and women that have received the vaccine. These include death and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disorder that causes muscle weakness." The fact that this is
The Human Papillomavirus or HPV is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes genital warts or a change in the cervix cells. This sexually transmitted disease can also cause young women to develop cervical cancer. There are over 100 different strains of HPV that can occur. The most common ones that cause health problems are type 6, 11, 16, and 18. This disease isn't like any other sexually transmitted disease. You can actually contract it through just coming in contact with the genital area. If you were to even use a condom, there wouldn’t be any guarantees that you wouldn't contract the disease. Once you've developed raised warts on the genital areas or any part of your skin, you are now considered contagious. Unfortunately this disease isn't something that would go away after awhile. You have to receive a certain type of medicine that will help your body make the disease become inactive. The medicine that they have created is called Gardasil. The vaccine gardasil protects against strains 6,11,16, and 18. You have to receive three different forms of the drug. The vaccine can be administered to women as young as 11 years old. The drug is unable to protect those who have already contracted the disease. Therefore the younger you are the more effective the drug is and beneficial to your health …show more content…
The disagreement side comes from various different reasons. It could be related to religion, society, health, money, pro's and con's, legal battles between the schools vaccination list, etc. According to Heather McCracken the author of the article "The Cancer Vaccine: Why So Many Kids Are Not Immunized Against HPV," argues that doctors don't recommend the vaccine to teens and their parents because of the fact that it is awkward to be having the conversation of sex. In my opinion I do believe that having that particular conversation with your parents is probably the most awkward situation ever. Even after the conversation it is still awkward between the parent and the teen. So I truly understand where individuals are coming from, but as a result many preteens miss the opportunity to be able to protect themselves against a life threatening disease. Safety is another issue that stirs up controversy between experts and parents. As I was researching on the FDA's ( Food and Drug Admnistration) website I found an article called "Addressing Questions About Gardasil," it states "There have been reports of serious adverse events in girls and women that have received the vaccine. These include death and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disorder that causes muscle weakness." The fact that this is