Papillomavirus

Ever since the FDA approved the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in 2006, its introduction has been embroiled in a medical, social, cultural, and political controversy. This controversy has once again been rekindled in the recent Republican primary debates between Texas governor Rick Perry and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann from Minnesota, in which Bachmann emphatically stated that Merck's HPV vaccine, Gardasil, causes mental retardation. As a physician, parent, and author of the…

disease. In an effort to educate women and prevent cervical cancer, the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Richard E. Besser, MD, announced today a new set of community education materials about the human papillomavirus (HPV) for hospitals, schools, physicians and the general public. HPV is so common that by age 50, eight out of 10 women who are sexually active are infected with it. There are more than 100 types of HPV, but HPV 16 and 18 are considered…

Efficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Vaccines The study sought to investigate on the safety and efficacy of the prophylactic HPV vaccines against the precursor events of cervical cancer in women. It was established that prophylactic vaccines are very effective in averting any HPV infections and are successful in preventing infections that are related to precancerous cervical lesions. The degree of efficacy of the vaccines is different depending on the type of vaccine and the level of the…

HPV,also commonly known as Genital warts is a very common virus that can last for a long time.Sometimes the virus can even last for year,or even life long!There are 100 types of HPV,but only 70 types of HPV affect the genitals,the other types can affect normal skin with common warts like plantar warts.This virus is most commonly found in people who are sexually active,that are not practicing safe sex.Practicing safe sex will not stop the virus from getting to you,it will just lower the chances…

Human papillomavirus, more commonly known as HPV, is, out of all sexually transmitted infections, the most frequently spread (“Human). Consequently, in the United States, over 20 million citizens are infected with HPV at any point in time. Even more concerning, HPV typically does not show symptoms; however, occasionally an infected individual will develop genital warts (“HPV). There is no official method of testing to figure out if a person is infected with HPV, and as a result, the probability…

Cervical cancer is one of the leading cancers in women, particularly around women between the ages of 30-45. Cervical cancer is an abnormal growth of cells within the woman’s cervix. If left undetected or untreated, it has the potential of spreading to other parts of the body, eventually leading to death. The human papilloma virus (HPV) is the precursor to cervical cancer. HPV infects cells in the cervix and causes dysplasia that leads to cervical cancer. Picture from American Cancer Society…

Gardasil: Should it be Mandatory? A Rhetorical Critique According to the Center for Menstrual Disorders and Reproductive Choice, 75-80% of sexually active adults will acquire a genital tract HPV infection before the age of fifty (STD 's: Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most frequently sexually transmitted disease with more than six million cases being reported each year. This disease can be deadly, turning into cervical cancer later in the patient’s life. Due to the epidemic levels of…

Chosen topic: Vaccination Question: Should the HPV vaccine be compulsory for girls ages 11-20. What is HPV? The human papillomavirus or HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and the leading cause of cervical cancer. The virus is spread via skin to skin contact and so is developed by 4 out of 5 people in NZ . There are over 100 types of HPV of which they are split into high risk and low risk. High risk types are those that are associated with the development of…

to sixty-five years had not been screened for this preventable disease in the past five years”(Bernard, V. 2014). Within this group one in four had never been screened for cervical cancer. These statistics can be greatly reduced with the Human Papillomavirus vaccination, early cervical cancer screenings performed during a well woman exam, abstinence, and safe sex practices; although condoms do not cover the entire area that could be infected with HPV. Currently there are no screening tests for…

HPV is one of the greatest causes of cervical cancers in our new developing world. By getting the Human papillomavirus vaccine it may help to deduce the risk of cancer. To bring this to other low income countries the GAP (Gardasil Access Program) was established to let organizations in low-resource counties gain the HPV vaccination programs. The study captured…