Will I be protected from all HPV diseases if I have had the Gardasil vaccine?
I heard that you can get cervical cancer from having vaginal sex, anal cancer from having anal sex and throat cancer from having oral sex and that they’re caused by HPV. I know that the vaccine doesn’t protect against all types of cervical cancer but does it protect against getting throat and anal cancer from having anal and oral sex?
Gardasil is only approved for the prevention of cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers caused by HPV types 16 and 18; genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11; and precancerous or dysplastic lesions caused by HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18 in girls and young women nine through 26 years of age.
I know they are in clinical trails for using the vaccine in boys…and I have seen where they are seeing if it prevents Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis.
I feel sure that clinical trials are being done…and I am sure Merck the makers of Gardasil is hoping that it will prevent throat and anal cancers also.
The vaccine only prevents two high risk HPV types…and they are at least 15 other high risk HPV types…so we have a long way to go in preventing cancers due to HPV.
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