If you’re the parent of a teenage or preteen girl you’ve undoubtedly heard about the HPV vaccine. Whether at the doctor’s office or amongst other parents this is one of the latest vaccines being ‘pushed’ (and in some unfortunate states made mandatory) on young girls and their unknowing parents.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) some 20 million Americans are infected right now with HPV. This high number is what many of the drug companies and doctors are using to scare parents and their daughters into getting the HPV vaccine. Don’t be scared – at least not yet.
Before you opt for this vaccine it’s vital to get the real facts about it. The HPV vaccine may not protect you from cancer at all and can lead to many debilitating side effects.
Doctors, drug companies, and even some in the government (Texas’ own Governor Rick Perry) are advocating that this controversial vaccine is placed onto the ‘mandatory’ list for all young girls. these proponents of the vaccine state that it will prevent these young women from getting cervical cancer but is that the real reason? In a minute I’ll tell you what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t want you to know about the HPV vaccine and its link to cervical cancer that it supposedly protects against.
All of us know girls in their teens or twenties. Whether it’s a daughter, sister, niece, or cousin these girls are going to find this vaccine pushed on them if they haven’t already. It’s vital to get them and their parents informed about the facts on the HPV vaccine.
First let’s talk about what exactly HPV is and if you should be worried about it.
HPV: just the Facts
Human papillomavirus or HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.) There are forty types of HPV infecting both women and men. The most common spot for infection is on the genitals of either sex but it can also infect the mouth and throat. It is possible to get more than one type of HPV at a time.
HPV is passed to another through sexual contact; genital contact or oral sex which then determines where the infection occurs. HPV can also, but rarely, be passed on to a pregnant woman’s baby resulting in Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis or JORRP.
Symptoms of HPV
This is where it gets dangerous to protect against HPV as it usually shows no signs or symptoms in most infected people. in fact, most people infected with HPV don’t even know they have it. And according to the CDC there are 6 million new cases every year. The CDC goes on to state that fifty percent of sexually active people will become infected with HPV over their lifetimes.
Those infected with HPV who do show symptoms generally show one of the two following symptoms:
2 Main HPV Symptoms
Genital WartsCervical Cancer
If the infection is in the mouth or throat there are sometimes warts found in either or both of these places.
HPV impacts normal healthy cells and makes them become abnormal. This abnormality has been thought to lead to cancers, in this case specifically cervical cancer. Previously HPV has been reported to be the leading cause of cervical cancer. This may not be true. but we’ll discuss that later.
Treatment of HPV
Parents and teen girls are being told that the HPV vaccine will prevent them from contracting HPV but this isn’t necessarily true. one of the main HPV vaccines used, Gardasil, protects against only four of the forty known types of HPV (6, 11, 16, 18.)
And what most of us aren’t told is that the body already has a perfect treatment in place for HPV. And the CDC even says that ninety percent of HPV infections simply clear on their own, without drugs or treatment of any kind.
If a person tests positive for HPV, the course of action is to determine which type they have and then use the Pap test to look for abnormality in the cells. if abnormalities are found there are various treatment options.
So on the surface it may sound like the HPV vaccine is simply an unnecessary, harmless vaccine being pushed on the public. Unnecessary? Yes. Harmless? Think again.
Dangerous Side Effects from HPV Vaccine
Those who have opted to get the HPV vaccine may now wish they didn’t. This vaccine has some serious side effects that have been reported to the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.)
According to the Judicial Watch, a Washington D.C. based watchdog group, VAERS has received eighteen reported deaths from the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. As of may 11, 2007, there were 1,637 reports to VAERS of adverse reactions, 371 were serious. these serious side effects that have been reported to VAERS include:
- Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Blood Clots
- Fainting
- Seizures
- Spontaneous Abortion
- Neurology problems
- Bells Palsy
- Paralysis
The fainting is such a common side effect that doctors are now being told to have their patients lie down for at least fifteen minutes after the vaccine is administered.
But that’s not the only danger when it comes to HPV vaccines.
It’s recently come into light that the FDA may now know that there is not a connection between HPV and cervical cancer. if this is in fact the case these vaccines touted as preventing cervical cancer are useless. but what’s of even greater concern is that there are documents previously posted by the FDA that reveal Gardasil can actually increase certain women and young girls’ risk of developing precancerous lesions by a whopping 44.6%.
Is the FDA Lying to Us about the HPV Vaccine?
Now stay with me a minute while I try to explain this to you. A company called HiFi DNA has been pushing the FDA to classify its testing device for HPV to a Class II rather than a Class III device.
Class III devices are devices that are not allowed to be sold to the public. Class II devices are ones that the FDA more or less says may or may not be completely safe but will allow its sale to the public.
So what does this have to do with HPV and cervical cancer?
Based on HiFi DNA’s submitted docket petitioning the FDA to change its portable HPV testing device from a Class III device to a Class II device the company cites the FDA’s own research stating that HPV is not a cause of cervical cancer.
And HiFi DNA asserts that the FDA’s own research has shown that Gardasil will increase some females’ risk of developing dangerous precancerous lesions by 44.6%.
HiFi DNA cites the FDA news release of March 31, 2003 where the FDA in part states the following:
“most infections (by HPV) are short-lived and not associated with cervical cancer”,
Check out the docket here.
Why isn’t the FDA informing the public of this new scientific data? if you visit their link to this news release of March 31, 2003 you’ll find that it’s been removed. use the link above to find a copy of the docket that Natural News saved just in case the FDA’s copy disappeared.
Real Treatment and Prevention of HPV
So if the vaccine for HPV prevention is a scam, which the mounting evidence clearly points to, as well as being dangerous for certain young girls and women then what’s the solution?
The only way that HPV is spread is through sexual contact. one of the best ways to avoid contracting HPV is to use condoms. Another is to limit your sexual partners or abstain from sex until you’re married or in a long term serious relationship. While these standards have seemed to all but vanish, society could use a return to them.
The increase in sexually transmitted diseases is a clue that maybe society as a whole should re-think the way we approach sex and intimacy.
But if you do come down with HPV what can you do? As I mentioned earlier, ninety percent of HPV infections resolve themselves within two years. if you boost your bodies own healing mechanisms by eating healthy, getting plenty of sleep, exercising, keeping stress low, and living an overall healthy lifestyle, HPV will most likely go away on it’s own.
Don’t get drawn into the HPV scare. Do your own research, get the facts, and do what’s the best to protect your loved ones or yourself from HPV. in my opinion, a vaccine is definitely not the best answer.
Sources
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (2009)
Dr. Axe’s Action Steps
- Do you know females between 11 and 26 years old? if you know one pass this information on to them.
- Take the steps suggested to limit your risk for HPV (condoms, limited sexual partners, abstain from sex until marriage)
- Live a healthy lifestyle so your body can naturally fight off HPV as well as other infections.
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