She just got out of a horrible 15 month relationship, has her annual pap smear and is told she has genital warts. SHe is mad, scared and feels in her words,”dirty”. How as her mom do I make her feel ok with self and her future?

I have a news interview comin up, and I want the publics opinion on this issue before I go in and talk
I am 23, HPV caused cancer, and have to have hystarectomy. I am to talk to news on this. How does the real public feel? Would you recieve the vacine?

Are your daughters getting it? just curious as I always have felt it is safe but…

Fears over cancer vaccine as schoolgirl dies
LONDON, England (CNN) — The death of a 14-year-old girl in England after she received a vaccination for Human Papilloma virus (HPV) has prompted a widespread freeze on the country’s national vaccination program.

Millions of girls have received vaccinations for HPV since 2008, the virus that causes 99 percent of cervical cancers.

More than 1.4 million girls have received the vaccination in England since the National Health Service (NHS) started administering it in September 2008.

Natalie Morton’s sudden death Monday occurred within hours after she received a shot of the vaccine Cervarix at the NHS at her school in Coventry.

Three other girls at the Blue Coat Church of England school suffered mild symptoms of dizziness and nausea after receiving the vaccine, according to media reports.

It remains unclear if the vaccine caused Morton’s death. Only an autopsy will be able to determine the exactly cause of death.

Glaxo Smith Kline, the manufacturer of Cervarix, issued a recall of the batch of vaccine used in Coventry as a “precautionary measure.”

“At this stage the cause of this tragic death is unknown,” the company said in a statement posted on their Web site.

“Following immediate quarantine of the batch involved last night, we have taken the decision to voluntarily recall this batch as a further precautionary measure while the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Natalie’s death is conducted.”

On Tuesday several NHS clinics and schools indefinitely postponed immunizations.
“As a purely precautionary measure, we have asked the NHS to quarantine all stocks of HPV vaccine from the batch related to this case,” a spokesperson for the NHS said.

“Where the local NHS has supplies of vaccine from other production batches, they should continue with the vaccination program.”

Many clinics were forced to close as they checked the numbers on their batches of the vaccine.

What is HPV?

HPV stands for human Papilloma virus. Although there are more than 100 types of HPV, only a few of them are known to cause cervical cancer. Most strains of HPV are harmless or cause genital warts.

HPV is a common sexually-transmitted disease. Almost half of all women who have sex will be infected at one point in their life, according to the British National Health Service.

HPV infects the cells of the surface of the cervix. Infections can clear up on their own or stay for many years without any symptoms and develop into cervical cancer.

Ninety-nine percent of cervical cancers are caused by HPV.

What is the Cervarix HPV vaccine?

The Cervarix HPV vaccine protects against the two strains of HPV (16 and 18) that cause cervical cancer in over 70 percent of women.

The vaccine is typically injected in the upper arm, or thigh, in three doses within six months, and is recommended for teenage girls.

How effective is the Cervarix vaccine?

According to the manufacturer, Glaxo Smith Kline, Cervarix is over 99 percent effective.

Is Cervarix the most common vaccine for HPV?

No. Gardisil, manufactured by Merck is used by the majority of vaccine programs worldwide. Gardisil protects against four strains of HPV (16, 18, 6 and 11). Strains 6 and 11 cause less serious conditions, such as genital warts.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/29/hpv.vaccine.explainer/index.html

I’ve had HPV for a while now, and the warts are being stubborn. I tried TCA treatments. They definitely decreased the size of the warts but didn’t get rid of them completely. So two days ago my gynecologist froze them. Today, the area around the warts is very red and uncomfortable. I can hardly walk. Is this normal? If so, how much longer will I be in pain?

I don’t have any STD myself and I never met anyone who has HPV… When I thought about it, it must be hard for them, feeling insecure and all that. However, there IS a chance of having a successful sex/love life.
While it’s normal to be afraid of getting a STD through sex if they do have a STD, chances of not getting it are improved if protected with a condom or any kind of protection. Realistically, you don’t have to be afraid to have sex with those people if they really want a relationship with you and vice versa. Do what you can do to protect you both.
The question is… do you really want to let go one amazing person you’d want to spent your rest of life with but couldn’t because they or you have HPV or any kind of STD?
Personally, I won’t mind having sex with them as long as we’re protected and that we do love each other.

Some people think it is a great way to help prevent getting some forms of cervical cancer and it is a health concern that people should take seriously (4000 women will die from cervical cancer this year — taken from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention). But some people feel that it will provoke sexual activity with teens. Also, some people are afraid of what the long term effects may be if there are any. In the magazine “First–For women On The Go”, one woman from Florida stated in a poll that “it wouldn’t encourage sexual activity any more than a tetanus shot encourages kids to step on rusty nails” (June 18, 2007 issue, Page 6). What are your thoughts and opinions?