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kareOctober 12, 2015 at 2:06 pm #387144
The reason it isn’t recommended fo women past the age of 26 is becasue you’ve most likely encountered the strains of HPV before, so the vaccine wouldn’t be effective. Most health insurance won’t cover it, so it can be pretty expensive. However, some doctors still recommend it if you’re older and have a low number of sexual partners (for example a recently divorced woman who only had one sexual partner). Here’s an interesting article about the vaccine: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/left-out-why-is-it-so-hard-for-older-women-to-get-the-hpv-vaccine/258611/
KOctober 12, 2015 at 2:50 pm #387153Agreed that it’s worth the cost! I was too old to get it by one year once it came out, and I got two different types of HPV (warts and the kind where I needed a colposcopy) after only sleeping with 3 guys. It’s worth the money to save the headache of going the doctor for these sorts of things, and of course your health is priceless.
shakeourtreeOctober 12, 2015 at 3:26 pm #387161The CDC says that the HPV vaccine is just as effective 10 years in as it was when administered. There is no evidence that the HPV vaccine becomes less effective over time, and there are no booster shots. I know this because I just Googled it after y’all freaked me out talking about it getting less effective. I got mine as a virginal high schooler, and I’m slutting around >10 years later, so it’s good to know I’m protected. I did contract a harmless strain of HPV about three years ago, though. It was very mild and went away pretty quickly. There are over 100 different strains of HPV, so you still can get HPV, but it’s much less likely to be one of the warts- or cancer-causing kinds.
BlueKateOctober 12, 2015 at 3:49 pm #387175@shakeourtree I was reading the National Cancer Institute site about HPV (HPV Vaccines on NCI site ). On there it states: “To date, protection against the targeted HPV types has been found to last for at least 8 years with Gardasil (19) and at least 9 years with Cervarix (20). The duration of protection with Gardasil 9 is not yet known. Long-term studies of vaccine efficacy that are still in progress will help scientists better understand the total duration of protection.”
It is pretty scary that there are over 100 different strains, but it’s also nice to know there’s a vaccine that will help with preventing about 10% of them, some of which are very high-risk.
BlueKateOctober 12, 2015 at 3:53 pm #387176I still believe women who are older, while it’s kind of expected that we have settled down and have one partner, should still get the shot if they’ve never had it. You never know if your partner may cheat, if you may cheat, if there’s a breakup and you start seeing someone else, etc. Life happens.
TheLadyEOctober 12, 2015 at 4:25 pm #387192Personally, the vaccine came out when I was about 24 and at that time I didn’t realize the importance until it became too late for me to get it under 26. I also didn’t know why the cutoff age was 26, but now that I know why…well, I certainly should still be eligible for it. This is good news!
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