What exactly is cervical cancer?
and those shots that they are giving to teen girls, know anything about it?
2007-03-02 12:19:40 · 6 answers · asked by Lindsay 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
The cervical cancer vaccine can prevent certain kinds of cervical cancer caused by several varieties of HPV (human papilloma virus - it is and STD and VERY prevelant). It does not prevent all types of cervical cancer, but prevents a majority of cases related to HPV.
It should only be given to girls before they are sexually active because it can be risky to those who alredy have HPV.
The vaccine is called Guardasil.
2007-03-02 12:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by CH 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try Vitamin C therapy. A few years ago a cancer researcher came out with a paper saying that the best cancer and infection fighter as yet found was Interferon, but, at the time, it cost $15,000 a gram. The good part was that Interferon was a product of the natural breakdown of Vitamin C in your system. The FDA says that the RDA for Vit C is 64 mg a day, just enough to prevent scurvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prize for his work with Vit C and a second Nobel Prize for organic chemistry, said 1000 mg a day as a minimum and 2000 mg a day if you are sick. On a personal note, I was sick twice a year, for 2 weeks at a time, for 20 years, and was flat on my back for at least a week each time. To this day the doctors have no idea what the problem was. After I gave up on the doctors I tried Vit C. I took enough to keep from being sick and just below too much to get diarrhea. It followed a bell curve over 2 weeks with a peak at 40,000 mg a day – about 300,000 over the 2 weeks. I was not sick for those 2 weeks and after a couple of years of that I have not been sick since. I did not dissolve my kidneys, as some doctors said would happen. I did not get any calcium build up or stones and did not dissolve my cones or solidify my joints. Try it, but drink a lot of water – Vit C is a natural diuretic.
2007-03-04 10:54:17 · answer #2 · answered by David M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is cancer of the cervix. There are several causes of this type of cancer including HPV (which is a STD). The vaccine that they are giving prevents HPV so that getting cervical cancer from it is eliminated. It is a new vaccine so the success rate and the list of side effects are from the clinical trials. If it works like they say that would be great. But then abstinence from sex would also help eliminate your exposure to HPV. That is something every girl needs to decide for herself.
2007-03-02 20:33:04 · answer #3 · answered by idaho gal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they have a shot now that you can get every 4 months so you do not get with child, as for cervical cancer, it is when you get cancer in the cervical.
2007-03-03 07:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by Ladyofathousandfaces 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cancer in the pouch that would house your baby in you stomach if you were preg
have not really done much research about the shots to comment on it
2007-03-02 20:32:05 · answer #5 · answered by hardwood 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cancer of the cervix
It can be caused by HPV and 78% of sexually active people contact it
2007-03-02 20:29:04 · answer #6 · answered by Peacen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋