I lost my virginity a while back, and my parents have found out about it, and they are telling me that I need to get checked and get a shot for "Cervical Cancer" or something like that. A shot where! and How are they going to check me!?!? Someone Please Explain!?
2007-04-26 13:19:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
The vaccine that they are talking about is for HPV (4 different strains of HPV, two of them that can cause cervical cancer and the other two that can cause genital warts) which is a precancerous thing. The medication is called Gardisil.
You would need to talk to either your primary care physician or a gynecologist to get more information about this shot and where they put the injection.
As for how they would check to see if someone had cervical cancer they would do so by doing a pap smear which is done at the same time that a pelvic exam is done to check to make sure that the organs are normal in appearance and size. The pap smear is just a screening test to detect if someone has cervical cancer. They take the test using a special brush to get some of the cells off the cervix to send to a lab to have analyzed to make sure that the cells have nothing abnormal about them.
You may notice a bit of spotting (blood) after this exam for a day or two and that is normal because it is being caused by the irritation of the special brush used to take the pap smear. If it goes on longer than that then you need to let the dr know what is going on.
2007-04-26 13:32:09 · answer #1 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
relax, i got the vaccine, it goes into your arm, not your butt, (lol- i was worried about that too). there are three shots spread out over 7 months or so. it feels just like a regular shot. i had no side effects other than a bruise at the injection site for two weeks. the vaccine is to prevent you from Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), it's transmitted through sex. Most girls are exposed to it at some point during their life, but normally it just passes through your system. however, for those unlucky few, the HPV virus can result in cervical cancer.
2007-04-26 20:26:30 · answer #2 · answered by Caitlyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all u need to do is have a pap smear every 2 years, and they've recently brought out a shot for cervical cancer, an immunisation
2007-04-26 20:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by a_hopkins86 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Is Virginity?
2007-04-26 20:22:11 · answer #4 · answered by Depp 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
call your doctor and make sure its a female you will feel better if you have a she doctor.
2007-04-26 20:24:25 · answer #5 · answered by Jasey lynn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋