2007-05-11 19:46:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Yes. A lot of people think a woman needs to be a virgin, which is NOT true. A lot of people also think a person who already has HPV can not get the vaccine and that is also NOT true. Most doctors recommend ALL young women get the new vaccine, whether they have had sex or not or whether they already have HPV or not.
If a woman has already had sex, her chances of being exposed to HPV and contracting the virus are greater compared to a virgin, but it shouldn't stop her from getting the vaccine.
If a woman already has HPV it won't cure her of it, but it can possibly prevent her from contracting a kind of HPV she doesn't already have. The vaccine protects against 4 different kinds of HPV (two known to cause about 70% of cervical cancer and two known to cause about 90% of genital warts). Say, for example, a young girl only has one kind of HPV that the vaccine prevents. Theoretically, if she gets the vaccine, she'll be protected from contracting the other 3 kinds of HPV that the vaccine protects against.
***Also, I'm not exactly sure why the person below me copied and pasted my exact answer...they are using my exact words...weird...
2007-05-11 23:58:52 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a woman has already had sex, her chances of being exposed to HPV and contracting the virus are greater compared to a virgin, but it shouldn't stop her from getting the vaccine.
If a woman already has HPV it won't cure her of it, but it can possibly prevent her from contracting a kind of HPV she doesn't already have. The vaccine protects against 4 different kinds of HPV (two known to cause about 70% of cervical cancer and two known to cause about 90% of genital warts). Say, for example, a young girl only has one kind of HPV that the vaccine prevents. Theoretically, if she gets the vaccine, she'll be protected from contracting the other 3 kinds of HPV that the vaccine protects against.
2007-05-12 03:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by ashes 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can get the gardasil vaccine even if you've been diagnosed with a strain of hpv to prevent contracting other strains.
2007-05-14 09:07:54 · answer #3 · answered by pandora078 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! And please do get Gardasil!
It will prevent so many problems in the future. Believe me, I know from personal experience.
RN
2007-05-11 20:33:34 · answer #4 · answered by EmilyRN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you should and you should continue with it to prevent Cervical Cancer.
2007-05-13 00:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by Yer Acker I be 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋