There are many different genital warts & hpv treatments and prevention vaccines on the market today. One vaccine that has garnered many different controversies is Gardasil. Gardisil is fairly new HPV vaccine that was approved by the FDA in July of 2006. It is used to prevent certain types of cervical/vaginal cancers caused by Human Pappillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16, and 18. It is estimated that HPV types 16 and 18 caused 70% of cervical cancers in females while HPV types 6 and 11 caused genital warts in males. Gardasil will NOT treat active genital warts or HPV-related cancers, nor will it cure existing HPV infection. The controversy in this vaccine and its manufacturers intentions are scrupulous to say the least. For the most part, its developer Merck has stood by Gardasil while the FDA has managed to reaffirm its safety despite the severe possible side effects and numerous lawsuits against the pharmacalogical industry. Since its approval in 2006 for females aged 9-26, the vaccine causally stirred controversy with some social conservatives fearing that vaccination would give young ones a go ahead to premarital sex. There are several women who run a website (www.truthaboutgardisil.com) which documents for the past three years, with pictures as proof, claims of the victims and thier families being harmed by the vaccine. They call themselves the “Little Women.” With the help of this specific group, coinciding media reports and many others’ incidental stories about adverse and severe effects persisting, the FDA eventually offered a “listening session” which included officials from the Center of Biologics Evaluation and Research as well as the Office of Special Health Issues. Afterwards the groups plan to release thier data publicly. The controversy over Gardasil is especially loud in Texas, where the fight to overturn Governor Perry’s executive order making the vaccine mandatory for 11 and 12 year old girls has been successful. Paradoxically enough, a CDC advisory panel came out saying that it does not recommend Gardasil for routine use in boys although its OK to give it to males who do want it. From all this it seems from a laymans point of view that the risks seem to outweigh the benefits, as well as a possible underlying conspiracy. A report from the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that the vaccine has been linked to 32 unconfirmed deaths as well as a higher rate of fainting and blood clots than other vaccines. However, thousands of Gardasil related adverse reactions have been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). These include Bells Palsy, Guillan-Barre syndrome, seizures, blood clotting, heart problems, and even miscarriages and fetal abnormalities among pregnant women who have received the vaccine. Of the more than 30 sexually transmitted HPV viruses, Gardasil protects against just four. Futher, the shot may actually be missing the key years it provides benefit. Girls vaccinated will only be able to have maximum benefit for 5-7 years while the side effects of the heavy metals will be ever lasting.
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Rabies is a vaccine-preventable disease, and it is still a significant public health problem in many countries of Asia and Africa, even though safe, effective vaccines for both human and veterinary use exist. Most of the 55 000 deaths from rabies reported annually around the world occur in Asia and Africa, and most of the victims are children: 30–50% of the reported cases of rabies—and therefore deaths—occur in children under 15 years of age. The main route of transmission is the bites of rabid dogs. Most of the children who die from rabies were not treated or did not receive adequate post-exposure treatment. Although the efficacy and safety of modern cell culture vaccines have been recognized, some Asian countries still produce and use nervous tissue vaccines, which are less effective, require repeated visits to the hospital and often have severe side-effects. Moreover, these patients do not receive the necessary rabies immunoglobulin, because of a perennial global shortage and because of its high price, so that it is unaffordable in countries where canine rabies is endemic.
The best prevention against tetanus is proper immunisation as tetanus occurs almost exclusively in people who are unvaccinated or inadequately immunised. In the UK the vaccination is included in children’s vaccination programmes and is part of the combined diphtheria/tetanus/polio/haemophilus influenza b vaccine. For adults and teenagers it is included in the tetanus/diphtheria/polio vaccine. The vaccination course involves 5 doses of vaccinations: the primary course is given as 3 separate doses each a month apart, normally it is given to babies, starting when they are two months old, but it can be given to adults as well. In children the fourth dose is given three years after their primary course, in adults it is administered ten years after the primary course. Finally the fifth dose is given ten years after the fourth. The primary course provides protection for a number of years while the fourth and fifth doses maintain this protection and should last a life-time. Vaccinations inject a small amount of dead or harmless bacteria into the blood, which the body recognises as foreign. The body’s immune system then produces antibodies to destroy these foreign particles and at the same time memory cells are made so that if there is a second exposure (if you actually were infected by tetanus) your immune response would be much quicker and more effective. After the vaccine it is normal to feel slightly unwell with symptoms including mild headache, aching muscles and mild fever which last a few days. You should not have the vaccine if you already have an illness causing a fever or if your last tetanus vaccination caused a severe reaction although this is very rare. It is safe to have the vaccine if you are pregnant or breast feeding.