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Question: hpv vaccine
| clairebear9898
- Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:59 am |
I'm an 18 year old female who is not sexually active. Can someone give me more info about the new HPV vaccine? If I'm not having sex, and won't until I am married, do I need to get it?
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| Dr. Safaa Mahmoud
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:30 am |
 Hello,
The FDA has licensed the HPV vaccine to be safe and effective.
The HPV vaccine is given to 11-12 year-old girls, and women younger than 26 years old who have not completed the vaccine series.
It is used to prevent genital warts and cervical/vaginal cancers caused by certain types of HPV in girls and young women.
The efficacy of the vaccine is said to last for five years or more.
Best regards.
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