Cancer

[di marco]

Ive also has another jab wich was year 10 I think or late year 9, no year 10. Bu have no idea what for

you seem to get loads of jabs for different things in secondary school, ive forgotten what most of them were lol!

[Abigail]

no my friend said she wouldnt want her daughter getting it because whenever you get a jab against something it is actually injecting the virus etc into the body i.e when you get the flu jab it is injecting a small amount of flu inside your body

That's the idea of an immunisation. The amount of virus/bacteria/disease in the vaccine is very small and poses next to to risk. The body produces antibodies against the foreign body which provides immunity to whatever the vaccine is for.

Having the cancer vaccine won't cause cancer just like having the vaccine for meningitis doesn't cause meningitis.

[*-Rooney-*]

no my friend said she wouldnt want her daughter getting it because whenever you get a jab against something it is actually injecting the virus etc into the body i.e when you get the flu jab it is injecting a small amount of flu inside your body

That's the idea of an immunisation. The amount of virus/bacteria/disease in the vaccine is very small and poses next to to risk. The body produces antibodies against the foreign body which provides immunity to whatever the vaccine is for.

Having the cancer vaccine won't cause cancer just like having the vaccine for meningitis doesn't cause meningitis.

saying that though my dad has had the flu jab 2 times and both times he has ended up with the flu - not exactly a great example to go by is it?

[Bryan]

great to see that they can fight against this now

but OMG how annoying is the advert for this? I could throw a brick at the screen whenever I see it, that god damn annoying music and that annoying singer trying to copy Lilly Allen! AHHHHH it's awful!

[di marco]

great to see that they can fight against this now

but OMG how annoying is the advert for this? I could throw a brick at the screen whenever I see it, that god damn annoying music and that annoying singer trying to copy Lilly Allen! AHHHHH it's awful!

i didnt realise there was an advert for it, i havent seen it, although i dont really watch programmes with adverts in on tv anymore!

[Abigail]

no my friend said she wouldnt want her daughter getting it because whenever you get a jab against something it is actually injecting the virus etc into the body i.e when you get the flu jab it is injecting a small amount of flu inside your body

That's the idea of an immunisation. The amount of virus/bacteria/disease in the vaccine is very small and poses next to to risk. The body produces antibodies against the foreign body which provides immunity to whatever the vaccine is for.

Having the cancer vaccine won't cause cancer just like having the vaccine for meningitis doesn't cause meningitis.

saying that though my dad has had the flu jab 2 times and both times he has ended up with the flu - not exactly a great example to go by is it?

The flu jab doesn't protect against all strains of the flu. The vaccine changes every year to include the strains that doctors think pose the greatest risk to those who receive it.

It's a bit like cold, the virus is mutating all the time so the antibodies that you develop to fight one cold won't work on another cold.

[Bryan]

great to see that they can fight against this now

but OMG how annoying is the advert for this? I could throw a brick at the screen whenever I see it, that god damn annoying music and that annoying singer trying to copy Lilly Allen! AHHHHH it's awful!

i didnt realise there was an advert for it, i havent seen it, although i dont really watch programmes with adverts in on tv anymore!

MOST ANNOYING ADVERT EVER!!!!

and it's a shame, becuase it's for a good cause!

[Abigail]

I think it's a shame when something that can prevent cancer causes so much controversy. I don't think so many people would be up in arms if it prevented testicular cancer.

Why would any parent refuse their daughter the vaccine when its one less type of cancer to worry about? Look at Jade Goody, she's having a hysterectomy and chemo because of cervical cancer. I would never want my daughter to go through something that is preventable.

I'd jump at the chance of having it but I'm 9 months too old for the catch up.

[Abbie]

Id have it. I just wouldnt know where, cos I mean they are doing them in schools right?

[di marco]

Unsafe Sex

Practicing unsafe sex can increase your risk of developing a virus called HPV. HPV is a group of over 100 viruses, medically known as human papillioma virus. HPV increases your risk factor for cervical, anal, vulvar and vaginal cancer. Further studies are being conducted in HPV's role in the development of other cancers.

There is a test available to see if you have contracted HPV. It involves scraping of cervical cells and then the sample is sent to a lab. The lab test can even identify the strain of the virus, also.

hmmmm am i right in thinking that over 18s arent going to be vaccinated cos they might already have the hpv virus? if this is the case, then couldnt over 18s who want it be tested for this and if you dont have it, be given the jab?