Comments on: HPV Vaccine http://www.teenclinic.org Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:17:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What should I get tested on after having sex? | Teen Clinic http://www.teenclinic.org/parents-guardians/hpv-vaccine/comment-page-1/#comment-345 What should I get tested on after having sex? | Teen Clinic Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:18:55 +0000 http://www.teenclinic.org/?page_id=207#comment-345 [...] be infected and suffer from HPV. What can you do about HPV? Women and men can get the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, for free at Teen Clinic!  Gardasil can prevent some strains of HPV that cause genital warts and [...] [...] be infected and suffer from HPV. What can you do about HPV? Women and men can get the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, for free at Teen Clinic!  Gardasil can prevent some strains of HPV that cause genital warts and [...]

]]> By: I recieved the HPV shots but my boyfriend has HPV. Am I safe from getting HPV if I have unprotected sex? | Teen Clinic http://www.teenclinic.org/parents-guardians/hpv-vaccine/comment-page-1/#comment-147 I recieved the HPV shots but my boyfriend has HPV. Am I safe from getting HPV if I have unprotected sex? | Teen Clinic Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:39:18 +0000 http://www.teenclinic.org/?page_id=207#comment-147 [...] GARDASIL, the vaccine preventing HPV, only prevents the transmission of four strains of HPV: 6, 11, 16, 18. These four strains account for about 70% of cervical cancer cases and 90% of genital warts. While that’s great protection, there are approximately 40 strains of sexually transmitted HPV. So the answer is yes, you are still at risk for contracting HPV from your boyfriend because you don’t know which strain he carries. For more information on the HPV vaccine, check out our FAQs. The HPV vaccine is now available to males too! If you boyfriend is interested, he can get the HPV vaccine at Teen Clinic. [...] [...] GARDASIL, the vaccine preventing HPV, only prevents the transmission of four strains of HPV: 6, 11, 16, 18. These four strains account for about 70% of cervical cancer cases and 90% of genital warts. While that’s great protection, there are approximately 40 strains of sexually transmitted HPV. So the answer is yes, you are still at risk for contracting HPV from your boyfriend because you don’t know which strain he carries. For more information on the HPV vaccine, check out our FAQs. The HPV vaccine is now available to males too! If you boyfriend is interested, he can get the HPV vaccine at Teen Clinic. [...]

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