HPV Quiz Bioethics
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caitlinflash2012 on October 24, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 second largest cause of female cancer deaths world wide | cervical cancer |
| 4000 | # of deaths predicted annually in USA due to cervical cancer |
| gardasil | first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous lesions and genital warts. |
| Vaccine for HPV types 16 and 18, and 6 and 11 | gardasil |
| cervarix | protects against HPV types 16 and 18 but not 6 and 11 which causes warts |
| must commonly reported curable bacterial std | chlamydia |
| most common incurable STD | HPV |
| 50% | percent of sexually active people who will get HPV in their lifetime, and percent of adolescents exposed to HPV soon after becoming sexually active |
| 1% | ones who get genital warts out of the 50% infected |
| HPV transmission | skin to skin contact, most often thru vaginal or anal sex |
| how HPV affects daughter stage | it is the vaccination stage, time most get infected, causes throat cancer |
| 6.2 million | people who become infected with HPV each year in the US |
| 15-49 | 20 million of this age range in the US infected with HPV |
| 7.8% | % of virginal girls who contracted HPV |
| 1 or 2 years | time it takes to clear the infection for most women |
| 9-26 | age range of women who take gardasil |
| do girls who have had HPV benefit from the vaccine | yes they benefit |
| how do you deliver gardasil? | 3 intramuscular injections over 6 months |
| 120 per or 360 total | cost of intramuscular injections |
| 93% | effectiveness of gardasil in preventing precancerous lesions or cervical cancer in women who hadnt been previously infected |
| federal vaccine for children program | provides free shots to children and teens thru age 18 including hpv shots |
| does federal law require girls to get the vaccine? | no it does not require girls to get the vaccine |
| ACIP and ACOG recommend | a catch up vaccine for girls and women age 13-26 |
| 89% | % effectiveness of gardasil in women 24-45 |
| 77% | % effectiveness of gardasil in homosexual men |
| men with hpv usually don't | develop symptoms or health problems |
| vaccinating pregnant or lactating women is... | not recommended |
| issue with immunocompromised | gardasil and cervarix may not be as effective |
| if you are sick | wait until you arent sick to get hpv shot |
| full effects of vaccination will not be seen until person is | 48 |
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