VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoYoung women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jabwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1565arrow-down15
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minus-squareAbsolutelyClawless@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·13 days agoI wish I had access to it when I was a kid. I think the first time I saw an ad for it was well into my 20s. And IIRC in my late 20s when I asked a gyno about it, she said it probably doesn’t make sense for me to get it as I’m “too old”.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·13 days agoThey raised the age limit up to 45, so it’s possible that you can get one now. The limits were much lower when it first came about.
minus-squareAbsolutelyClawless@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoFrom my understanding, the potential protection is lowered, depending on which strain one has already encountered/been infected with.
I wish I had access to it when I was a kid. I think the first time I saw an ad for it was well into my 20s. And IIRC in my late 20s when I asked a gyno about it, she said it probably doesn’t make sense for me to get it as I’m “too old”.
They raised the age limit up to 45, so it’s possible that you can get one now.
The limits were much lower when it first came about.
From my understanding, the potential protection is lowered, depending on which strain one has already encountered/been infected with.