As sex becomes a more normalized part of today’s society, many teenagers are becoming more interested in this activity, at very young ages. Their environment, social media and peer pressure are very common reasons that cause teenagers to start being sexually active at certain ages. When youth choose to have sex, and do not protect themselves, they put their bodies at great risk. Not only do sex cause emotional harm, however physically, because they put themselves and their bodies at risk of obtaining very harmful sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and/or sexually transmitted infections (STI). Although teens are aware of sexually transmitted diseases such chlamydia, herpes and gonorrhea; there is one very harmful disease that many parents fail to inform their teenagers about. Human Papilloma Virus is one disease that is known to be silent but it can also cause great harm to teenagers. An HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) Vaccine is major because it supplies protection for girls and boys who have time to enlarge an immune response before they start performing sexual activity with another person. There are about forty types of HPV’s in the world. The most common HPV vaccines are Gardasil. Studies have proven Gardasil provides protection up until five years. This infection is very serious because it may cause hospitalization and maybe even death. Just about fourteen million people become infected with the HPV infection yearly. About four thousand women pass away from cervical cancer and eleven thousand and five hundred men are diagnosed with this infection. It is a common virus that happens often when sexual skin-to-skin contact is made with someone who has the virus. Not only can you get it just from someone who already has it, you can get it from your partner even if he or she do not have any symptoms or signs of HPV. This is can be very damaging. That is why you and your partner should know about your sexual health history and sexual status. Most people don’t even realize that they have this infection; however sometimes the infections goes away on its’ own. It could be exposed from using different objects, for example when toys shared during sexual activity, the virus can be passed to the other person this way. Many people do not know that HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. It is the cause of cervical cancers in women. Although HPV cancers is not common in men, certain men are able to get it due to weak immune systems. HPV spreads mostly during vaginal or anal sex. Contracting Human Papilloma Virus can also cause genital warts. Genital warts are small growths occurring in the reproductive organs or on the outside of the genital area. For example genital warts can be seen in the anal area, throat, cervix, and vagina and can cause vulvar cancer in women, penile cancer in men, as well as throat cancer. Taking the HPV vaccine would help preventing all of this from happening. Like many other sexually transmitted diseases, HPV could also cause emotional distress. Emotional distress that people may experience includes depression, low self-esteem and social isolation. The common side effects from receiving Human Papilloma Virus are dizziness, fevers, and pain and redness in
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With the Human Papilloma Virus you have to take three shots. Two months after the shot has been given to you, the second dose should be given. The third shot should be given to you four months after your second shot has been given to you. There are plenty of health insurance companies that will help pay for the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine for you. Many programs allow people who do not have insurance to get the vaccine for a low amount or maybe even free. For people who do not have coverage by health insurance, the Human Papilloma Virus vaccination will cost just about four hundred to five hundred dollars because for each dose, it will be one hundred and twenty five dollars. For people who are covered by health insurance, typical expenses include copay for each shot and if you have are covered by health insurance for every dose, it would be about thirty
With the Human Papilloma Virus you have to take three shots. Two months after the shot has been given to you, the second dose should be given. The third shot should be given to you four months after your second shot has been given to you. There are plenty of health insurance companies that will help pay for the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine for you. Many programs allow people who do not have insurance to get the vaccine for a low amount or maybe even free. For people who do not have coverage by health insurance, the Human Papilloma Virus vaccination will cost just about four hundred to five hundred dollars because for each dose, it will be one hundred and twenty five dollars. For people who are covered by health insurance, typical expenses include copay for each shot and if you have are covered by health insurance for every dose, it would be about thirty