HPV vaccine can help recrudescence?

[James Kang]

Female, 34 years old, in treatment of HPV. Can HPV vaccine injection can help to avoid recrudescence when the treatment is finished? Much appreciated for your message!

[PDLM]

You should be asking on a medical forum not some random place where you can park your questions.

There is no cure for HPV, like Herpes it stays with you for life. Its the gift that keeps on giving. Your treatment is to remove/reduce the visible signs of warts or cervicle cancer, its not a cure. THERE IS NO CURE!

The vaccine would of helped you preinfection. Post infection the vaccine is useless.

You have the responsibility to tell whomever you are with that you have HPV and not infect the general population.

You should also get an annual pap smear, HPV can lead to Cervicle cancer if left unwatched.

There are a number of factual errors in this. Studies show that 80-90% of women have a detectable HPV infection at some point in their lives, so I would say it is already in "the general population". Moreover, Wiki "Recent studies from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and from the University of Washington suggest that HPV may eventually be cleared in most people with well functioning immune systems." according to Wiki. The detectable prevalence in the population decreases dramatically with age. And annual screening is more than most regimes recommend in the absence of any previous positive results.

But your basic point that the answer to the OP's question is No remains valid.

[PDLM]

The CDC figures I can easily find are spot data - i.e. how many have it in detectable amounts at any one time. The 80% figure is how many have it at some time during their life. Big difference.

[dropdedfwed]

yes, this is probably the wrong place to be asking... from what i understand it is possible that after treatment, if you are vaccinated against the same type/strain of HPV contracted, that it MAY reduce the likelihood of recurrence of HPV lesions. I don't think one will ever be cured, per se. However this is a major work in progress, from what i can see. maybe your doctor has a better idea than us at GeoExpat... well, i can only HOPE so

[hongkong7]

I am guessing your Obgyn already told you it would not help hence the reason you are checking to see what other have been told.

Actuall as the vaccines are relatively new the studies being done to answer the question you are asking are not complete yet though there are a few early ones where the answer is the vaccine is no help in the situation you have.

It also depends on the serotype you have- is it one of the types found in the vaccines(your doctor may ave told you the serotype number-there will be a report on it) .however even if not one of the types in the vaccine/s there may be some cross protection.

.Discuss it with your O&G again or a sympathetic GP-plenty of people have have had this vaccine outside of usual indications on this basis of- maybe some help,probably wont hurt