Would i benefit from the cervical cancer vaccine when ive had precancerous cells which i had treated.?
Most abnormal cells on the cervix are the result of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is usually sexually transmitted. There are about 40 different types of HPV. Some of them can cause cervical cancer, some of them cause genital warts, and some of them have almost no symptoms at all. There are two vaccines that protect against HPV. Gardasil, which is more popular in the United States, protects against four strains of HPV: the two most common strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer and two strains that cause genital warts. Cervarix, which is more popular in the UK, only protects against two strains, the two that are linked to most cases of cervical cancer. Both of these vaccines can prevent you from getting of of these types of HPV, but neither of them can cure an already existing HPV infection. If you’ve already had precancerous cells, there are two possibilities. First, you might have an HPV type that could have been prevented by the vaccine. In this case, the vaccine can do not
