In Mexico, young people begin their sexual life on average at 13.6 years old, which is “alarming” for gynecologist Aline Meraz, who recommends vaccinating minors to avoid infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV); However, mothers state that it is an “unsafe” immunization, because there is a “lack of information and risks in its application.”
The specialist states that one of the main risk factors for contracting HPV is starting “a sexual life early, having several sexual partners and being a smoker”; It is essential that the vaccine be given to girls and boys between 9 and 12 years of age and has an approximate protection of 10 to 15 years.
“After this period, you should be vaccinated again,” he said.
Mexico is about to begin in several states of the Republic the campaign to mitigate the delay in vaccination schedules against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 2023, which the same health authority has recognized, “had a break due to the Covid pandemic, since Immunization against SARS-CoV-2 was prioritized,” said the Ministry of Health.
Specialist Liliana Oropeza, a gynecological surgeon and member of the Mexican Federation of Gynecological Endoscopy, said that at least 90 percent of women in Mexico have been infected with human papillomavirus, one of the main risk factors for developing cervical cancer. .
However, Mara assures that several young women who received the vaccine suffered “serious consequences.” She said that she would prefer “not to vaccinate a girl until she has all the information necessary to make such an important decision, since my case was not pretty and my daughter did very poorly with that vaccine. To this day she continues to suffer from the consequences,” she told La Razón.
Ten years ago, Mara, mother of a girl who received the vaccine, began what she calls her “ordeal,” because at the end of February 2013 her daughter, then 12 years old, received the dose of the vaccine against HPV.
“From that moment on, his health deteriorated like never before; she had uncontrollable and involuntary movement disorders of the body; Over the years I documented similar cases from other mothers, who formed a group to seek answers.”
Under the name Affected Mexico by Human Papilloma Vaccine, Mara and the rest of the activists have documented almost 60 cases of mothers who report that, after the HPV vaccines given to their daughters, they saw a noticeable decrease in their health, which “before “It was regular and stable.”
Regarding the reactivation of the vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus last week, the group of mothers states that, “as parents, it is our responsibility to investigate the adverse effects.”
“While it is true that they are rare, they are quite serious. Gardasil, the substance, caused severe damage to our daughters’ nervous systems; some remained in a wheelchair, developing a painful and disabling syndrome for which there is no treatment. To make a decision, you must know the pros and cons,” says the group.
2023-09-18 07:00:00
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