Mother Chen, my daughter is 14 years old, will she get the two-valent cervical cancer vaccine now or wait until she is 16 years old and then get the nine-valent vaccine?
Cervical cancer vaccines are given as early as possible, especially before there is no sexual life, generally without hpvic virus, or the chance of infection is low. If you get cervical vaccination at this time, it may be safer and more beneficial. Adolescents should be the focus of vaccination. The optimal age of vaccination recommended by the World Health Organization is 9 to 14 years old. Mainland guidelines recommend a key population of 13 to 15 years of age. Clinical data have proved that about 85% of cervical cancer is caused by persistent infection with type 16 and type 18 HPV virus. HPV vaccines are divided into bivalent, quadrivalent, and nine-valent, of which bivalent vaccines have been domestically produced.
Bivalent for high-risk HPV virus types 16 and 18, the appropriate age for vaccination is 9-45 years old. The nine-valent HPV vaccine is available for women aged 16 to 26 years. Cervical cancer vaccine generally requires 3 injections, and the domestic bivalent vaccine only needs 2 injections before the age of 14, and then the second injection is given 6 months after the first injection. After the age of 14, you must also get 3 injections. After the first injection, the second injection is given after 1 month, and the 3rd injection is given after 6 months. Therefore, 14-year-old girls do not need to wait until the age of 16 to hit the nine-valent vaccine, and seize the time to make an appointment for bivalent vaccine. Mother Chen, can I get cervical cancer vaccine during breastfeeding? There are currently no clinical studies showing the impact of vaccination during lactation on maternal or fetal health. Therefore, in theory, women can be vaccinated normally during lactation, because there are no living microorganisms in the cervical cancer vaccine, which will not affect the health of the mother and baby.
But after vaccination, the body develops an immune response that produces antibodies. Vaccination of cervical cancer vaccine may cause allergic reactions such as low-grade fever, nausea and vomiting, and it is also possible that there may be a rash, redness and swelling at the site of vaccination, but it is relatively mild, and it can generally subside naturally in about 1 to 3 days. This may affect breastfeeding for a short period of time. Because there are uncertainties, the vaccine instructions recommend that lactating women use with caution, and for the sake of prudence, if you are very worried, you can vaccinate your baby after weaning.