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Cervical cancer vaccine
Hello my sister is 24 year old she was married for a year hence sexually involved with her husband. Now she wants to take HPV vaccine. Can she take it as i have heard it should be taken before being sexually active. But is it not effective in person who are already active with just one person? Plz respond
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Yes she can take the vaccination.
It's efficacy decreases with increasing age
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Dr. Aseemita Debata
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Yes she can take even I would say she should take it.it gives protection against the Hugh risk humanpapilloma virus which causes many diseases along with cancer cervix .so it definitely protects against the severity of the disease
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