Gardasil Side Effects

Gardasil Side Effects

A discussion about Gardasil and potential side effects from the vaccine. Gardasil is a human papilloma virus vaccine that prevents genital warts and vaginal cancers caused by certain types of HPV.

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Common Gardasil Side Effects

Gardasil has been studied thoroughly in clinical trials, with many people having been evaluated. In these studies, side effects are always documented and compared to side effects that occur in a similar group of people not taking the medicine. Based on these studies, the most common Gardasil side effects include:


* Pain in the area of the injection -- occurring in up to 83.9 percent of people
* Swelling in the area of the injection -- up to 25.4 percent
* Redness in the area of the injection -- up to 24.6 percent
* Fever -- up to 13 percent
* Nausea -- up to 6.7 percent
* Dizziness -- up to 4 percent
* Diarrhea -- up to 3.6 percent.


Other common side effects with Gardasil that were reported in more than 1 percent of women include, but are not limited to:


* Vomiting
* Cough
* Toothache
* General ill feeling
* Joint pain
* Trouble sleeping (insomnia)
* Stuffy nose.
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Australian researchers have observed a higher-than-expected rate of a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis in young women who have received the HPV or human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil.  
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You can't go anywhere these days without seeing a poster promoting vaccination against Human Papillomavirus for prevention of the infection causing genital warts and, more importantly, cervical cancer.  
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Washington (dbTechno) - According to a new study, young Australian women who received the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil were more likely to have an allergic reaction. The study was carried out by a team of Australian researchers.  The team, led by Dr. Julia Brotherton of The Children's...  
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