HPV – Humanpapilloma Virus Vaccine

Last updated on June 7th, 2024 at 04:38 pm

Do you need HPV Vaccine in Kathmandu Nepal?
Clinic One offers this vaccine in a friendly clean convenient environment.

Call Clinic One Kathmandu at  9861966614 or email us at info@clinicone.com.np and get the HPV vaccine promptly.

Brand Name
Gardasil Quadrivalent
Cervarix Bivalent (Available)

Therapeutic Indications
Females from 9 – 45 years of age for the prevention of cervical cancer by protecting against the incident and persistent infections, cytological abnormalities including atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), CIN 1 and precancerous lesions (CIN 2 and CIN 3) caused by human papillomavirus type 16 and 18.

Method of administration
It depends on the age of the subjects.

A third dose should always be administered if the second vaccine dose is
received before the 5^th month after the first dose.
If the flexibility in the vaccination schedule is necessary, the second dose can be administered between 1 month and 2, 5 months after the first dose and the third dose between 5 to 12 months after the first dose.
The need for the booster dose has not been established.

Pediatric Population
It is not recommended for use in girls below 9 years of age due to a lack of data on safety and immunogenicity at this age- group.

Method of administration
Intramuscular injection in the deltoid region.

Contraindications

• Hypersensitivity to active substances
• Pregnancy
• Lactation

Administration of CERVARIX should be postponed in patients suffering from an acute severe febrile illness. However, the presence of a minor infection such as cold is not a contraindication for immunization.

Adverse Reactions
Very common:  Pain at the injection site, Headache, rash, Myalgia, Nausea, vomiting
Common: Fever
Other: Arthralgia

Special warnings and precautions for use

• The vaccination of an individual woman should take into account her risk for previous HPV exposure and her likely benefit from vaccination.
• It will only protect against diseases that are caused by HPV types 16 and 18 and to some extent against diseases caused by certain other oncogenic related HPV types. Therefore, appropriate precautions against STDs should continue to be used.
• It is for prophylactic use only and has no effect on active HPV infection or established clinical disease.

Clinic One has walk-in appointments for all kinds of vaccines available at our clinic. We are open on all weekdays except Saturday from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.

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