Concerns arise over safety of cervical cancer vaccine after 1,300 experience adverse side effects!
LONDON, England - March 9, 2009 - More than 1,300 schoolgirls have experienced adverse reactions to the controversial cervical cancer jab.
Doctors have reported that girls aged just 12 and 13 have suffered paralysis, convulsions and sight problems after being given the vaccine.
Dozens were described as having pain 'in extremity' while others suffered from nausea, muscle weakness, fever, dizziness and numbness.
The vaccine is being given to girls under a government program to prevent women from developing cervical cancer. Ministers say it will ultimately save 700 lives a year.
Some have dubbed it the “promiscuity jab” because it is given to girls to protect against the sexually transmitted human papiloma virus that is reputed to cause 70 per cent of cervical tumors.
Last night, campaigners called for the vaccination campaign to be suspended in the light of the published side effects.
But government health experts insisted the Cervarix vaccine was safe and that the total of 1,340 reports was to be expected, given that more than 700,000 girls were vaccinated last year.
