On Facebook, a post is shared, which it is claimed that the HPV vaccine for male infertility causes. NU.nl checked the message and found out that the research which it is based, it is full of errors.
The Facebook page for the Miss Natural Lifestyle, one page, seventeen thousand are fun to do, and wrote on the 17th of January, that a new study of the HPV vaccine and the link to increased fertility.
Last year, a similar messages to all of the hundreds of times and shared on Facebook. The research on these messages, refer to it only shows no connection found between infertility and the HPV vaccine.
in the Messages about the HPV vaccine and infertility.
Where does it come from?
The HPV vaccine in the uk is offered to girls of twelve and thirteen years of age to help them against the virus is to protect a large proportion of the cases of cervical cancer can cause.
The research for the posts on Facebook about going on the 11th of June, in 2018 will be published. It was on the 10th of december 2019 at the latest, by the scientific journal in which it was again, as in the “statistical analysis and interpretation of data, serious errors have been found”.
The author of the article in the economist, Gayle DeLong. Her research looked at whether women who have been vaccinated against HPV was more frequent children to be. DeLong wrote that there is evidence to suggest that the HPV vaccine, and the risk of early transition out is increased, and thus the risk of infertility is increased.
What was the research like? < / p> For its study, the commission examined the data from seven women who had previously participated in had to do research on health and nutrition. Of these, seven females were 118 women, the HPV vaccine is had by all. The women were at the time of the survey approaches among the 25-to 29-year-old.
DeLong looked to the women at the time they filled out the questionnaire think of at least one time to get pregnant had been. Women who have the HPV vaccine had proved more often than not, never been pregnant, then women who have the vaccination will not be received.
Experts point out the shortcomings of research
There are a number of reasons as to why you are not able to conclude that the HPV vaccine for male infertility causes. One important reason, among others, by micro-biologist Elizabeth Bull, it is pointed out, is that if you look at the age group of 25-29, you have a lot of women in your research of francesca, who, however, are fertile, but who have their first child until their thirties, or never at all to get pregnant.
It was not investigated whether the respondents are women ever to get pregnant and trying to get into the research, no account shall be taken, with enjoy sex. In addition, as is stressed by Bull, were used in this research are the women who have the HPV vaccine were more likely hogeropgeleid. We know that hogeropgeleide women are, on average, later children.
thus, It is likely that the women who have the HPV vaccine, and were more frequent at the time they completed the questionnaire don’t conceive had been. There is no evidence that these women are also more likely to be infertile were in.
large-Scale survey will not be associated with an early transition
in 2018, however a thorough examination, appeared to the HPV vaccine, and early menopause. In this Us study, in which data from more than 200,000 girls and young women were examined, no association was found between early menopause and HPV vaccine.
you are Pregnant, Nienke of the Drum, the Access of the Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis told you to NU.nl that is, it is scientifically proven that the HPV vaccine against precancerous cervical cancer and protects, the while there are no well-conducted study, a correlation was found between the vaccine and serious side effects.
The national Institute for public Health and the Environment (RIVM) says that you are not barren it may be, of the HPV vaccine. “The vaccine does not contain any chemicals that can affect your reproductive system and therefore can not cause infertility.”