HPV Vaccine in Boys: New AAP Guidelines:

The vaccine already has been recommended for girls and young women since 2006 largely to prevent cervical cancer. But health authorities never expressly encouraged the vaccine for young boys, saying only that they “could” receive it to protect against genital warts and certain cancers and to help prevent the spread of HPV.

The American Academy of Paediatrics now recommends giving the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine to boys as well as girls. As you know I have always recommended this. The new Guidelines include:

§               Boys aged 11 to 12 years should be routinely immunized with HPV4, using the same schedule as for girls.

§               Boys and men aged from 13 to 21 years who have not already been immunized or who have not completed their vaccines should finish the series.

§               Men aged from 22 to 26 years who have not already been immunized or who have not finished the full series may be administered the recommended vaccine. (The AAP guidelines note that "cost-efficacy models do not justify a stronger recommendation in this age group.")

(View article via this link http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/759495 )

If you would like me to administer the vaccine to your children or indeed yourself please contact Kelly on 02072244668

In common with American practice I administer Gardesil which protects against more papilloma viruses than Ceverix which is the vaccine currently administered to girls in schools.

Gardesil also has the advantage that it can also be given earlier.