HPV vaccine affects fertility? Another myth gets debunked
There are more myths about the HPV vaccine than I can count. Without a doubt, the HPV vaccine is hated more than any other vaccine, except, maybe, for the MMR vaccine, which doesn’t cause autism. One of more popular myths is that the HPV vaccine affects fertility – there a continuing public concern about whether the HPV vaccine itself could affect future fertility.
Of course, there is no plausible reason why the HPV vaccine could reduce fertility in men or women. In fact, HPV infections have been associated with reduced semen quality and lower pregnancy rates, so logically, we could assume that preventing an HPV infection would actually improve fertility in men and women. But facts rarely have any meaning to solid myth making.
Fortunately, there is a newly published study which actually provides us with evidence about whether the HPV vaccine affects fertility. Not to give away the ending, but it doesn’t, except in one group of women, where it actually increases it. Oh well, I gave away the ending. But please, read the rest of the article.Read More »HPV vaccine affects fertility? Another myth gets debunked