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If I Have Gotten The Gardasil Vaccine When I Was

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Posted on Sun, 20 Oct 2019
Question: If I have gotten the Gardasil vaccine when I was a teenager does that protect me from getting HPV virus or any hepatitis infections?
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Answered by Dr. Michelle Gibson James (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
gardisil protects against HPV, hepatitis vaccine against hepatitis

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

The hepatitis vaccine protects against hepatitis.

Gardisil protects against HPV. There is more than one HPV virus.
They are different gardisil vaccines as well and they offer protection against more than one type of the virus

Gardisil 9 offers protection from 9 types of HPV virus, the older vaccine offers protection from 4.

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If I Have Gotten The Gardasil Vaccine When I Was

Brief Answer: gardisil protects against HPV, hepatitis vaccine against hepatitis Detailed Answer: HI, thanks for using healthcare magic The hepatitis vaccine protects against hepatitis. Gardisil protects against HPV. There is more than one HPV virus. They are different gardisil vaccines as well and they offer protection against more than one type of the virus Gardisil 9 offers protection from 9 types of HPV virus, the older vaccine offers protection from 4. I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions