The first vaccine against HPV, Gardasil, won FDA approval June 8, 2006. The vaccine protects against infection from four strains of the virus. Two of these strains, HPV-16 and HPV-18, account for about 70% of cervical cancers. The other two strains covered by the vaccine, HPV- 6 and HPV-11, account for about 90% of genital warts. The vaccine is approved for 9- to 26-year-old females. Other vaccines against HPV are currently being studied and are showing great promise in reducing infections.
 

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A condition in which the body lacks or has lost strength either as a whole or in any of its parts. General asthenia occurs in many chronic wasting diseases, such as anemia and cancer, and is probably most marked in diseases of the adrenal gland. Asthenia may be limited to certain organs or systems of organs, as in asthenopia, characterized by ready fatiguability.

Asthenia is also a side effect of some medications and treatments, such as Ritonavir (a protease inhibitor used in HIV treatment), vaccines such as the HPV vaccine Gardasil and fentanyl patches (an opioid used to treat pain).

The condition is also commonly seen in patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep disorders or chronic disorders of the heart, lungs or kidneys.

Differentiating between psychogenic asthenia and true asthenia with muscular weakness is often difficult, and in time apparent psychogenic asthenia accompanying many chronic disorders is seen to progress into a primary weakness.

Causes of asthenia

• Addison's disease
• Anemia
• Anxiety
• Cancer
• Chemotherapy
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Chronic pain
• deconditioning/sedentary lifestyle
• Dehydration and electrolyte disturbance
• Depression and PMDD
• Diabetes
• Fibromyalgia
• Heart disease
• Hypothyroidism
• Infections
• Medications including amiodarone, Anastrazole, and fentanyl
• Narcotics
• Paraneoplastic syndrome
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica
• Pregnancy/postpartum
• Pulmonary disease
• Renal disease
• Sleep disorders
• Temporal arteritis

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