A local mother is taking her concerns about a recently developed vaccine to Washington.

Marian Greene of Vilas said her daughter Holly Runstrom, now 18, received Gardasil, a vaccine developed to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) only to suffer what she believed to be several side effects.

HPV is a fairly common sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts, but its biggest danger is its link to cervical cancer.

Greene said two days after receiving the vaccine, Holly felt she had an allergy attack and the next day had breathing difficulties.