UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Includes leaflets on:
- Head Lice and Nits
- Checking for Head Lice
- Lotions and Sprays for Head Lice
- Wet Combing Treatment For Head Lice
Prevention and treatment of head lice
From the Department of Health. Available to download in English, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
Community Hygiene Concern
Promotes a well-informed awareness of parasitic disease and disease passed on by poor hygiene, and to encourage practical measures which prevent their transmission, of benefit to both people and pets.
Head lice - Information for parents
Factsheet from Health Scotland.
Lice Advisory Bureau (LAB)
Information about lice and nits. Site sponsored by Pfizer, a drug company which makes one of the common treatments for headlice.
Head lice
Information from the Health Protection Agency.
Head Lice
Information from the British Association of Dermatologists.
Head lice
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Head lice
Information from BUPA.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.