Sign inBites & Stings
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has leaflets on Insect Stings and Bites and Dog and Cat Bites.
Insect Stings
An online resource for insect sting allergies.
Bites, human and animal
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Bites, insect
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Bites, snake
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Stings, marine creatures
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
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.