Bites & Stings

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has leaflets on on Insect Stings and Bites and on Dog and Cat Bites.

 Insect Stings

An online resource for insect sting allergies.

 MASTA Health Library

MASTA, a group of travel health specialists, provides information about bites and stings.

 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.

 Insect bites and stings

Information from BUPA.

See also the Patient UK allergy page.

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, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, 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.