UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has a leaflet called Insect Stings and Bites.

 Tick Alert

The Tick Alert campaign aims to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases both at home and abroad. Tick Alert warns UK holidaymakers and travellers to be aware of the infections that ticks can cause, including Lyme disease which is prevalent in the UK and Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE) in mainland Europe.

 Borreliosis and Associated Diseases Awareness UK (BADA-UK)

A charity formed by a group of people who were brought together by the effects of Borreliosis / Lyme disease and other associated infections (often caught by tick bites). Their website has lots of information about ticks, tick bites, etc.

 Lyme Disease Action

"Striving for prevention and treatment of Lyme Disease and associated tick-borne diseases".

 Lyme Disease

Information from the Health Protection Agency.

 How to avoid insect bites

Information from the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC).

See also the Patient UK Lyme disease, immunisation and bites and stings pages.

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.