UK sources of information and / or support

Respiratory Tract Infection is a general term that describes an infection somewhere within the respiratory tract - from a 'cold' in the nose to 'pneumonia' (lung infection). Some general information about respiratory tract infection ...

 Patient UK

Has a leaflet on Upper Respiratory Tract Infection.

 Respiratory Tract Infections

A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.

 Respiratory Tract Infection

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

See also our pages of links on specific infections of the respiratory tract ...

• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchiolitis
• Bronchitis
• Common Cold
• Croup
• Influenza
• Laryngitis
• Swine Flu
• Pneumonia
• Sore Throat / Pharyngitis
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Tonsillitis

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.