Sign inColds and Common Colds
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has information leaflets on Common Cold, Coughs and Colds in Children and Upper Respiratory Tract Infection.
Respiratory Tract Infections
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Catch it, Bin it, Kill it - Respiratory and hand hygiene campaign (2008/09)
Information from the Department of Health.
The Battle Against Colds and Flus
Information the PAGB (Proprietary Association of Great Britain) who represents the manufacturers of over-the-counter medicines and food supplements in the United Kingdom.
Catarrh
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.