Meningitis

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK (this website)

Has an information leaflets called Meningitis and Septicaemia and Meningitis and Septicaemia - Symptom List.

 The Meningitis Trust

Aims to: create awareness about the disease amongst health professionals and the general public, by providing free information, fund vital medical research into the disease, in the hope that a vaccination can be found to cover the various strains of the disease, and to provide support to patients and their families, by making available grants to help with purchasing of medical equipment etc and providing a 24 hour support line.

 Meningitis Research Foundation

Fighting to prevent death and disability resulting from meningitis and associated infections Striving to increase public awareness of meningitis and promoting a better understanding of the disease.

 Eradicating meningococcal disease in young people

From the Department of Health. This document provides information on Meningitis, its symptoms and the campaigns that have been organised to help fight the disease.

 Meningitis C immunisation

Information about the new meningitis C vaccine and recognising the signs and symptoms of meningitis. From the Health Education Authority

 British Brain and Spine Foundation

Have very good information booklets which you can download, including one called 'Meningitis and Encephalitis'

 Health Protection Agency

The Health Protection Agency provides information for health professionals and the general public concerning Meningitis and Meningococcal disease.

 NaTHNaC

The National Travel Health Network and Centre provides information and factsheets.

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.