Sexually Transmitted Infections / Diseases
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has information leaflets on various Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Preventing sexually transmitted infections and reducing under 18 conceptions
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Sexually transmitted infections
Information from the fpa.
Herpes Viruses Association
Provides up-to-date information on herpes.
British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
Their website contains guidelines for the management of all STIs and a directory of all GUM clinics with their contact details.
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Information from the Health Protection Agency.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Information from Women’s Health Concern.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Youthhealthtalk is a website about young people’s real life experiences of health and lifestyle. It is not just a website about the medical facts, this is about real people and real lives.
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Information from Health Challenge Wales.
Better2Know
Private STD & HIV Testing Clinics.
Sexually transmitted infections
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Chlamydia
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Gonorrhoea
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Human papilloma virus (HPV)
Information from BUPA.
The HPV vaccine
Information from BUPA.
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Information from BUPA.
See also the Patient UK AIDS/HIV and Sexual Health 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.