Thrush / Candida Infection (Oral and Vaginal)

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has an information leaflets on:

• Oral Thrush
• Oral Thrush in Babies
• Vaginal Thrush

 Thrush

Women’s Health Concern provides an independent service to advise, reassure and educate women about their health concerns. They provide a range of factsheets including one in this area.

 Vaginal infections: Thrush and Bacterial vaginosis

Information from the fpa.

 Frequently Asked Questions About Candida (oral thrush)

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 Thrush, vaginal

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

 Oral thrush - adults

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

 Oral thrush - babies

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

 Thrush, men

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

 Vaginal thrush

Information from BUPA.

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.