Friday, 10 February 2012
EquipLinks: Lung disorders
Asthma and Allergy Information and Research
The site has details of what an allergy is and detailed information on some specific allergies and symptoms eg: asthma, hay fever, latex, nuts, urticaria and hives, perfume and house dust mites and up-to-date news. Also provides leaflets on: Allergy to nuts, House dust mite control, Pets and allergy, Bee and Wasp venom allergy and its treatment by desensitisation, Urticaria and Exercise induced asthma
This resource was last checked on: 11 April 2011
Asthma UK
Factsheets on all aspects of asthma in a variety of languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Igbo, Italian, Korean, Kurdish, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish, Yoruba
This resource was last checked on: 12 October 2011
Bodytalk Online
A UK site which has audio versions of information on Asthma, Chronic Pancreatitis, Crohns Disease, Haemophilia, Heart Attack, Obesity, Osteoporosis, Prostate, Reflux (GERD), Thrombothaecymia, Ulcerative Colitis
This resource was last checked on: 18 May 2011
British Lung Foundation
Provides information on many lung disorders including: Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), Allergy, Alpha-1-antitrypsin, Asbestos, Asthma, Bird flu, Breathlessness, Bronchiectasis, Bronchiolitis, Children's lung disease, COPD, Extrinsic allergic alveolitis, Flu, Hyperventilation, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (fibrosing alveolitis), Legionnaires' disease, Lung cancer, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), Mesothelioma, Pneumonia, Pneumothorax, Pseudomonas, Pulmonary embolism, Pulmonary hypertension, RSV, Sarcoidosis, Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Snoring and sleep apnoea, Tuberculosis. Some of the information is translated into: Bengali, Hindu, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu.
This resource was last checked on: 18 May 2011
British Thoracic Society
Provides information on chest and lung disorders including Asthma, Air Travel, Anti TNF-a Treatment, Bronchoscopy, COPD, Cough, Cystic Fibrosis, Diving, Emergency Oxygen, Home Oxygen Service, Interstitial Lung Disease (DPLD), Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, Nebuliser, Non-invasive Ventilation, Occupational Lung Disease, Opportunist Mycobacteria, Pandemic Flu, Pleural Disease, Pleural Infection, Pneumonia, Pneumothorax, Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Hypertension, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Sleep Apnoea, Smoking, Tuberculosis
This resource was last checked on: 18 May 2011
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
A UK site with detailed information on living with cystic fibrosis
This resource was last checked on: 13 April 2011
Health Protection Agency
A UK site with factsheets on a large number of infectious diseases including statistics on incidence in UK and prevention including immunisation.
This resource was last checked on: 04 July 2011
Health Talk (was DIPEX)
Experiences of UK patients with illnesses available in video, audio or text format
This resource was last checked on: 11 April 2011
Help and Advice for People with Mesothelioma
Leaflet from the Department of Work and Pensions
This resource was last checked on: 12 October 2011
Home Oxygen Service
NHS website with information about oxygen at home and where local suppliers are
This resource was last checked on: 05 July 2011
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