Semester 5 Chronic

useful page with information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and causes.

NHS QIS have considered the effective provision of information from healthcare professionals to patients and their carers, on all aspects of the patient's health condition and its management.

A useful website explaining what epilepsy is, causes, diagnosis and treatments.

relapse pathway

A new website providing information and support for people living with a long term illness has been launched by NHS Fife. The 'Living with my Condition in Fife' website, a partnership between NHS Fife, NHS Education for Scotland (NES), Fife Council, local support groups and patient representatives, brings together a wealth of national and local health information.

news release describing a chronic medication service

Horizon reveals the latest research into one of the most mysterious and common human experiences - pain. Breakthroughs have come from studying a remarkable woman in London who has felt no pain at all in her life, a man in the US who cut off his own arm to survive, and three generations of an Italian family who don't feel extremes of temperature. We witness a new treatment that involves a pioneering computer game 'snow world' that contains the power to banish pain. And we find how powerfully our moods and emotions shape what pain we feel

Alot of information in this site, with related topics covered too.

good for patient information

Section of site on heart failure - links at bottom of page to useful leaflets/booklets

This website allows you to choose a part of the body and then gives information on a number of conditions associated with that area.