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Identifying, treating and managing viral and bacterial infections, and cases of poisoning
Learn about chest infection symptoms and treatments
Learn about chickenpox symptoms and treatments
Learn about clostridium difficile symptoms and treatment
Learn about common cold symptoms and treatments
Latest coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance from NHS Scotland and the Scottish Government
How the Ebola virus spreads, the symptoms and risk levels.
Learn about escherichia coli O157 symptoms and treatment
Learn about fever in adults, and its causes and treatments
Learn about fever in children and its causes
Learn about flu symptoms and treatments
Learn about food poisoning symptoms and treatments
Learn about glandular fever symptoms and treatments
Problems caused by the Hib bacterium, and how it's spread
Learn about hand, foot and mouth disease
Learn about impetigo symptoms and treatments
Learn about the symptoms and causes of lead poisoning
Learn about the symptoms, causes, treatment, and when to speak to your GP.
Learn about malaria symptoms and treatments
Learn about the symptoms of measles and how it can be treated
Learn about meningitis symptoms and treatments
Learn about mpox (monkeypox) symptoms and treatments
Learn about mumps symptoms and treatments
Learn about norovirus symptoms and treatments
Learn about oral thrush symptoms and treatments
Pneumococcal infection symptoms, causes and treatments
Polio symptoms, causes and treatments
Information about rabies and how to prevent it
Learn about ringworm symptoms and treatments
Rubella symptoms, causes and treatments
Learn about scarlet fever symptoms and treatments
Learn about shingles symptoms and treatments
Learn about slapped cheek syndrome symptoms and treatments
Learn about streptococcus A (strep A) symptoms and treatments
Tetanus symptoms, causes and treatments
Learn about vaginal thrush symptoms and treatments
Tuberculosis (TB) symptoms, causes and treatments
Learn about whooping cough symptoms and treatments
Learn about yellow fever symptoms and treatments
Learn about the symptoms and treatments of the Zika virus