Outdoor health

The NHS inform website has lots of useful information on staying safe and healthy outdoors including removing ticks, drinking clean water and preventing sunburn. Please use the links below for information on:

Bugs and germs

• Avoiding bugs and germs outdoors
  How to enjoy Scotland’s outdoors safely
• E. coli
  E. coli O157 is found in the gut and faeces of many animals, particularly cattle
• Food poisoning
  Learn about food poisoning symptoms and treatments
• Insect bites and stings
  Learn about insect bites and stings and their treatment
• Lyme Disease
  Learn about Lyme disease symptoms and treatments
• Self-help guide: Tick bites
  Advice for people of all ages with insect or tick bites.

In the summer

• Allergic rhinitis
  Learn about allergic rhinitis symptoms and treatment
• Allergies
  Learn more about allergies and their symptoms and treatments
• Dehydration
  Learn about dehydration symptoms and treatment
• Hay fever
  Learn about hay fever symptoms and treatments
• Sunburn
  Learn about sunburn and its treatment