Bites up by 19% in past year NHS figures show

[Ahopeful]

Perhaps we finally see the emergence of this disease on a mass scale in the UK.

While many could be mosquitoes reportedly moving to the UK. Many may not be.


"There has been a 17% increase in the number of people calling the 0845 46 47 service for bites and stings advice since the beginning of May compared to the same time last year. Over 30,000 people have also used the ‘bites and stings’ online health and symptom checker over this period to get advice on the web or via their mobile app"

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"Tricia Hamilton, NHS Direct Chief Nurse, said:

“We naturally see an increase in people contacting us about bites and stings in the summer months, but we’ve noticed a much greater demand for this type of advice this year"

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"The NHS Information Centre reported earlier this month that hospital admissions caused by bites and stings from non-venomous insects had increased by 19% from the year before"

NHS Direct - NHS Direct provides online relief as advice for treating bites and stings soars

Jo @Morgellons UK - this is exactly the type of story we should be PR'ing and using as a spring board to gain further attention.

[Jo]

Good find Ahopeful - I agree totally that we should be shouting about such reports.
Let's work on this now.

Jo

[Jo]

This explains alot!

Examples of classic disciplines dropped to make way for new ones include parasitology and medical entomology.

A recent search of CurrMIT using the keyword "arthropods" revealed that only 11 of 120 participating institutions include arthropods in course content. For most of these institutions, information on arthropods comprises only a small part of a course in microbiology or pathology.


Community-wide medical entomology training for medical practitioners. (Review Article). - Free Online Library