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You can read the content of 1177.se that is available in English here. The website 1177.se provides information about illnesses, care and health. The information has been fact-checked by doctors and other healthcare professionals. Healthcare in Sweden is governed by different areas called regions. Choose a region at the top of the page to find out what applies where you live.

Seek healthcare
Söka vård - engelska
This is 1177
How to buy medicines in Sweden
How healthcare works in Sweden
Healthcare in Sweden if you come from another country
Care if you are an asylum seeker or do not have a permit to be in Sweden
Symptom/disease
Symtom/sjukdom - engelska
About intellectual disability
About intellectual disability
HIV and AIDS
Measles
Tuberculosis – TB
What is an intellectual disability?
Gastroenteritis
RSV in children
Fever in children
Head lice
Bitten by a tick
Mental health
Psykisk hälsa - engelska
Advice if you feel bad after experiencing something frightening
Pregnancy
Graviditet - engelska
Common discomforts during pregnancy
Abortion
Nausea during pregnancy
Pain in your pelvic area during pregnancy
Snacks, fruit and vegetables and gestational diabetes
Pre-eclampsia
Braxton Hicks contractions and labour contractions
Alcohol and pregnancy
Tobacco and pregnancy
Visiting the midwifery clinic (barnmorske-mottagningen)
Pregnant or recently given birth? Make your voice heard
The stages of labour
Pain during childbirth
Healthy food when you are pregnant
Childbirth
Förlossning - engelska
Giving birth through the vagina
When should I go to the maternity ward?
Maternity ward – where you go when it is time to give birth
Inducing labour
Birthing positions
Bleeding after giving birth
Vaginal tears in childbirth
Uterine infection after childbirth
Leaving hospital and the initial time period after childbirth
Prolapse after giving birth
Visit to the midwifery clinic after you have given birth
Your feelings about your childbirth experience
Menstruation after giving birth
Exercise and physical activity after pregnancy
Taking care of a child
Att ta hand om barn - engelska
Examinations of your newborn baby
Breastfeeding
Common breastfeeding problems
Infant formula and follow-on formula
How to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Vaccination programme for children
Children's health centre (Barnavårdscentralen, BVC)
Examinations/tests
Undersökningar/prover - engelska
PSA test for the prostate
Rules and rights
Regler och rättigheter - engelska
Interpretation into my language
Dental care
Tandvård - engelska
How dental care works in Sweden
Dental care in Sweden if you come from another country
Dental care if you are an asylum seeker or do not have a permit to be in Sweden
Waterpipe - more dangerous than you think!
Vattenpipa - farligare än man tror! - engelska
It's becoming increasingly common in Sweden, particularly among young people, to try smoking using a waterpipe. But what is it and how dangerous is it? This leaflet contains information on the latest findings.