Posting a Question Help
Q: How do I ask a question of my own?
Q: How do I become a member?
Q: What is the difference between a Medical Community and an Ask a Doctor Forum?
Q: Why do I get a "Forum is Full" message when I try to ask my question?
Q: Why do some forums charge fees to ask a question?
Q: How do I know when someone answers my question?
Q: When will a doctor answer my question?
Q: How do I ask a question of my own?
A: To ask a question of your own, please do the following.
- 1. Locate the forum that you want to ask your question in. Our forums are organized by disease/topic. A full list of our forums are
located here: http://www.medhelp.org/forums.htm.
Once you’ve found the forum you’d like to ask your question in, click through to the forum.
- Press the “Post a Question” button.
- Please note you need to be a member to post a question. If you are not a member, follow these quick steps
- Fill out the question form. Typically it’s best to provide as much information and detail as possible, but please avoid providing
any personal information in the question for privacy reasons.
- Click Post a Question
That’s it! Your question has now been submitted.
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Q: How do I become a member?
A: Membership to MedHelp allows you to ask your own questions and post comments to other discussions. We take privacy very seriously at
MedHelp. To learn more about this, please read our
Membership FAQ.
- Go to our sign up form.
- Select a nickname. If the nickname you are looking for is taken, please try a variation of it. We have a lot of members,
so many of the common names are already taken.
- Enter in your email address and password
- Click the Sign Up button
You’re now a member. If you’d like to share information about yourself to our other members, you can update your user profile by
going to
http://www.medhelp.org/user_profiles/my_profile.
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Q: What is the difference between a Medical Community and an Ask a Doctor Forum?
A: In an Ask a Doctor forum your question will be answered by one of the many medical professionals that partners with MedHelp.
In addition, other members may add comments to your question as well.
In a Medical Community, your question will be answered by other MedHelp members.
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Q: Why do I get a "Forum is Full" message when I try to ask my question?
A: Our medical professionals would love to be able to answer every question our members have, but their capacity is limited each day.
If you receive a forum full message, you can try again the next day or you can post in a similar Medical Community forum which all have
unlimited questions.
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Q: Why do some forums charge fees to ask a question?
A: MedHelp attempts to maximize the number of free questions we can deliver to our members, but in some cases our partners need to charge
per question.
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Q: How do I know when someone answers my question?
A: After you have posted your question, you can receive an email alert when it has been answered. To do this, simply click on the
"Watch this Discussion" link in the top right hand corner of your question.
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Q: When will a doctor answer my question?
A. Most of our doctors answer their questions on the same day, but MedHelp tries to have all questions answered within 5 days of being posted.
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