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No. HealthTap is...: We are a human site. The Basic service provides free health information to members who can ask questions from anywhere worldwide. Answers are given by human doctors. HealthTap's premium US services include virtual consults, in which patients see real doctors via virtual eMedicine visits to get care for illnesses. The Dr. A.I. segment of HealthTap does provide computer-generated, simple answers.

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can you help me?

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Can try--: Based on your conditions, sounds as though you should be evaluated in an urgent care or er setting to see what is going on. Have someone take you, as should not drive self.

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HealthTap always is.: You have posted on HealthTap's basic, free, public, informational forum, where neither medical care nor prescriptions are given. Perhaps you wish to connect with a doctor for a private consultation. Private consultations are available on our premium forum, the details of which can vary depending on which part of the world you are in. Text-chat (that works like an email conversation) can be done.

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United States: Most HealthTap doctors are in the US.  Some are in other countries such as Mexico, Canada, South Africa, etc...  We have partners in even more countries around the world.  Users across the globe can post free questions to get informational answers.

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is weed bad for you?

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Absolutely: Weed is an  illegal addictive drug and has significant long term consequences on your behavior especially motivation.

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Ask health questions: Many volunteer doctors are answering people's questions on this free, public, informational forum. Just send in your question from your computer, tablet, or smartphone. If you have a common question, there may already be an answer on HealthTap because very likely, somebody else has recently asked it. Be sure your question is written in good English, without many abbreviations.

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how do you use cpaps?

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With a lot of help: Cpap, which stands for continuous positive airway pressure delivers warm, humidified air through the nose or mouth and pneumatically splints the airway preventing closure during sleep. CPAP can now be used with a large variety of masks. Most importantly, finding a trusted doctor and company who furnishes these machines will ensure initial education and close  follow up to trouble shoot problems.

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how do you treat nec?

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Hold feeds: If by nec you mean necrotizing enterocolitis then treatment usually involves stopping feedings, relieving gas in the intestines by use of a small suction tube and initiating antibiotics.

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please can you assist?

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Herpes: dermatologic conditions are hard to discuss without seeing them. but not many things other than herpes produce genital sores.

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are hookas bad for you?

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Yes: if you do anything more than look at it, that is.  Smoking tobacco or marijuana through a hooka, whether the old fashioned definition (a water pipe) or through the electronic versions (e-cigarettes and similar devices for marijuana), still delivers the drug into the lungs. Old fashioned ones may cool the smoke more, but it's still smoke, with tars etc. E-cigs have unknown issues- no studies.

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