Amidst a number of interval monitoring apps on the market like Flo and Pure Cycles, menstrual well being startup Joii is promising one thing new: measuring interval blood quantity with AI to diagnose circumstances like endometriosis, and it launches in the present day within the UK.

One in three menstruators expertise heavy bleeding throughout their durations, based on the UK’s Nationwide Well being Service (NHS), and it may be a symptom of painful circumstances endometriosis, fibroids, and adenomyosis. It could possibly take 4 to 11 years to be diagnosed with endometriosis, and as many as 60 % of instances stay undiagnosed. The founding father of Joii, Justyna Strzeszynska, developed the app after her personal painful journey to a fibroids analysis.

The intention of the Joii Interval Analysis app is to make use of AI to trace one’s cycle and spot any potential points to flag to your physician.

To do that, customers should purchase Joii Analysis Pads — there are day and evening variations — and obtain the app (out there on Apple and Android gadgets). Whenever you wish to see how a lot you’ve got bled and whether or not there are any clots, maintain your telephone over the pad and scan utilizing the app. The app will verify whether or not you are utilizing a day or evening pad, and whether or not there are any clots to detect, based on a video on Joii’s website.

You may also use the app to trace different signs, corresponding to pelvic ache and fatigue.

“We already rely our steps, monitor our sleep and observe our coronary heart fee,” Strzeszynska commented in a press launch shared with Mashable. “Measuring blood loss is just the following step to higher understanding our our bodies and demanding the care we deserve. We wish each lady to have proof, not simply ache.”

In a five-month-long examine with 72 individuals, 88 % mentioned Joii would enhance how they convey interval quantity with their physician, and simply over half (52 %) mentioned their interval well being literacy improved after utilizing the app.