WellTheory, a digital well being firm centered on autoimmune illnesses, launched a ladies's well being program on Tuesday to help folks battling hormonal circumstances comparable to endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, postpartum, hypothyroidism and menopause.

Atherton, California-based WellTheory treats autoimmune illnesses, together with Addison's illness, celiac illness, a number of sclerosis and lupus. It makes use of a collaborative care workforce mannequin and works with sufferers' physicians and specialists. WellTheory provides sufferers a care plan to help habits round diet, stress, sleep and train. It provides one-on-one video periods and limitless messaging with consultants. It additionally makes use of diagnostics to assist sufferers perceive the reason for their signs. The corporate serves employers and medical health insurance corporations.

The brand new ladies's well being program goals to deal with the hyperlink between autoimmune illnesses and hormonal imbalances. By way of this system, sufferers obtain hormone exams to measure intercourse hormones, cortisol ranges and metabolites, and entry to a care workforce. Additionally they obtain customized instructional packages and customised complement protocols. Moreover, they’ll obtain ongoing care by means of video calls, messaging and symptom monitoring.

This system comes as about 80% of these battling an autoimmune illness within the US are ladies. Analysis exhibits that hormones regulate the functioning of the immune system, and disruptions in hormonal steadiness can each trigger and worsen autoimmune illnesses.

“Hormonal imbalances play an essential position within the improvement and development of autoimmune illnesses – particularly throughout main life transitions comparable to being pregnant, postpartum and menopause,” stated Ellen Rudolph, co-founder and CEO of WellTheory, in an e mail. “Regardless of this, conventional healthcare not often pays consideration to the hyperlink between hormones and immune well being. We launched this program for our company companions to fill that crucial hole and supply ladies with customized, root cause-based care that treats the entire particular person – not simply remoted signs.”

To measure this system's success, WellTheory will monitor patient-reported high quality of life, medical outcomes, enhancements in office productiveness and different metrics, she added.

The choice to create the ladies's well being program is deeply private for Rudolph. Earlier than she was identified with an autoimmune illness, she was identified with PCOS on the age of 25.

“Nobody ever defined that my hormonal imbalances might have an effect on my immune system or enhance my threat for autoimmune illnesses,” she stated. “I spent years navigating unexplained signs like persistent fatigue, mind fog, and extreme month-to-month flare-ups with no clear solutions. It wasn't till I discovered concerning the essential hyperlink between hormones and the immune system that I found the reason for my signs – and my well being started to enhance.

She added that WellTheory's objective in launching the brand new program is to “enhance the usual of care for ladies with hormonal and autoimmune illnesses by offering customized, root cause-based options that tackle the entire particular person.”

Picture: Maria Korneeva, Getty Pictures