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Re:Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-ho... by orliesaurus on Monday February 22, 2021 @03:37PM (#26230241)
A couple of friends and I (back in London) tried to work on this exact same problem, we built an allergy-log app which in theory was going to sync with the doctor's office so that they could recommend a therapy (or even skip the visits with docs and specialists). Our monetizing strategy was to ship you the "therapy" and take a cut - we worked on it for 6 months and then..life threw us some lemons. Definitely a good idea and a missed opportunity!

As an allergy sufferer, I am super happy that you're pursuing this, going to bookmark it - good luck!!

Re:Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-ho... by jacquesl on Monday February 22, 2021 @07:12PM (#26232368)
I’ve thought about similar apps, and gave up on the end because allergies were to complex to surface through logging. What type of allergies and tracking were you working on?
Re:Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-ho... by orliesaurus on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:02AM (#26238821)
The most common ones in food and the most common ones in the air. Our idea was to track how people react, compile a log and have it processed so that we can tell them - yup you have this one allergy because of this pattern of what you ate, did, the air you breath etc. based on the evidence submitted. It was a very long "LOG" but if people were serious about compiling it and didn't l eave things blank, the folks on our med team were certain we could have given them a "cure" that worked for their allergy.

Ofc, this wouldn't work with super extreme cases where you're allergic to a very specific uncommon thing. but this is a 80/20 solution.

Re:Launch HN: Wyndly (YC W21) – Allergy relief through at-ho... by jacquesl on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @05:00AM (#26248367)
Thanks for that. In my case I suffered guessing and tracking for years before I gave in and had extensive tests done. As for cures, that’s another story.