Digital Symptoms Journal

This feature helps you record symptoms consistently so you and your doctor can identify patterns early — before risk becomes high.

(a) The problem being addressed

Many health problems start quietly:

• A symptom appears “once in a while”
• People forget when it started, how often it happens, what triggers it
• When a doctor asks, “How long has this been happening?” the answer is often guesswork

This makes it harder to:

• Detect early sickness
• Understand patterns and triggers
• Connect symptoms with lab tests and medical history
• Make accurate treatment decisions quickly

(b) How Amicus solves it

Track symptoms in seconds (WhatsApp-first)

You can log symptoms anytime through WhatsApp:

• what you felt
• severity
• time/date
• any triggers (food, stress, activity, medication)

Pattern detection and early warning

Over time, Amicus helps you see:

• repeated symptoms
• worsening trends
• correlations (e.g., symptoms and certain meals, periods, medication changes)

Doctor collaboration (with consent)

If your doctor requests access:

• you can grant it
• the doctor sees structured symptom history, not scattered messages

• your symptoms can be correlated with:

  • medical records
  • lab results
  • prescriptions
  • previous diagnoses

This helps you and your doctor detect patterns early — before risks become severe.

(c) Value proposition (cost, convenience, collaboration, Ubuntu)

Cost

• Early detection can reduce expensive emergency visits and complications
• Better monitoring reduces trial-and-error care

Convenience

• Quick logging on WhatsApp (no complex apps)
• Easy summaries for clinic visits

Collaboration

• You and your doctor make decisions using the same evidence
• Improves follow-up care and continuity (especially for chronic conditions)

Ubuntu / communal support

• Enables caregivers/family support when you choose (e.g., reminders, follow-ups)
• Encourages shared responsibility in care without exposing private data unnecessarily.