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App that tells you when to worry about a tickly cough - Daily Mail
Jan 11, 2022 1 min, 10 secs
It seems that plenty of people are prepared to do so, as a stream of new apps which help you track symptoms and conditions through artificial intelligence (AI) have recently hit the market.

These are different from earlier health apps, which tend to give general advice, as they monitor symptoms that are difficult for humans to quantify.

If, for instance, the user usually coughs 20 times an hour, and that suddenly rises to 200, they will receive a signal that there may be a problem, says Joe Brew, an epidemiologist and public health expert who helped to develop the app.

If, for instance, the user usually coughs 20 times an hour, and that suddenly rises to 200, they will receive a signal that there may be a problem, says Joe Brew, an epidemiologist and public health expert who helped to develop the app.

Although TB isn’t as much of a concern in the UK (it has been largely eradicated thanks to vaccination) the Hyfe team hopes the app, which uses a smartphone’s microphone to record coughs, will encourage people to see a doctor earlier if their coughing patterns change considerably.

‘Some of the diabetes apps are excellent as they do help people to manage the condition,’ says Dr Salisbury

However, if people with no real health concerns use apps to monitor their diets, coughing habits and glucose levels, this could lead to unnecessary anxiety for the user, she stresses

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