‘It was extremely lonely’: App aims to bridge gaps for people with chronic illness
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A new app is connecting those in the chronic illness community. Healp is designed to bridge the gap between medical professionals, partners and those living with a chronic illness.
A new app is connecting those in the chronic illness community.
Healp is designed to bridge the gap between medical professionals, partners and those living with a chronic illness.
“I felt so behind on life and I was very severely depressed because I had no one around me that could relate,” says app founder and CEO Elizabeth Tikoyan.
“I spent many, many years severely depressed — fighting a battle by myself and fighting a battle that none of my friends could relate to. It was very embarrassing going through that, you’re physically not the same person. You have physical limitations. Everyone’s making fun of you or judging you or putting you down.”
Tikoyan says she struggles with several chronic illnesses: endometriosis, lyme disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). She says her struggles are what led her to create the app.
Tikoyan says she has worked on creating apps designed to help those with chronic illnesses since 2019.
She originally launched an app called Riley in January 2020. It was designed with the same purpose as Healp but was taken off the market so Tikoyan could recreate the app. That was when Healp was born.
The Healp app officially launched on the Apple app store in July 2022 and has had thousands of downloads.
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