For families · Chronic care
Keeping track of a long-term condition, between visits
Diabetes, blood pressure, thyroid, a liver or heart condition: the doctor sees you for ten minutes every few months, and the weeks between are yours to remember. Kinsu helps you write them down.
The situation
“How have you been since last time?”
It’s a hard question to answer from memory. Were the morning sugars higher this month? Which day was the dizziness? Did you miss the evening tablet twice, or four times? The answers matter to your doctor, and they’re the first things to fade.
A simple record made as you go gives you something better than “fine, I think”.
How Kinsu fits
Four things, in one place.
Your readings. Log blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, pulse, SpO₂ and temperature, and see the week on a chart. About readings.
Your medicines. Set each one around your meals, and mark each dose from the reminder. Your day’s list shows what you’ve taken and what you missed. About medicine reminders.
How you feel. A daily check-in for symptoms, mood and sleep, with a note for anything you want to remember. When you’re unwell, start an illness episode: it gathers the symptoms, readings and medicines of those days into one timeline, and you mark it resolved when you’re better.
Your reports. Keep lab reports, scans, prescriptions and discharge summaries in the vault, so last year’s numbers are there for comparison. About health records.
Before a visit, you can open these and read from them, or export your readings, symptoms and episodes as spreadsheet files saved on your phone. Exported files aren’t encrypted, so keep them somewhere safe.
A routine that works
Small habits, in this order.
- 01
Take readings the way your doctor said.
Same time, same way. Ask which readings, and how often, suit you.
- 02
Log each one when you take it.
It takes seconds, and the date and time are saved for you.
- 03
Note anything unusual.
A symptom, a missed dose, a change in routine. One line is enough.
- 04
Bring it to the visit.
Read out or show the week’s numbers, and ask what they mean for you.
What it doesn’t do
The limits, plainly.
- It doesn’t manage your condition.Kinsu records what you enter. It doesn’t diagnose, adjust medicines or tell you what to do.
- It doesn’t judge your numbers.The chart’s shaded band is a general reference, not your target. Your doctor sets that.
- It sends no alerts.It won’t warn you or anyone else about a reading or a missed dose. If you feel seriously unwell, call your doctor or 112.
- It doesn’t send anything to your doctor.There’s no sharing with doctors or family. You show or export what you choose.
- Your records stay on one phone.There’s no cloud copy, so a lost phone means lost records unless you’ve exported them.
- It isn’t a medical device.Kinsu helps you keep notes. Treatment decisions belong to you and your doctor.
Questions
Questions about tracking.
Which readings can I log?
Blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, pulse, SpO₂ and temperature. You can also log sleep, mood, symptoms, meals and exercise, and note an illness as an episode.
Does Kinsu tell me whether a reading is normal?
No. The weekly chart shades a general reference band, the same for everyone. It isn’t tailored to your age or condition and it isn’t advice. Ask your doctor which numbers are right for you.
How do I show my readings to my doctor?
Open the chart or the history in Kinsu and show the screen. You can also export your readings as a spreadsheet file, saved on your phone. Exported files aren’t encrypted, so keep them somewhere safe.
What if I miss a dose?
Kinsu shows it as missed. What to do next depends on the medicine, so check the leaflet or ask your doctor or pharmacist. If you’re unsure, don’t take an extra dose.
Can I move my records to a new phone?
Not yet. Records live only on the phone you added them on. You can export the categories you choose as spreadsheet files, but Kinsu can’t import them back. The files aren’t encrypted, so keep them somewhere safe.
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