Emboldening Parents with Data to Faster Diagnosis

Description:

Delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis are most prevalent in young children. This is especially the case for less-understood disorders such as non-IgE mediated food allergies. The wide range of symptoms, significant timing variations, and inability for parents to effectively communicate concerns compounds this further. Today, a staggering 25% of parents report infant food allergy or intolerance symptoms while less than 5% are ever officially diagnosed. In order to better support parents, I founded Free to Feed, focused on helping parents navigate food allergies. We are starting by creating a mobile technology to allow thorough parental reporting as well as a breast milk test strip which detects maternal dietary food proteins.