About

What is Eşik, and who makes it?

Eşik has two parts for women going through perimenopause and menopause: a sourced, plain-language content platform, and a mobile app that lets you log your symptoms and see your doctor with a clear report.

Our mission

We want you to understand what is happening in your body and to arrive at your doctor's appointment prepared. We offer the answers you are looking for about hot flashes, sleep, mood or cycle changes in clear language, together with their sources.

Two parts

The content platform: esik.life

The symptom and guide articles are based on institutional guidelines; each article ends with its sources and its last updated date. With the Which stage am I in? test you can see a stage estimate based on your cycle pattern.

The Eşik app

You log your symptoms in 30 seconds each evening; the app shows them over time and turns them into a one-page PDF report to take to your appointment. Create an account in two taps with Apple or your phone number; your entries are kept in an encrypted cloud backup. Details are on the app page.

Who makes it?

Eşik is developed by FAAPPS. The site and the app come from the same team; content, design and software are worked on together.

How is the content prepared?

The articles are based on information published by these institutions; they go through an editorial check and are updated as guidelines change:

• Turkish Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Public Health (HSGM)
• Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (TJOD)
• Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health
• NHS (UK National Health Service)
• NICE (UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)
• The Menopause Society (US)
• ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
• Office on Women's Health (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
• NCCIH (U.S. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
• Jean Hailes for Women's Health (Australia)
• The Menopause Charity (UK)
• CeMCOR, University of British Columbia (Canada)
• Cleveland Clinic (US)
• Harvard Health Publishing (US)
• American Academy of Dermatology (US)
• American Migraine Foundation (US)
• The Migraine Trust (UK)
• CIPD (UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)
• Fawcett Society (UK)

Peer-reviewed journals consulted for individual studies: AIMS Public Health, American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, BMC Public Health, Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Circulation, Climacteric, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Human Reproduction, JAMA Internal Medicine, JCI Insight, Journal of Mid-Life Health, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Lancet Public Health, Medicina (Kaunas), Menopause, Nature and Science of Sleep, Neurology, New England Journal of Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Otology & Neurotology, Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet, Women's Health, Women's Midlife Health. Each article lists the sources used, with links, at the end. The full process is on the editorial principles page.

Contact

For questions, suggestions or corrections, write to hello@faapps.io.