A symptom in your own words is hard to compare: "dizzy", "the room is spinning" and "vertigo" mean the same thing to a doctor, but not to a computer. The Anpheros symptom database makes the link: every symptom has a stable identifier, a World Health Organization code and a name in 20 languages. Your text stays untouched; the code sits next to it.
86 symptoms and findings
Each with an ICD-10 code, checked one by one against the WHO classification.
20 languages
The same symptom, named in your language: from English and Romanian to Japanese and Arabic.
Cited sources
Warning signs are quoted word for word from official pages, with the source next to them.
For you: what happens to a symptom you note
When you note a symptom in the symptom tracker, three things happen:
- Your text is kept exactly as you wrote it. Nothing rewrites it.
- The assistant understands what you meant and adds the matching code: "my ears are ringing" becomes tinnitus (WHO code H93.1), "I've been constipated for three days" becomes constipation (K59.0).
- It also understands when it isn't about you, or about now. "It doesn't hurt any more", "I might get a fever tomorrow" or "my mother has a cough" do not become your symptoms. Only what you have now goes into your medical record.
Why it matters: your doctor sees your symptoms in their own language, reports show the course correctly, and your record reads the same in any country, because it uses the hospitals' standard format (HL7 FHIR).
Warning signs, from official sources
For 14 symptoms, the database holds the signs that mean you should get help right away or the same day. We did not write them: they are quoted word for word from the public pages of the CDC (signs of stroke and heart attack) and NIDDK, the US institute for digestive diseases (when diarrhea or constipation need a doctor), with the source next to each one. The sources are American: where they say 9-1-1, the emergency number in Europe is 112.
Similar cases (coming soon, in Plus and Max)
We are preparing a feature that tells you whether other people note symptoms very similar to yours, so that you can talk in the Community. Only you can turn it on, with your explicit consent, and you can turn it off at any time. Nobody sees your name, notes or what you wrote, and common symptoms such as a headache are not enough on their own to match you with someone.
For developers and clinics
The same database is open through Anpheros Platform:
- REST:
GET /v1/terminology/symptomssearches by text, ICD-10 code or identifier (SYM-0047is headache) and returns names in the language you ask for. - FHIR R4:
CodeSystem,ValueSetwith$expand, aConceptMapto ICD-10 and$lookup, plus theanpheros-symptomprofile to check the Observations you write. - Stable identifiers: an ID is never reused; a withdrawn concept stays, marked as withdrawn.
- Every response states the release of the database and how each name was checked.
The full guide, with requests and responses: Symptom data API. A test key is free.
What is checked and what is not
We would rather be exact:
- The codes and the official English names were checked one by one against the WHO classification (ICD-10, 2019 version), including what each code includes and excludes.
- The names in the other 18 languages are machine translations reviewed term by term, with AI assistance, against the WHO titles. A medical translator has not reviewed them.
- The warning signs are quoted exactly and checked against the source page. A doctor has not reviewed them.
- The database does not diagnose and does not say what illness someone might have. It holds no causes and no links between symptoms and diseases.
Frequently asked questions
Does Anpheros change what I wrote?
No. Your text is kept exactly. The international code is extra information placed next to it, and you can correct it: tap the symptom and edit it.
Why WHO codes and not plain words?
Because the same code means the same thing in every language and every health system. A record with WHO codes can be read by your doctor, by a hospital in another country or by another app, with no translating and no guessing.
Will the symptom database tell me what illness I have?
No. It gives symptoms names and codes and, for some, the warning signs quoted from an official source. For any symptom that worries you, talk to a doctor; in an emergency in Europe, call 112.
Who sees my symptoms?
You, and the people you give access to: a doctor, a family member. The symptom database only publishes the list of symptoms and their codes, never data about people. Your data is stored in the European Union and is never sold.
Can I use the database in my own app?
Yes, through the Anpheros Platform API, with a free test key. The developer guide explains the steps.
