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ValleySense

A cough that won’t quitcould be valley fever.

ValleySense checks your symptoms and a 5-second cough, tells you how soon to see a doctor, and gives your doctor a briefing so they can decide whether to test you.

I have symptomsI’m a clinician

Clinician path: Intended for licensed clinicians

If you have trouble breathing, severe chest pain, or confusion, call 911.

Animation: a valley fever spherule, the fungus's microscopic form, drawn in glowing particles. It slowly turns and releases tiny spores.
Arizona, Sonoran DesertScroll

01The problem

Valley fever hides in plain sight.

It is a lung infection from a fungus that lives in Arizona soil. It looks like bacterial pneumonia, so people often get antibiotics that can’t help. A simple blood test can check for it, but someone has to think to order it.

of U.S. valley fever cases happen in Arizona.

≈ 2/3

is how long half of patients wait to learn it was valley fever.

23+ days

can change that: “Can you test me for valley fever?”

1 question

02Two paths

One check for patients. One briefing for doctors.

For patients, 3 minutes

Know how soon to see a doctor

  1. 01Answer a few short questions.
  2. 02Record 5 seconds of coughing.
  3. 03Get your next step and a card for your doctor.
Start a symptom check
For clinicians, 1 minute

Decide when to order cocci serology

  1. 01Scan the patient’s code and enter the PIN.
  2. 02Add exam findings, labs, or a chest X-ray.
  3. 03Get a likelihood, a testing recommendation, and a PDF.
Open clinician accessIntended for licensed clinicians.

03How it works

From cough to the right question, in four steps.

See the full walkthrough

  1. Step 01

    Answer

    Warning signs first. Then symptoms, recent dust exposure, and risk factors.

  2. Step 02

    Record

    Five seconds of coughing. The clip is checked, then deleted.

  3. Step 03

    Share

    If you choose to save, you get an ID, a PIN, and a QR code for your doctor.

  4. Step 04

    Decide

    Your doctor sees a briefing and a testing recommendation.

04Under the hood

Models point. Transparent rules decide.

Every number is explained. Model outputs can raise or lower the likelihood, but they never override the testing rules.

  • Pretrained

    Cough detector

    Checks that a recording contains a cough at all.

  • Built by our team

    Dry/wet cough model

    Estimates whether a cough is dry or wet.

  • Built by our team

    Chest X-ray model

    Scores X-ray findings and shows where it looked.

  • Open rules

    Risk engine

    Combines every clue into a likelihood you can audit.

About the models
Saguaro cacti silhouetted against a monsoon storm at dusk in the Sonoran Desert

Sonoran Desert, monsoon dusk

“Can you test me for valley fever?”

The one sentence that can change a visit. Doctors in Arizona tell patients to ask it.

05Privacy

We keep almost nothing.

Read the privacy page

Never saved

  • Your voice recording
  • Your location
  • Chest X-rays
  • Anything a doctor types in
  • Your name, email, or phone

Saved only if you say yes

  • Your answers and cough check
  • For 30 days, then deleted
  • Seen only with your ID and PIN

Coughing for more than a week?

Take three minutes. Leave knowing how soon to see a doctor and what to ask.

Start a symptom checkTry the clinician demo

If you have trouble breathing, severe chest pain, or confusion, call 911.