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Your hormones have been talking. Let's decode what they're saying.

Being built for women navigating PMOS (formerly PCOS), thyroid conditions, and everything that comes after.

1 in 5

Indian women have PMOS1

19

the average age symptoms begin2

Hormonal health isn't one appointment. It's thirty years of them.

Anayah is being built to go the whole way with you. From the first time something feels off, through the diagnosis, the years of managing it, the fertility questions, the perimenopause nobody warned you about.

We want to help you understand what's happening with your body, ask better questions, and never need to start from scratch again.

A note from the founder

I started Anayah after my own diagnosis with PMOS. Unexplained weight gain, acne, hair thinning, and eventually a name for it.

Getting the diagnosis turned out to be only half of it. PMOS is managed through lifestyle rather than medication, there is no cure, and it carries real risks later on. Nobody handed me a map for any of that.

Anayah is what I wish I'd had. Somewhere to understand what's happening, ask better questions, and not feel like you're working it out alone.

Nyssa Desai, founder of Anayah

Nyssa Desai, building Anayah

This isn't rare. It's just rarely explained.

40%

of apparently healthy Indian women aged 18 to 40 are obese by India-specific BMI criteria, compared with 8.1% by WHO thresholds3

40%India-specificcriteria8.1%WHOthresholds

Only 34%

were satisfied with how they were diagnosed2

50%

of the most-watched PCOS content online is false or misleading4

We're building carefully, and slowly.

  • A symptom tool that helps you make sense of what you're experiencing, and tells you clearly when something needs a doctor now rather than later.
  • Something you can take to your appointment: your history, the tests worth asking about, the questions worth raising.
  • Writing that's reviewed by doctors and led by evidence, honest about what we know and what we don't.

PMOS, thyroid conditions, endometriosis. None of them have a cure. They're managed, often for life. We want to help you do that, and to find real answers sooner.

Want to know when it's ready?

We'll email you once, when there's something worth your time.

Which sounds most like you? (optional)

Anayah's waitlist is for adults. If you're under 18 and something feels off, please talk to a parent, guardian, or doctor.

Sources

  1. 1. Ganie et al., 2024.
  2. 2. Rao et al., 2022.
  3. 3. ICMR Task Force, 2023.
  4. 4. BBC World Service, 2024.