Help-Yourself: Your Health, Your Choice!

Why go to the doctor right away when you can help yourself first? With the Well app, you’ve got plenty of solutions at your fingertips. Find out more in this article.

How does it work? Let’s take “red eyes” as an example:

Red eyes can have different causes (conjunctivitis, hay fever, etc.). With the Well app, you can try the following self-care services:

• Self-treatment: Check the home remedies section under "red eyes" and apply a black tea compress.
• What could it be, and what can you do: Use the Symptom Checker and enter "eye redness".
• More information about possible conditions: The symptom checker, or you yourself, suspects a possible

1. Conjunctivitis: Learn the most important facts in the medical condition lexicon under conjunctivitis.
2. Pollen allergy: Read more in the allergy guide under "pollen allergy".

Medication-based treatment

For medical treatment, you may still need professional advice – unless you already have medication for red eyes at home.*

But you have two options:

1. Get a prescription via telemedicine (for Medi24 customers), which you can redeem directly in the online pharmacy through the Well app.
2. Find a pharmacy near you that will check your eyes or do an allergy check – for example, the Amavita Pharmacy right at Zurich Main Station.

Enjoy trying it out and good luck with your self-help!

Your Well Team

_{*Be careful with self-medication – often, professional advice leads to faster results.}