New health platform aims to catch 130+ diseases doctors may miss and a period blood test is on the way

A new health platform hopes to make women’s health easier to navigate — and cut down on the years it can take to get a diagnosis.“Women just keep telling us, I want answers, and I want to know what to do next.And right now, they just feel like their care is fragmented,” Xella Health co-founder and CEO Kelly Lacob told The Post.

“They really want someone who can tell them the full picture and kind of be that quarterback who facilitates care between the different parties.”With a blood sample, Xella Health — which launches today — screens for 130+ diseases that might be missed by doctors.And later this year, they plan to introduce a “menstrual fluid” test for conditions like endometriosis.After signing up, users fill out a questionnaire about symptoms, history, family history and lifestyle, Lacob said.

That’s followed by a blood draw with Quest or Labcorp, or they’ll even send a mobile phlebotomist to your house.They take quite a bit of blood: around 80 mL, or 14 to 17 vials — more than a typical blood draw, but less than a blood donation (around 500 mL).Xella then calculates the probability that someone has a number of conditions that uniquely or disproportionately affect women, including endometriosis, PMOS (formerly called PCOS), fibroids, early menopause, hypothyroidism, Lyme disease and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).What it doesn’t give is a diagnosis.But the data can help land on a diagnosis, Lacob said, which could be a huge benefit for the many women who take many years to get diagnosed — during which time their condition gets worse.This can be particularly useful to women who are looking into their fertility, on the cusp of menopause, or dealing with chronic gynecologic symptoms like bleeding and pain, they said.“These are the women who have been seeking answers for a long time and not getting answers,” Lacob said.

Often, she said, “these conditions are misdiagnosed or delayed … for years.”This is because awa...