Gynaecological health startup Daye has announced that its diagnostic tampon, which provides a non-invasive method of screening your vaginal health at home, is now available to buy at Boots in the UK.

Daye redesigned the tampon, which the company says has long been overlooked as merely a menstrual care product, into an easy-to-use device for gynaelogical health screening.

Unlike traditional screening methods like swabs and speculums, Daye’s Diagnostic Tampon collects more vaginal fluid than a standard swab and covers the whole vaginal canal, ensuring improved reliability and patient comfort in detecting a range of infections says the company.

Daye’s Diagnostic Tampon can screen for:

• Fertility-inhibiting pathogens
• Vaginal infections such as thrush and bacterial vaginosis (BV)
• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as chlamydia and gonorrhoea
• Perimenopause and menopause-related changes in the microbiome
• The overall health of the vaginal microbiome