So confused

[Caligirlwoes]

My boyfriend and I broke up in April. I had all tests for std's done in may after we split.
Everything came back negative. (thank goodness) He and I have reconciled and he was with another woman when we were not together. I was not with anyone else. We had unprotected sex in June and I got a bladder infection immediately after we slept together. I imagine this was because I hadn't had sex in a couPle months. It cleared without antibiotics. Now it has been about 3 weeks since we first slept together and I have a lump in my vagina that is not blistered or open, more like a nodule under the skin. For some reason I keep thinking it is syphillis. I have googled pictures of syphillis and it looks very different. Usually an open sore and supposedly isn't painful. Whatever the lump I have is painful... That is how I even knew it was there. I think it may be a sebaceous cyst, but I'm not sure. In the back of my mind I am wondering if it could be syphillis. The timeline for first symptoms adds up and I'm very scared. I don't want to overreact and go to the doc for a cyst (especially since its going down and getting smaller) but I can't tell if there are distinguishing characteristics to syphillis that are not like a sebaceous cyst or not. Can anyone help?

[Caligirlwoes]

Thank you I have an appointment today.

[gracefromHHP]

syphilis isn't a lump as a symptom.

your partner will need to follow up with proper testing for std's at the proper times since he's had another partner. he can test for gonorrhea, trich and chlamydia anytime after 1 week after he last had sex with another partner. syphilis after 6 weeks. herpes, hiv and hepatitis after 3 months. you should be having protected sexual contact together since not enough time has passed for his testing to be done properly.

you need to be seen today or tomorrow and get a proper exam and some basic testing done to better know what is going on.  Hard lumps usually are not std related but best to cover the bases properly.

grace