I came home from work today and my dogs face was swollen around her mouth. She also has what looks like hives on her stomach. My husband gave her a Benadryl and it took some of the swelling down. She seems to be breathing fine and she did eat her dinner and drank some water. What could have caused something like this to happen?
Veteran Advisor David Brooks says:
October 10th, 2008 at 03:37 AM
This sounds like an allergic reaction to most commonly an insect bite (ant, bee, wasp etc). Benadryl is an antihistamine so thats why it brought the swelling down so quickly. Glad she is ok... David
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