Earlier today, my dog (70 lbs) went outside to go to the bathroom. Upon returning, she had hive-like bumps all over her, and her skin is extremely red. She is extremely itchy as well. Any pre-diagnostics before the vet office tomorrow?
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fyi-we called the vet and he prescribed a 25 mg Benadryl pill, which she took. the symptoms returned?|||sounds like an allergic reaction of some sort. sometimes Benadryl doesn't work on dogs just like people. So your vet may give an injection and stronger antihistamine.|||Probably a reaction to a bee sting. If the dog doesn't get better or seems worse then do not wait until tomorrow to see a vet.
Could also be a reaction to getting in a fire ant hill? Not sure of your location but I suspect insect of some sort to cause this so suddenly.|||Sounds like an allergic reaction, which you probably already suspected. Dogs can get up to 1mg/lb Benadryl , in other words, your dog can safely take 70 mg of Benadryl if she is indeed 70 lbs.
You already gave 25 mg, and could give her another 45 mg, which would be about 1 3/4 tablets. She will probably be sleepy but we use Benadryl all the time in dogs, at that dosage.
If she starts to have trouble breathing/swollen face or throat, that is an emergency and she needs to be seen right away.|||could be allergies, though if they've never shown up before then that's not likely. she could've gotten into something and had a bad reaction. if it didn't just 'appear', but it's gradually showed up - you might not have noticed til now - then it could be a hotspot, which is just a mild skin infection that can be treated with no big deal.|||How long has it been since the last dose of benadryl? If over 4 hours, give another dose. If that doesn't help call the vet again and see if you should take her in.|||"omg, some people are so ignorant"
I'm sorry about your dog, but i just wanted you to see that it's not nice to say that about someone you misunderstood.
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