Hives

[sanford8916]

My Lou Lou had hives a few months ago, I woke in the middle of the night to her face being so swollen that her eyes were almost swollen shut. I took her to our vet at 4am, he gave her a couple shots and sent us home.We ended up giving her benadryl too and then the poor baby got a yeast infection! Went back to the vet for some more meds. She never threw up but was very sleepy for a couple days, she wouldn't play with our other dog for a few days either. Make sure she is drinking plenty of water! Hope she feels better soon!

[blue girl]

thanks for the replies....I think it must have been a spider or a bee sting. I'll see how she's doing tonite and give my vet a call tomorrow. How would I know if she gets a yeast infection from the benadryl??

[VTJess03]

Belle had some hives, or bumps that looked like hives. I had just given her a bath and I think that I didn't get all the shampoo off her and she reacted to it. I'll be more careful next time (and have changed shampoos, too). The good thing about allergies is that once the source is gone, the reaction will usually clear up by itself (as long as it's not a severe one, of course). I took her to the vet and he gave me some of the surgical scrub that he uses for his hands before surgeries to bathe her with, and it cleared up the reaction in no time. From now on, per his suggestion, I'll be using a mild shampoo with few fragrances, etc (like baby shampoo). Just be sure to figure out what the cause of the reaction was for sure, if at all possible, and keep that away from Gemini in the future.