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My Pekingese's eye is swollen shut and itchy. Home remedies?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pekingese | Female | unspayed | 8 years and 10 months old | 18 lbs

My Pekingese dog's left eye is swollen shut practically she keeps itching it and is clearly uncomfortable/in pain I don't have a trusted vet in the area and have had bad experiences with those nearby. I'm wondering what might be wrong with her Eye and if you have any home remedies or recommendations? This has never happened before . I should also note that my dog is epileptic and not spayed thank you in advance and I hope to hear from you as soon as possible

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on December 3rd, 2016

I'm very sorry that you do not have a trusted vet in your area. Unfortunately, there is not much you can do for Paxitas at home. It's quite serious that her left eye is swollen shut from itching, which could be caused by an eye infection, injury to the eye, or a foreign body. You can try flushing it with a sterile saline wash to see if there is a foreign body in there to get out, but ultimately she does have to see a vet right away. If the cause of this isn't diagnosed and treated as soon as possible, it can lead to permanent loss of vision in that eye. In addition, any safe eye medications for dogs are only found by a vet. That's because a dog's eye reacts differently to human medications than a human's eye, and are available by prescription only from the vet. I would take Paxitas into a vet now, and hopefully you can find one that you can trust and have a good experience with this time. It is very important she sees on now, however, for the health and continued vision of her eye.

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