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Why is my yorkiepoo itching and bleeding warts after antibiotics?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Male | neutered | 10 years and 11 months old | 20 lbs

My yorkiepoo has what appears to be a few warts scattered on his body. He recently was on 10 day coarse of antibiotic for what the vet said was a skin infection. He itched quite a bit, and the vet said it was a skin infection. After a week of finishing the antibiotic, he is itching and scratching even more. He has scratched some of the warts to the point of making them bleed. Not sure what's going on with our yorkiepoo

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Answered By Amber W

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on December 12th, 2017

Buddy may have developed an allergy making him prone to itching and secondary skin infections. If the warts are benign they probably don't require removal but Buddy may need additional antibiotics if they have been scratched open. I'd recommend having Buddy examined again to determine if he needs medication for allergies. There are newer medications available like Apoquel and Cytopoint that are very effective for itching related to allergies. A medication shampoo like Douxo calm may also be helpful. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach and I hope Buddy gets relief quickly!

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    Answered By Megan, DVM, CVA

    Veterinarian

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    Poor Buddy. He could be suffering from allergies. You could try Benadryl but he will likely need something stronger. See the link below for more information on benadryl. If This doesn’t help, I would talk to your vet about his continued itching and see if they can start him on something to help his itching. If the vet looks at him again and thinks it is just allergies with a secondary skin infection then he may need to be on some steroids or allergy medicine like apoquel on top of the antibiotics. Your vet will also be able to see if he has any yeast on his skin which will need to be treated with an anti-fungal. Also, make sure he is on a high quality flea prevention as it only takes one flea bite to cause a bad allergic reaction. I hope this helps. https://www.petcoach.co/canigive/dog/benadryl/

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