My dog's face is raw, bleeding, and itchy from rubbing. Help!

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My baby has been rubbing her face raw on the carpet. Bleeding and she seems to feel itching and pain. She's had this for a couple days and seems to be worse. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 3 years and 3 months old | 25 lbs

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

Your dog sounds like she may be suffering from an allergic skin reaction, a bacterial skin infection (they itch terribly sometimes), or possibly some contact with an irritant or fire ants. Since this has been getting worse over the past few days and started bleeding, I strongly suggest you take Emma Rose to your veterinarian for an exam and itch relief. Depending on the exam findings he will likely give you an ointment for her face, possibly steroids and an antibiotic to calm down the lesions. Then, depending on how that heals and whether it goes away or not, further diagnostics re allergies may be necessary.

My dog's face is raw, bleeding, and itchy from rubbing. Help!

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