Woman left with dog tooth in eye after getting bite from Maltese｜Taiwan News

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A woman in Kaohsiung only wanted to hold her friend’s Maltese, but the dog didn’t want the stranger to get close, and bit her on the face. Her right eye was bitten hard and left bleeding. More appallingly, the eye doctor that treated her found a piece of the dog’s tooth lodged in the eye. Fortunately, she was treated just in time, and escaped the risk of going blind in that eye.

The Maltese is like an adorable snowball. It’s no wonder a woman in Kaohsiung wanted to play and cuddle with one. But her advances weren’t welcomed. The dog bit her, leaving her at the risk of going blind in one eye.

She had lacerations on the eyelid, and a swollen and bleeding conjunctiva. The injury was worse than she or the doctor initially thought. When the doctor lifted the eyelid for an inspection, he found a mysterious white-colored shard lodged in the eye. It was a bit of a tooth from the dog.

Hung Chi-ting
Opthalmologist
I immediately rinsed the site with saline solution to clean it, but she still felt that her eye was really swollen. I lifted the eyelid and saw this white-colored object.

The woman was visiting a friend at their home and saw their pet Maltese, which she found really adorable and wanted to hold it. But the dog didn’t want to be near her, so it suddenly went close to her face and bit her, leaving her right eye bleeding right there and then.

Hung Chi-ting
Opthalmologist
The Maltese rushed toward her and bit hard. The teeth sunk into her and when the dog tried to free itself, one tooth fractured and was left at the site.

This instance of a 0.3cm piece of tooth fragment lodged in the eye makes for a rare medical case. Moreover, due to the number of bacteria in the mouth, the injury could develop into ulcers and even be life threatening.

Yen Hsing-chuan
Dogs Lover Taiwan
Small dogs aren’t necessarily docile or non-temperamental. Before a dog attacks, it may signal with body language or canine language to let you know that it doesn’t like what’s being done to it.

The dog lovers’ association also reminds people not to get too close to an unfamiliar dog abruptly, to avoid frightening it and causing it to attack in response. Fortunately, the woman who got bitten was treated in time and has recovered.

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