Woman left with dog tooth in eye after getting bite from Maltese
Woman left with dog tooth in eye after getting bite from Maltese
2026-03-06
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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罕見! 高雄女遭瑪爾濟斯狠咬 "狗牙卡眼"險失明
2026-03-06
高雄一名女子到朋友家玩，看到朋友養的瑪爾濟斯很可愛，伸手抱牠，沒想到狗狗突然朝她臉部咬下去，女子的右眼當場鮮血直流，到醫院眼科醫師用顯微鏡一看，狗狗的牙齒碎片 竟然插在她的眼結膜上，連醫師都覺得相當不可思議，緊急替她手術。
雪白瑪爾濟斯，模樣可愛，讓人不禁想伸手，抱入懷中，不過高雄有女子卻被狗狗咬傷，差點失明。
女子的眼皮撕裂傷，眼結膜水腫、出血，原本以為是一般受傷，但醫師翻開眼皮一看嚇一跳，一塊白色碎片就插在上面，竟然是狗狗的牙齒。
[[眼科醫師 洪啟庭]]
“當下就馬上用生理食鹽水幫她洗乾淨，她還是覺得眼睛還是很脹，我們把她翻開，結果就看到這個白白的東西”
受傷的女子當天到朋友家玩，看到朋友養的瑪爾濟斯很可愛，伸手抱牠，沒想到狗狗突然朝她臉部咬下去，右眼當場鮮血直流。
[[眼科醫師 洪啟庭]]
“馬爾濟斯就衝向她，先咬下去，那牙齒咬在那邊，動啊動，結果有裂痕(牙齒碎片)就掉了”
0.3公分的牙齒碎片卡在眼睛，案例相當罕見，而且狗狗的牙齒有細菌，最嚴重可能引起角膜潰瘍，甚至有生命危險。
[[愛狗人協會理事長 顏幸娟]]
“不是小型狗牠就溫和，沒有脾氣，狗其實在攻擊之前，牠可能有用牠身體，還有狗的語言，去告訴不喜歡這樣”
愛狗協會也提醒，跟不熟悉的狗狗相處，千萬不要突然靠太近，以免驚嚇傷人，還好這次女子及時治療，已經康復。
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