Can anxiety cause nosebleed in horses?

[cumbriamax]

This morning my 18yo to gelding was in his stable as normal when the bin lorry pulled in to the yard, he got a bit stressed and started nodding his head then I noticed a tiny trickle of blood from one nostril. Was it just coincidence or could it have been caused by stress?

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Could of banged his head but yes it could have been stress. I wouldnt worry too much, especially if it was dark red not bright red.

 

[cumbriamax]

It didn't actually occur to me that he might have banged it.

 

[rabatsa]

I would be concerned as a slight nosebleed for no reason can be a symptom of gutteral pouch mycosis.

 

[Clare85]

Might just be worth having a chat with your vet on the phone for advice.

 

[cumbriamax]

I rang the vets after it happened and fortunately one of the horse vets was in and he said that it didn't sound as if it needed urgent attention but they would see him next week and if necessary we could take him and get him scoped. I was just wondering if anyone else had experience of nosebleeds and what might cause them.

 

[Shay]

Nosebleeds have all sorts of causes - many harmless. Our ISH came in from hacking the other day with a low grade bi lateral nosebleed which stopped within 10 minutes. I did wonder about EIPH but he's not done it before or since. On chatting with the vet last week they speculated that he might have come into contact with oak moth caterpillars (we have quite a few in the woods) and inhaled some of the hairs. Apparently they've seen a few of these recently.