Nose Bleeds

[Heidi1]

Horse that shares with my gang came bombing down the field last night and then promptly had a nose bleed, phoned the owner and she didn't seem to upset by it all, said this was not the first time this year and that she should be ok, didn't even bother to come and see her, what would you lot of done........ Mare wasn't bothered too much about it and I did try and wipe some of the blood of her nose so the flies didn bother her, but it can be such a funny b****r to catch.......

 

[the watcher]

Some do have nose bleeds after exertion, unless it is really pouring out, or frothy, or coming from both nostrils, it is nothing to worry about. The owner has obviously seen it all before.

 

[Orangehorse]

Some nosebleeds respond to vitamin supplementation - vit K?

Has to be through the vet. I knew a hunter that would bleed if he didn't get this every day.

 

[RachelB]

Was it from both nostrils or one? If it was from only one it is generally less to worry about as it will more than likely only be coming from the upper respiratory system. If it's from both it will be coming from the lungs, which is more of a problem. My horse gets tiny nosebleeds occasionally, only ever from one nostril at a time but it does alternate. She has been scoped and nothing was found, so as it's only a tiny trickle and doesn't bother her vet said not to worry (although having had her scoped, EIPH is now excluded on her insurance policy

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I was very worried at the time and asked for advice from some people I knew were knowledgable - every one of them told me that I would KNOW if my horse was truly bleeding, as I would arrive one day to find the entire stable covered in blood... apparently that is the time to worry, not about a small trickle!!

 

[lochpearl]

I once had a horse with a choke and the vet that came out managed to give him a nose bleed whilst tubing him, this was a nose bleed, it was like having the tap on!! The only thing we could do was wait till it stopped and this was nearly an hour later for it to completely stop. There was blood everywhere! Luckily he then clotted and the choke cleared as we couldn't tube the other nostril. However I have had horses with nosebleeds that were just trickles so not much of a problem. I guess the scarey thing is that we don't always think of the size of the veins in their noses and we equate the bleeds to our own. Vets cannot do anything for them - they just need to clot on their own