Nosebleeds and Laminitis

Depends on why he has laminitis. I suppose there could be a theoretical link with circulation problems that means his heart is working harder. Never heard of it in practice though. What makes you ask?
 
The only link I could think of would be due to blood pressure problems, causing nose bleeds and effecting the circulation in the feet to the laminae, although these would be slightly contraindicated I would htink as high blood pressure causes nose bleeds, and laminitis is sometimes caused due to reduced circulation in the hooves..............

so I doubt it....

Why do you ask?
 
Thanks for your responses!

This time last year my horse got laminitis, a short time beforehand he started getting nosebleeds for the first time ever. He was scoped and all they found was slight inflammation of the throat. This all ties in with him being moved to a summer paddock which is next to crops which are being sprayed at present.

When I brought him in last night there was evidence of a small bleed - so I am now thinking that this is a warning sign!

So I am trying to work out which issue is the cause! Obviously I am taking every precuation to avoid the laminitis this time!!
 
I think there is a possible link in that both nosebleeds and the laminitis can be down to some liver dysfunction that in the long term does something-or-other to a major artery near the guttoral pouch? My old pony mare was sub-lamnitic in her old age and also had occasional minor nosebleeds which were not thought to be a cause for concern; she also was known to have some loss of liver function. She eventually haemorraged - huge nosebleed- and had to be put down- vet thought she either had an infection of the guttoral pouch or a tumour there; couldn't consider treatment as any medication was by now too much for her liver to take. The various ailments were not considered together, but after that I kept finding bits of information that DID seem to link all her symptoms. This was a tough little pony who had previously never been sick or sorry.
 
In the causitive stages of laminitis you do, I think, get a hike in blood pressure caused by the toxins from the gut crossing into the blood stream. What happens then is that you get vascular constriction in the legs at the same time and the blood is shunted across the coronary band and restricted from accessing the laminar capillaries.

This doesn't mean to say that nosebleeds show laminitis, just a connection. Hope that makes sense.

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