Good afternoon. I am a 64 year old female with some spider veins and one large varicose vein in my right leg inner thigh. Today I experienced something I have never experienced before: I nicked a spider vein in my foot just above my right ankle - it would not stop bleeding and the blood literally spurted out in a stream. I did apply compression and elevated my foot. After approximately and hour, I was able to apply a bandage and it seems to be fine. Is this a portent of things to come? I am healthy, good height to weight ratio (6'/170lbs) and active. What freaked me out the most was that I barely touched the vein and it spurted like crazy.