What should I do if a blood vessel pops in my thumb?

[Mk]

If I recently had a blood vessel pop in my thumb what should I do? Am I at risk for popping anywhere else?

 

[matthyaouw]

See a doctor if you are worried.

 

[Monique]

How did you accomplish that?

 

[quasi426]

Did you give yourself a puncture wound? Because we "pop" blood vessels all the time, such as capillaries (no significant blood loss can be seen though with caps.)

 

[Monique]

Bruising is essentially a 'popped' bloodvessel that causes bleeding under the skin, that's why more information is necessary with what he means with 'popped' and how that happened.

 

[Mk]

I thank you three for the quick replies!

Its not me its my friend. She said she was just sitting on the couch when she felt a needle prick on her thumb. Ow. An hour later, you could see blue there, then purple, now its red. What could it be?

 

[Monique]

Strange, is she sure she didn't got stung by anything? In any case I would just have a doctor have a look at it, there really is no way to say anything about it at this point.