Veins as a PA

Hi! I am a current senior in high school about to go into my freshman year of college. I'm interested in becoming a PA, but I'm not good with veins. I wanted to come on and ask if you deal with a lot of veins as a practicing PA?? I have a “fear” of veins I don’t really know why but they make me really squeamish. I can barely even look at and touch the veins on my wrist without gagging. Idk why but it is a fear/reaction I’ve always had. I’m not sure if this is something that’ll get better with more exposure or not but I’m leaning towards no just bc I can hardly even think about it without gagging.

I know PA school requires blood draws and stuff involving veins so I’m just hoping I can muster up the strength to just get it over with, but I know if it involves anything having to do with the wrist and touching veins there it’ll be almost impossible for me to get through. Is it something that is used often in being a PA? I would probably pick a specialty that isn’t super blood driven or doesn’t require a lot of insertion into veins but I just wanted to ask before committing to becoming a PA!

Also, are blood draws from the wrist done in PA school?? That terrifies me so I just wanna ask because that’s like a hugeee squeamish thing for me 😭 please tell me anything done in PA school that has to do with veins and the wrist if anyone can!

Any advice/comments are super helpful!!

Thank you