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Our first warning comes by way of The Province and Reuters back on July 12, 2009. The story warned of the dangers to persons travelling for more than two hours wedged in the tight seats of either a car or airplane seat.
Airplane passengerss who can not get up and move around easily are especially in jeopardy of developing dangerous blood clots.
The report mentions that a Dr. Divay Chandra and colleagues at Harvard University in Boston have proved a definitely link between long air travel and the development of venous thromboembolism or VTE which can kill through strokes, heart attacks or damage to the lungs
According to the Harvard researchers the absolute risk is one case in every 4600 trips -- not enough to justify issuing passengers with anti-clotting drugs. Still there appears to be a very real danger especially for pregnant women or those taking birth control pills -- and obviouslyfor those persons with any type of circulatory problems.
As the report mentions, with the large number of persons travelling by air, estimated to be approximately 2.5 billion in 2010 a fairly large amount of travverls could have problems with blood clots while travelling and while not recommending that all travellers take some sort of anticoagulant they do recommend that persons travelling by air for a long time remember to drink lots of water and move around as much as possible. It might also be a good idea to discuss any possible problems with your family physician before embarkign of any long air trips.
Beware of Possible Blood Clots on Long Trips
Our first warning comes by way of The Province and Reuters back on July 12, 2009. The story warned of the dangers to persons travelling for more than two hours wedged in the tight seats of either a car or airplane seat.
Airplane passengerss who can not get up and move around easily are especially in jeopardy of developing dangerous blood clots.
The report mentions that a Dr. Divay Chandra and colleagues at Harvard University in Boston have proved a definitely link between long air travel and the development of venous thromboembolism or VTE which can kill through strokes, heart attacks or damage to the lungs
According to the Harvard researchers the absolute risk is one case in every 4600 trips -- not enough to justify issuing passengers with anti-clotting drugs. Still there appears to be a very real danger especially for pregnant women or those taking birth control pills -- and obviouslyfor those persons with any type of circulatory problems.
As the report mentions, with the large number of persons travelling by air, estimated to be approximately 2.5 billion in 2010 a fairly large amount of travverls could have problems with blood clots while travelling and while not recommending that all travellers take some sort of anticoagulant they do recommend that persons travelling by air for a long time remember to drink lots of water and move around as much as possible. It might also be a good idea to discuss any possible problems with your family physician before embarkign of any long air trips.
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