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Frequent Fliers are at Risk of Developing Life-threatening Blood Clots
Life-threatening blood clots and flying have been linked for more than 50 years, but this is the first study to confirm this association.
"There is some evidence that the low air pressure in a plane affects the complex coagulation system of the blood," the International Herald Tribune quoted Frits Rosendaal of Leiden University Medical Center as saying.
A blood clot that forms within large, deep veins of the body, usually in the leg, is called a deep vein thrombosis or DVT. If left untreated, part of the clot may break off and travel to the lungs, where it can cause a pulmonary embolism, a potentially fatal condition.
"We now know out of 4,500 people who fly, one will get a DVT within 8 weeks after travel. It's not really a huge amount," said another researcher Suzanne Cannegieter, but the risk increases with the duration of a flight and the number of flights in a short period.
The researchers tracked almost 9,000 employees of large international companies and organizations for four to five years.
Published in the online Journal PLoS Medicine, the study showed that obesity, extremes of height (shorter than 5'4" and taller than 6'4"), oral contraceptive use, hormone replacement therapy and inherited blood clotting disorders could also increase the risk of life-threatening blood clots.
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