Certain people have greater chances of developing deep vein thrombosis -- those who are older or overweight, or those who have recently had surgery.
Two young, healthy women have died this year and a third almost died after developing deep vein thrombosis after long-haul flights.
After a long haul flight, when are people at greatest risk of developing deep vein thrombosis?
Four patients (9.5%) had wound infection, seven patients (16.7%) developed new cranial nerve palsy, and one patient (2.4%) developed deep vein thrombosis.
Subjects breathing in the average level of particulate matter detected in this study had a 10 times higher risk of developing deep vein thrombosis than did those with the lowest exposure, the researchers report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The heightened risk remained even after taking into account factors that could increase the susceptibility to developing deep vein thrombosis, such as age, education, area of residence, and weight.
A 47-year-old man [follow-up (FU) 32 months] developed deep vein thrombosis followed by pulmonary embolism that required protracted hospital recovery and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) therapy.
So much so that the Australian airliner issued an in-flight exercise video back in April, promoting stretching and increased blood circulation, which can eliminate the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
In 1944 she contracted appendicitis which required an emergency appendectomy; she developed deep vein thrombosis in her right leg after the surgery and her leg was subsequently amputated above the knee.
Two patients developed deep vein thrombosis.
