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...cause of death. But his figures reflect a worldwide pattern: based on the numbers of passengers treated on arrival in the U.K., British doctors estimate 2,000 people contract the condition each year, 15 of them fatally. "It's the sitting still that does the damage," says Patrick Kesteven, a consultant hematologist at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, northern England. "And the one place that 99% of us sit still longest, in the most discomfort, is on an airplane...
...while traveling, say experts, are people with an inherited predisposition to blood clots?folks who have suffered previous incidents of thrombosis or who have close family members with a history of the disease. But other factors can also increase the likelihood of DVT. Age is important, says Patrick Kesteven, a consultant hematologist at Newcastle?s Freeman Hospital. A person in his mid-20s has a less than one-in-10,000 chance of developing DVT; by 75, the risk is closer to one in 1,000. Also at higher risk: people who have suffered or are suffering from cancer, women...
...those die from DVT developed on long-haul flights. A survey of passenger accidents at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport revealed that from 1994 to 1998, DVT-related incidents accounted for 27% of all first aid treatment. "It's the sitting still that does the damage," says Patrick Kesteven, a consultant hematologist at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, northern England. "And the one place that 99% of us sit still longest, in the most discomfort, is on an airplane...
...Clots can form at various points in the leg, causing varying degrees of discomfort. ?You?ve got valves four-to-six inches up all of your veins,? says Kesteven. With DVT, ?you may form a little lump of a clot behind one of the valves.? Although the clots themselves are not life-threatening, the complications can be. The most serious is a pulmonary embolism?which occurs in 25-30% of DVT cases?when a piece of the clot breaks off and travels to the lung. In rare instances, part of a clot may lodge in other organs, including the brain...
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