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Commercial air flights cause airline passengers blood to become thicker and slow down, especially in the lower extremities, which can increase the possibility of developing blood clots. The longer the flight, the greater the medical risk. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is caused by a blood clot forming in one of a persons legs. This is a very serious medical emergency. If this dangerous clot breaks off, it may travel to the lungs which then could be fatal.

Commercial air flights cause airline passengers blood to get thicker and slow down which can increase the possibility of blood clots, particularly in the lower extremities. And, the longer the flight, the greater the risk. Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, is caused by a blood clot forming in one of the legs. This is a medical emergency. If this dangerous clot breaks away, it may move to the lungs which then could be fatal.

Fear of flying is called Aviophobia, and millions of vacationers and business flyers who travel on commercial flights worldwide are affected by it, to a greater or lesser extent. Even though air travel is approximately thirty times safer than traveling by car, you hardly hear about people that have a fear of driving. Maybe television, radio, internet and print media contribute to this fear when they graphically cover commercial airline crashes and the large number of air passengers that are injured or perish.

Commercial air flights cause airline passengers blood to thicken and slow down, especially in their lower legs, which can increase the possibility of getting blood clots. The longer the flight, the greater the health risk. DVT (deep vein thrombosis) is caused by a blood clot forming in one of the legs. This is a serious medical emergency. If this dangerous blood clot breaks off, it may migrate to the lungs which can be fatal.

Commercial air flights cause airline passengers blood to become thicker and slow down, especially in the lower extremities, which can increase the possibility of developing blood clots. The longer the flight, the greater the medical risk. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is caused by a blood clot forming in one of a persons legs. This is a very serious medical emergency. If this dangerous clot breaks off, it may travel to the lungs which then could be fatal.

The fear of flying is called Aviophobia. There are millions of vacationers and business people who travel on commercial air flights as well as potential flyers worldwide that suffer from it, to a greater or lesser extent. Even though air travel is about thirty times safer than traveling by car, you very rarely hear about people that have a fear of driving. Maybe the television, radio, internet and print media contributes to this fear when they graphically cover commercial airline crashes and the subsequent large number of air travelers that are injured or perish.