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My mom (60's) also developed blood clots on a long flight. Luckily it was caught and dealt with before they managed to cause any long-lasting damage.
by kalleboo 7y ago
My mom (60's) also developed blood clots on a long flight. Luckily it was caught and dealt with before they managed to cause any long-lasting damage.
- jfim 7y agoOut of curiosity, how do they handle blood clots?
- surgeryres 7y agoAnticoagulation normally, six months of pills or injections for the first vein clot (deep vein thrombosis or DVT) and then lifelong if you develop another one. If the clot travels to your lung and is big enough it can kill you (pulmonary embolism). For big life threatening clots to the lung there are invasive procedures to suck them out but these are risky.