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Airplane Trips

Going on a long airplane trip? Here some helpful tips to make your flight more comfortable...

Here some helpful tips to make your flight more comfortable...

• Drink plenty of fluids – the humidity inside an airplane will cause dehydration, fatigue and headaches. Drinking half a litre of water every hour will re-hydrate your system.
• Keep moving - exercising and moving around regularly during the flight will maintain a steady flow of blood throughout your body and prevent blood clots forming. Avoid alcohol – alcohol has a proven dehydrating effect on the human system.
• Avoid alcohol the night before your flight as its presence the next day means you start your journey partially dehydrated.
• Don't cross your legs – as with restrictive clothing this can limit blood flow to your lower legs where clots more commonly occur.

Deep Vein Thrombosis

We now know that compression stockings minimize the risk of DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) forming in your legs during travel. These clots can migrate to the lungs with fatal results. Improving circulation by wearing compression stockings and following the above advice could save your life.

Compression stockings are available in variable pressures and it is essential you are fitted correctly.

The team at Healthpoint Home Healthcare on Sydney Street are trained to correctly fit compression bandages.

Please Note: The advice on this website is to be used as an educational aid only. It is not intended to replace advice from your qualified GP or medical practitioner. Please ensure that you speak to them in relation to all of your health issues.