What Is a Long-Haul Flight Actually Doing to Your Body?

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What Is a Long-Haul Flight Actually Doing to Your Body?
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If crowded airports are a sign, people are keen to get back into the skies.

According to ain 2022, combining data from 18 studies, the longer you travel, the greater the risk of blood clots. The authors calculated there was a 26 percent higher risk for every two hours of air travel, starting after four hours.

No participants developed symptomatic DVTs. But there was evidence people who wore the stockings considerably reduced their chance of developing clots without symptoms, and we know that any clot can potentially grow, move, and subsequently cause symptoms.Usually if you do develop a blood clot, you won't know about it until after the flight, as the clot takes time to form and travel.

And if you take long-haul flights very often, it's reasonable to assume that the longer you're in the air, the greater the exposure toAs the name suggests, this is radiation that comes from space, which may increase the risk of cancer and reproductive issues. We don't know what level of exposure is safe.

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