Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
The flight i was on when I got the DVTs I was wearing flight socks, so I have been told to wear thigh length stockings now when I fly, but I used them last weekend on a flight, for the first time, they were awful, they wriggled down and bunched up, i couldn't have bought a smaller size they were measured to fit and I would never be able to pull a smaller pair up.
So now I am thinking I will buy some compression pants like sports people wear under their clothing to prevent injury. And just wear my knee length flight socks over them as well.
Has anyone found a good brand/fit of compression clothing that they can recommend?
I have a long haul flight in 3 weeks time and really need to find something that will work before then.
So now I am thinking I will buy some compression pants like sports people wear under their clothing to prevent injury. And just wear my knee length flight socks over them as well.
Has anyone found a good brand/fit of compression clothing that they can recommend?
I have a long haul flight in 3 weeks time and really need to find something that will work before then.
http://www.rejuvahealth.com/
The perk to the pantyhose-type is that (for me at least) they stay up a LOT better than the thigh-highs that I used to wear.
I wear the purple paisley ones when I travel and have gotten compliments on them from folks who don't even know they're medical.
You should check with your physician what type of compression hosiery would be best for you and how much compression they should have. Some people benefit more from full length compression hosiery than just below the knee compression socks.
If you want to read up on the subject here is a website with lots of good info.... www.compressionstockingssite.com
Good luck!
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Thanks for all you links ladies I will check them all out, as I really want to find a good solution before I go off warfarin in March.
http://store.skins.net/au/womens-compression/compression-tights-shorts/a200-womens-compression-long-tights
They will have to do for now because in Australia there aren't many places to buy this stuff so options are very limited, at least I have plenty of flight socks as well to ensure that I am double sure of the compression.Now that I wear compression socks I don't have the nasty edema I used to get when I flew, so they are doing something anyway.
Battery life for the Venowave on a fully charged AA battery is 4-6 hours. The guys at Venowave highly recommends the Nickel Metal Hydride variety or NiMH.
The batteries are rechargeable and are cheaper in the long run. I'm an amateur photographer and my flash uses 4 AA NiMH batteries so I've got lots of these batteries to power my Venowavve. :)