Herschend, the privately-owned force behind Dollywood, has acquired more than 20 regional U.S. attractions, the company shared in a press release with Travel + Leisure.
04.03.2025 - 18:53 / cntraveler.com / Will I (I)
When someone is about to board a long flight, a list of things to worry about often runs through their head: Will I actually be able to fall asleep? How bad will my jet lag be? Do I have enough snacks? For some, the concern over blood clots might figure somewhere on that list. After all, flights longer than four hours can increase the likelihood that a clot (a clump of gel-like blood) will form in a deep vein and cause deep vein thrombosis, or DVT. The condition can lead to serious and potentially fatal outcomes if the clot breaks loose and gets lodged in a lung artery, preventing blood flow. When this happens, it’s called a pulmonary embolism.
One study found that most people are at risk for developing DVT on one out of every 4,656 long flights, which is a relatively low likelihood. So it might be easy to dismiss it as something that, in all probability, won’t happen to you. However, your odds are higher if you have certain risk factors, like a condition that causes a lot of inflammation, including lupus, ulcerative colitis (UC), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or certain cancers. That’s because these conditions—and sometimes even the drugs that treat them—can increase the possibility that you’ll get a blood clot.
To put the increased risk into perspective, research suggests that patients with UC and Crohn’s disease (inflammatory conditions that impact the digestive tract) are two to three times more likely to get blood clots than the general population, for example. This higher probability was something Georgi Shirley, an England-based independent travel agent who has Crohn’s disease, found out about after she was diagnosed. But she took the news in her stride. “I have always taken precautions for blood clots because they run in my family,” she says.
Here are the steps experts say you can take to stay safe if you are at increased risk.
Studies have shown that upwards of 71 percent of people with inflammatory bowel disease who develop clots or pulmonary embolism have active disease at the time. Similarly, the risk of clots or pulmonary embolism more than doubles for people with rheumatoid arthritis when their disease becomes active. “[Flare-ups are] probably the biggest risk factor for clots in general…especially in a scenario of prolonged immobility, like on a long flight,” says Tenzin Choden, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and board-certified gastroenterologist.
If you start flaring up right before a trip, you may want the peace of mind of knowing that you can reschedule your flights and postpone your travel, so consider paying a little more for refundable tickets and lodging. “I always make sure my hotel reservations are flexible,” says Shirley.
Herschend, the privately-owned force behind Dollywood, has acquired more than 20 regional U.S. attractions, the company shared in a press release with Travel + Leisure.
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"The Day Southwest Died."
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