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Originally Posted by Birgitta-A
Hi Mona,
When we have had a thrombosis the risk for relaps is increased because the walls of the blood vessels are damaged. Hopefully your mother will be able to continue EPO treatment.
Everything that can increase the risk for thrombosis like flying can be dangerous. There are many ways that you can try to avoid thrombosis during flying like having special stockings, moving, drinking fluids and so on:
http://airplanes.suite101.com/articl...sis_on_flights
Kind regards
Birgitta-A |
Those airline compression stockings are the best for swelling of the legs while on Csa... I tried everything and they were the only stockings that worked. They are inexpensive as well.
JEZ
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JEZ, 50s, diagnosed AA Dec 2006, ATG one time, serum sickness resolved / took cyclosporine (Neoral) with delayed response but now with good labs/ recent kidney toxicity, so off of cyclosporine now and trying generic Imuran
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