How Serious is DVT?
First, Deep Vein Thrombosis can strike any long-distance traveler–regardless of physical condition, age, or gender. Secondly, DVT is not just confined to those flying economy class. First-class passengers are also at risk, as are long-distance auto and rail travelers. Headlines the world over have focused on the dangers of air travel as these news items demonstrate… • London’s Heathrow Airport reports one passenger death a month from DVT. One nearby hospital recorded thirty passenger deaths from DVT in the past three years including a 28-year-old man. • DVT is the fourth leading cause of strokes in the United States. Approximately 2,000 Americans died from travel-related DVT-induced strokes last year! (No one knows how many deaths were not properly attributed to DVT.) • In Australia, one law firm alone has filed 1,000 DVT claims against six airlines in just only one year. • At Narita hospital near Tokyo’s International Airport, records show an average of 100 to 150 passengers are tr
