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Old Jan 2, 2013 | 9:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Doc Savage
Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is possible, but extremely rare in a healthy 25 year old.
Rare, sure, but consider how many passengers enplane every year.

My sister (22 at the time) had DVT on a JNB-LHR flight, and she is otherwise extremely healthy (an athlete). Apparently the issue was fairly severe, and the doc said that she was lucky that she got ER attention upon landing.
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