i heard that when you ride on planes alot that your have a higer risk of blood clots, why is this?

Answer 1

Because of the long periods of inactivity, sitting in one position. Try to get up and walk up and down the aisle every hour or so. The greatest danger is on long flights over 3 hours.

Answer 2

Because you do not get up and walk around a lot during plane rides.

Deep Vein Thrombosis.....

To help prevent this you need to flex the legs to keep blood moving through the lower extremities.

Answer 3

because they higher you get sometimes the air gets t tight but thats a lie you protected by the outside of a air plane