Ordering How to Reduce the Risks of DVT Stroke Exercise. Try to stand and walk for five minutes every hour. If you cannot rise, flex your ankles up and down and curl your toes about twenty times every hour. Both activities will help stimulate leg blood flow. The air in airplanes is very dry, and you may become dehydrated rapidly.
Dehydration causes vessels to constrict and blood to thicken.
This greatly increases your risk of forming clots. Take an Aspirin tablet before departing and at safe intervals during your trip. Aspirin is a proven and safe blood thinner for most people. Wear Graduated Compression Hosiery. Graduated compression stockings and socks have been prescribed by physicians for over fifty years to treat venous maladies such as Deep Vein Thrombosis, Varicose Veins, Phlebitis, Edema, etc.