How to lower your blood clot risk while traveling this holiday season
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Long periods of holiday travel might increase your risk for blood clots. Experts explain what to watch for.
The CDC says anyone traveling by air, by car, or bus for 4 hours or longer is at a greater risk for developing blood clots.
The good news is, you can help lower that risk.
You might not think about blood clots around the holidays but that is exactly what Rebecca Lilly, from Houston, Texas, wants you to think about as you pack and head on your way this holiday season.
Seven flights and two years ago, she was on her way from Houston to Boston for Christmas.
"I flew to Boston, which is about a four-hour flight," Lilly said. "Was really happy to get a direct flight that time. And then from there, immediately drove three hours to Vermont. When we got to Vermont is when I started having some calf pain, which of course, as women, we ignore."
