Swollen ankles after every long-haul, compression socks and what else?
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#1 Not flying yet but my friend at Qatar says her ankles swell after every long flight and it worries me. What do crew do?
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#2 Compression socks (15-20 mmHg, 20-30 for long-haul) on every flight over four hours, the most universally recommended crew item. Calf raises and ankle circles in quiet phases, walk the cabin, legs up at the hotel. Cut salty crew meals and carbonated drinks that make it worse. Sudden, painful, one-sided swelling is different, that's a doctor, immediately, to rule out a clot.
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#3 And hydrate properly, mild dehydration makes retention worse, counterintuitively.