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A member asked:
How do compression stockings prevent and help to prevent blood clots? i have a desk job and thinking of getting a few pairs.
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When legs swell: There is more blood just sitting around....as it sits in the vessels it can start to stick as opposed to it freely moving thru the vessels. Compression acts to prevent blood piling ...as it is being compressed and forced through the vessels....
Answered 7/4/2015
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