Flight socks?

[Pete/London]

They are just socks, so do you put your normal socks over socks? .... unless you're weird .... or a cold Filipina

I put them over my socks as it bad enough not being able to find my shoes on a long flight without having to search around for my socks as well. Flight socks also stop you getting wet feet whenever use use the facilities on a plane.

What I also do is start taking low dose aspirin a few days before the flight and continue until I arrive back home as I find it helps circulation and I seem able to cope with the heat easier. Make your own decision on that.

[Terpe]

.....What I also do is start taking low dose aspirin a few days before the flight and continue until I arrive back home as I find it helps circulation and I seem able to cope with the heat easier. Make your own decision on that.

Actually, that is just what I do. Having said that, I always visit my Doctor first just to get his OK on the strength, on the frequency and on the duration. To be honest my doctor has always been very helpful and informative.

Last time I took a flight to Phils , in addition to taking the low Aspirin, I also wore flight socks and took extra time to both walk about and do some ankle and leg excercises.
I found it helped a good deal. I still had some swelling, but much less, and found that after 24 hours I was back to normal. So I really think you need to do evrything you can.

[Doc Alan]

What I also do is start taking low dose aspirin a few days before the flight and continue until I arrive back home as I find it helps circulation and I seem able to cope with the heat easier. Make your own decision on that.

...and take medical advice first. Here's why:-
*It increases (approximately doubles) the risk of irritation, bleeding and ulceration from the gut.
*Avoid aspirin in the presence of liver disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, asthma or pregnancy.
*It can cause a hypersensitivity reaction.
*There's a long list of drugs which can interact with aspirin ( including other pain killers like ibuprofen, antacids, anticoagulants, antidepressants, anti-epileptics, steroids, cytotoxics and diuretics).
*Use of aspirin in otherwise healthy people with no signs of cardiovascular disease remains controversial even now. The balance is slightly tipped in its favour by last year's study published in "The Lancet" showing that taking aspirin in middle age can cut the risk of cancer. The risk of bleeding also increases from the mid-seventies onwards however.