Health Thread, Stockings 'no stroke clot help'

Surgical stockings do not cut stroke patients' risk of developing blood

clots, research suggests.

Doctors commonly use the stockings as way to minimise the risk of

clots forming and travelling to the lungs or heart, where they can be

fatal......................

BBC NEWS | Health | Stockings 'no stroke clot help'

I worn 'Flight Socks' for my long haul flight to USA,
very comfortable,

Those tight after-op stockings are awful. I had an op. in January and was told to wear them for six weeks! I managed 3 and went back to my doc to complain about them as the pressure on my ankles was excrutiating. He said I had to weigh up the very slight risk of a clot against the torture of the stockings. Moving your legs about, as used to be the case, immediately after surgery is just as beneficial I'm told. I made sure I did this whilst in hospital.

I took the stockings off and didn't wear them again.