title: Ask the doctors. My doctor suggested that I wear pressure stockings to prevent blood clots when I travel by air. I didn't want to sound ignorant, but I meant to ask why it makes sense to wear tight stockings that might choke off circulation to my legs. What's the rationale?
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D014195:Travel; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*