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Thread ID: 29662 2003-01-28 21:54:00 OT?-Not Really Kiwitas (514) Press F1
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1357079 2003-01-28 21:54:00 Poor guy hope he recovers ok,and hope he isn't one of the PressF1
community?

Long haul air travel is not the only activity to pose a risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots - sitting at your computer for too long may also put you at risk .

The European Respiratory Journal reports the case of a young man from New Zealand who nearly died after developing deep vein thrombosis following long periods of physical inactivity in front of his computer .

The man, the first recorded victim of a condition which has been dubbed e-thrombosis, spent up to 18 hours a day using his computer .

He developed a massive blood clot that formed in his leg veins, broke off and travelled to his lungs .

Cheers,Kiwitas,;-)
Kiwitas (514)
1357080 2003-01-28 22:08:00 *decides to go take a lunch break and have a walk outside* :p ;) :D Chilling_Silence (9)
1357081 2003-01-29 02:43:00 When I heard this I laughed a lot.

18 hours a day? Did he go to the toilet or use a catheter bag?

Very sad.

I am sure not even the worst of the F1 regulars would get close to that. They may aspire to it, but actually do have lives.

robo
robo (205)
1357082 2003-01-29 03:37:00 I remember when that asian guy in china or something convulsed or something and died cos he literally played cs for a few days without moving out of his seat

scary stuff
- david
DangerousDave (697)
1357083 2003-01-29 03:55:00 Yes, there were a couple, one was Korean and other Taiwanese.

Got to be a happy medium in all things.

robo.
robo (205)
1357084 2003-01-29 04:53:00 They *never* cover the whole story though.

They've usually had that much caffeine and the like that would have had a large effect on them as well.

It's not just the sitting and gaming that does it.
-=JM=- (16)
1357085 2003-01-29 05:12:00 It hasn't been reported as happening to people who watch TV to gross excess. Though you do from time to time hear of one when the ambulance people have to get help to break out a wall and get a forklift to shift a 300 Kg TV watcher to a hospital. ;-) Graham L (2)
1357086 2003-01-29 06:34:00 Now here's a thought... if a person on a long haul flight, using a computer for hours on end, would increase their chances of dvt a million times :D Dolby Digital (160)
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