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[–] 15 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Does this happen to your blood too?

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    There's a slight increase in the blood pressure in your upper body, and a small possibility of thrombosis, blood clots forming in your veins. But after 50+ years of space flight no one has had complications.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Though most don't stay more than a few months up there.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago*

    Veins are small so capillary action keeps things in order.

    With no gravity though you'll have higher blood pressure to your head (and less to the legs)- it kinda makes astronauts faces a bit puffy. iirc this can slightly negatively affect vision long term.

    Most of your body processes are in a small enough space that capillary action overtakes gravity.

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