eli5 how do compression stockings help your body while flying on an airplane? And is it just older people that should be wearing them?

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eli5 how do compression stockings help your body while flying on an airplane? And is it just older people that should be wearing them?

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I believe military pilots also wear G-Suits which do something similar but for a different purpose (helping in high-g manouvers bycompressing the legs so blood doesn’t rush away from the brain)