What Could be Causing Age Spots?

What Causes Age Spots?

Age spots can have various causes, just like most other symptoms. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose age spots, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "age spots" as a symptom. For example, DMAE need.

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

depression with some fatigue

inability to recover from alcoholism

depression with anxiety

forgetting dreams

... and so on

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of age spots.

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

In the Symptoms Of Aging section of the questionnaire, The Analyst™ will ask the following question about age spots / liver spots:

Do you have 'age spots' on your skin? Also known as 'liver spots', these are flat brown areas of skin, similar to freckles but larger.

Possible responses:

→ No / don't know
→ One or two
→ Fewer than 10
→ 10 or more, but no increase during recent years
→ 10 or more and increasing

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate age spots, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as DMAE Requirement.

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