Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Age-related macular degeneration

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Age-related macular degeneration includes:

• Aging
• Family history
• Macular degeneration gene
• Mutation of ATP synthase gene
• Stargardts disease
• Drusen
• Arg80Gly variant of the complement protein C3
• Fibulin-5 mutation
• Hypertension
• Obesity
• High cholesterol
• Oxidative stress
• Race
• Exposure to sunlight

Other underlying conditions related to Age-related macular degeneration:

• Choroidal neovascularization
• Maculopathy
• Retinal drusen
• Vitreous haemorrhage

Source: Diseases Database

Age-related macular degeneration as a symptom:

Conditions listing Age-related macular degeneration as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

• Alopecia -- macular degeneration -- growth retardation
• Bessman-Baldwin syndrome
• Body skin hyperlaxity due to vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor deficiency
• Bothnia retina dystrophy
• Dup (2) (q32-qter)
• Juvenile macular degeneration and hypotrichosis
• Juvenile macular degeneration, hypotrichosis
• Kuster-Majewski-Hammerstein syndrome
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 1
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 10
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 11
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 2
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 3
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 4
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 5
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 6
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 7
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 8
• Macular degeneration, age-related, 9
• Neurodegenerative syndrome, X-linked, Bertini type
• Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, forme fruste
• Spastic paraplegia 15, autosomal recessive
• Stargardt disease 3
• Stargardt disease 4
• Stargardt Macular Degeneration, Absent or Hypoplastic Corpus Callosum, Mental Retardation and Dysmorphic Features
• Vasterbotten dystrophy

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Age-related macular degeneration, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Age-related macular degeneration. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Age-related macular degeneration. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.

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