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The Things We Blame on Getting Older

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Not every change in how we feel is an inevitable part of aging. Sometimes, the explanation is more complicated, and more treatable, than we think.

There comes a point in life when we begin attributing almost everything to age.

We forget why we walked into a room. Our knees make noises they never used to make. We wake up tired, gain weight without changing our eating habits, or find ourselves turning up the television a little louder.

And somewhere along the way, we begin using a familiar explanation: Well, I’m getting older.

Sometimes, we’re right. Our bodies change with age, and not every change represents a medical problem. But there is an important distinction between the natural process of aging and symptoms that deserve closer attention.

The trouble is that we don’t always know where that line falls.

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