Approximately 30 to 40 percent of patients with heart failure are readmitted within six months of hospitalization. Studies have concluded that readmissions for heart failure could be prevented in at least 40 percent of cases.5 Unnecessary readmissions contribute significantly to the cost of this disease. Unfortunately, the prevalence of heart failure continues to rise and has resulted in an annual expenditure of $10 billion for diagnosis and treatment. 3 The average hospital stay for treatment of this disease is nine days, 4 and the overall five-year mortality rate is 50 percent.
However, consumption of oatmeal is not preferable for the gout patients due to its high or moderately high content of purines. On an average, a healthy individualâs daily diet includes about 600 to 1000 milligrams of purines.
Oatmeal provides health benefits for a number of skin conditions. Skin infections are helped by oatmeal. A combination of oatmeal soap and an oatmeal soak is an effective treatment for rashes, chicken pox, poison oak, poison ivy, poison sumac, rashes and insect bites. It is also helpful for other skin complaints. Shingles, for example, is a painful condition that affects the nerves, it may or may not manifest in blisters. Oatmeal soap may be able to ease the pain and itching of shingles.