Treatment of Grover's disease can include the following: 1  Calcipotriol cream. 2  Diphemanil methylsulfate powder. 3  Remain cool - sweating may induce more itchy spots. 4  Experimentally, oral retinoids such as acitretin or isotretinoin. 5  A mild topical steroid such as hydrocortisone in a cool lotion.
The high cost of diabetes. Almost one-in-four hospital dollars go to treat people with the metabolic disorder. Although an estimated 7.8 percent of Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, patients with this metabolic disease rack up 23 percent of hospital costs nationwide, a new federal analysis finds. Their collective hospital bill in 2008, the most recent year for which data were available: almost $83 billion.
New research provides revised comprehensive estimates that suggest that the U.S. national economic burden of pre-diabetes and diabetes reached $218 billion in 2007. This estimate includes $153 billion in higher medical costs and $65 billion in reduced productivity. The average annual cost per case is $2,864 for undiagnosed diabetes, $9,975 for diagnosed diabetes ($9,677 for type 2 and $14,856 for type 1), and $443 for pre-diabetes (medical costs only). For each American, regardless of diabetes status, this burden represents a cost of approximately $700 annually.