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.
1 (2000) found that total costs ranged from $197 to $1094 between the two hospitals, with an average cost of $672 per injury at hospital A and an average of $539 at hospital B. 2  Another more recent study investigated the short-term economic impact of needlestick injuries among nurses caring for patients with diabetes.DC (2004) estimates that approximately 385,000 needlestick and sharps-related injuries occur every year to healthcare workers in hospital settings, and this estimate is probably one of the most current available today. Panlilio et al.