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.
Overall, the report shows that coronary heart disease and strokes are the most expensive cardiovascular diseases, costing $894 million in direct health system costs (23% of total cardiovascular disease costs) and $630 million (16%) respectively during 1993-94. Average annual health costs per diagnosed diabetic person are around $1,700 for men and $2,100 for women. 2  On average, 29% of these costs are for hospital care, 20% for pharmaceutical drugs, and 14% for medical services.