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.
Key Facts About Diabetes and Its Complications. 1  National inpatient hospital costs for diabetes with complications were nearly $3.8 billion in 2001. 2  The risk of hospitalization from cardiovascular disease is two to four times higher for women with diabetes as compared to women without diabetes. With appropriate primary care for diabetes complications, nearly $2.5 billion in hospital costs might have been averted, with significant potential savings obtained in Medicare ($1.3 billion of total costs) and Medicaid ($386 million of total costs).