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.
Admission to a hospital in 2004 for a principal diagnosis of diabetes cost an average of $7600 (estimated true cost-note, prices would have been higher), and required a 5.3 day length of stay. Average age was 53, with two-thirds coming through the Emergency room (ED).HRQ Statistical Brief #60 identifies the average cost (estimated using cost-to-charge ratios) for tuberculosis (TB) hospitalization was $20,100 in 2006 (prices would be higher), with a 96.4% in-hospital survival rate (3.6% died).