Topical application of a 10% tea tree oil cream works about as well as tolnaftate 1% cream (Genaspor, Tinactin, Ting, and others) for relieving symptoms of athlete's foot, including scaling, inflammation, itching, and burning. However, the 10% tea tree oil cream doesn't seem to cure the infection.
Only 80 children in the world currently have the condition, including 18 in the United States, according to the Progeria Research Foundation. Children are born seemingly healthy, but start aging dramatically by the age of 2. On average, they die at 13.
Children Living With Progeria: Inside Their World. When we first met Lindsay Ratcliffe, she was just like any other first grader, who loved ponies, Legos and running the bases at the T-Ball game in her hometown of Flat Rock, Mich. But at 20 pounds and 36 inches, she was not an ordinary six-year-old. Lindsay has a rare and fatal disease called progeria -- derived from the Greek word for prematurely old -- which makes her body age eight to 10 times faster than normal children.