Lockdowns, despite their conflicting restrictions and consequences they might offer when enforced as a national strategy, are deemed to be suggestive for a prompt conquer to the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) outbreak. There have been some success stories such as in China, South Korea and our ASEAN member fellow, Vietnam, which exhibited extremely fallen numbers of COVID-19 cases post the enforcement of lockdown. Indonesia, however, remains in the crux of dispute whether or not the lockdown is opted to force COVID-19 transmission down under control. We, in this respect, employ the most popular model which has been broadly applied in the field of epidemiology, referred to as SEIRD (Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, Recovered, and Death), the extension form of an age-structured SEIR, where the Death (D) is included to provide more factual situation. We modify the I (Infectious) fraction as symp-tomatic (Is) and asymptomatic (Ia) infectives. There are three lockdown scenarios simulated in our modified SEIRD with the starting date are 26 April 2020 when the immediate lockdown was enacted-and a-week and two-week-gaps, respectively. We figured out that by stipulating the lockdown without delay (26 April 2020), the new cases could be kept below 10,000. A week delay escalates case number to 5,000 and delay for one more week results in beyond 20,000 new cases. Furthermore, when the intervention is delayed following the delayed lockdown, normalization would demand a longer period within which dealing with more critical and dying patients is unavoidable and should be more anticipated.
Lymphedema is a debilitating chronic disease that mostly develops as an adverse reaction to cancer treatment modalities such as chemotherapy, surgery, and radiotherapy. Lymphedema also appears to be a deteriorating consequence of roundworm infections, as best represented by filariasis. According to its origin, lymphedema is classified as primary lymphedema and acquired lymphedema. The latter is an acquired condition that, hitherto, received a considerably low attention owing to the less number of fatal cases been reported. Notably, despite the low mortality rate in lymphedema, it has been widely reported to reduce the disease-free survival and thus the quality of life of affected patients. Hence, in this review, we focused on acquired lymphedema and orchestration of molecular interplays associated with either stimulation or inhibition of lymphedema development that were, in vast majority, clearly depicted in animal models with their specific and distinct technical approaches. We also discussed some recent progress made in phytochemical-based anti-lymphedema intervention strategies and the specific mechanisms underlying their anti-lymphedema properties. This review is crucial to understand not only the comprehensive aspects of the disease but also the future directions of the intervention strategies that can address the quality of life of affected patients rather than alleviating apparent symptoms only.
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