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EARLY ONE SATURDAX
/MORNING, IN A LARGE
CITX PARK...
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HERE Y^»°
CO/MES DEVLIN '
HILL
THIS WILL BE N-
THE TOUGHEST
PART OF THE
&&££ NEXT
WEEK!
P
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-^X ^1^
\n^i
THIS
IS OUR LAST
RUN...
SO LET'S
PUSH IT- }A\
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SOON, ONE OF THE RIDERS BESINS
TO FALL BEHIND THE RACE...
u
WHAT'S WRONS WITH '
JENN/?1 SHE'S USUALLY
WAY AHEAD OF ME!
> J BUT JENN/'S BREATHING
FROBLE/M GETS WORSE...
CANT SEE/M...
TO CATCH /M/ BREATH...
BUT WE ONLX HAVE
A FEW /MORE
,__ /MILES...
/MA/BE I
CAN TOUGH IT
OUT.
UNABLE TO BREATHE PROPERLX, JENNX
LOSES CONTROL OF HER BIKE!
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LUCKILy, DR. /MARK PHILLIPS IS
WALKING NEARBY WITH HIS COG...
AHEAD.' WHAT
3 I CO?.'
SHORTL/IT JENNY, SIT UP
1 AGAINST THIS TREE,
AND TRX TO RELAX.'
CAN I
DO ANYTHING,
DOCTOR?
/OUR BIKE,
CALL FOR HELP, AND
LEAD THE PARA/MEDICS
BACK HERE WHEN
ARRIVE
THERE'S
AN E/MERGENCy PHONE
ABOUT A /MILE UP THE
TRAIL I WAS ON...
MIGHT
5COI\
OPINION FRO/V\
PHILLIPS NOW HAS
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k«
QUICK, SURGE.'
LET'S HURRX DOWN
THIS WINDPIPE!
WHX THE
•%'
JENN/'S H/AVING
TROUBLE BREATHING! WE
NEED TO TAKE /A CLOSER
LOOK AT HER LUNGS!
WHERE ARE
WE NOW, CAP?
AS THE/ ENTER ONE
OP THE LUNGS...
\
I/'''
WHAT'S
THE SWISS
EFFECT,
WITH
CHEESE
CAP?
THIS IS WHERE
THE WINDPIPE SPLITS INTO
TWO /MAJOR AIRWAXS-
ONE FOR EACH
LUNG!
UL
THE AIRWAX
BRANCHES OUT INTO
S/MALLER AND SMALLER
TUBES CALLED
BRONCHIOLES.
THE TINIEST AIR TUBES
END WITH LITTLE /<«e •£<(£&
CALLED ALVEOLI. THERE ARE
/MILLIONS OF AIR SACS IN A
HU/MAN LUNG!
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WHAT
HAPPENS IN
THE /AIR SACS,
CAP?
THE
SACS ARE
SURROUNDED BY
SMALL BLOOD
VESSELS.
/-*w
THEN WHEN YOU
BREATHE 0Z/T, YOU GET
RID OF THE CARBON
DIOXIDE!
WHEN YOU BREATHE
INTO THE AIR SACS, CARBON
DIOXIDE FRO/M THE BLOOD IS
TRADED FOR FRESH OXYGEN
FRO/M THE AIR!
RIGHT,
SURGE!
CAP AND SURGE CONTINUE
THE AIRWA/'S WALLS BEGIN TO.
GEEZ, CAP!
THESE WALLS ARE
TWITCHING LIKE
CRAZY!
THIS LUNG /MUST BE
NERVOUS ABOUT HAVING
TWO CELEBRITIES FLYING
THROUGH IT!
VER/ FUNNX
SURGE--BUT THIS TWITCHING
COULD BE A SERIOU:
PROBLE/M FOR JENN
DO YOU SEE
HOW //Vf&4/H£P THE
WALLS ARE? THAT TENDERNESS
/MAKES THE /MUSCLES AROUND
HER AIRWAyS SQUEEZE
^ CLOSED
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HOLD ON
SURGE!
THE WALLS
ARE CAVING IN
ON ma\
THE /MUSCLES ARE
CONSTRICTING AROUND
THE AIRWAX-- AL/WOST LIKE
A FIST SQUEEZING A
DRINKING STRAW!
USING ALL THE STRENGTH OF HIS
BIO-FIELD, CAP SLOWL/ PUSHES
APART THE WALLS OF THE AIRWAX..
QUICK, SUR6E--
/v\ove OUT
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THANKS, CAP!
I COULD HARDLY
BREATHE!
EXACTLY HOW
JBNNY FEELS!
S//MPTO/WS INDICATE
THAT JENNX IS HAVING AN
EPISODE!
IS THERE ALWA/5
I SO /MUCH OF THIS
THIS STICK/
STUFF IS
AND THERE ff A
LOT /MORE THAN
USUAL!
BUT WHAT
CAUSED IT?
DIFFERENT PEOPLE
ARE SENSITIVE TO DIFFERENT
SECONDHAND S/WOKE,
/MOLD, ANI/MAL DANDER, AND
EVEN EXERCISE ARE JUST
A FEW.
WITHOUT WARNING, A HUGE BLOB
BARRELS OUT OF A NEARBX AIRWAX
^H ER... CAP
IS THAT WHAT I
NO TI/ME
TO AVOID IT
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WHERE DO
THINK ALL
THAT GUNK CA/WE
FRO/W, CAP?
, /MUCUS
IN THE AIRWA/S HELPS FILTER
PARTICLES UNTIL WE COUGH OR
SNEEZE THE/M OUT OF
THE LUNGS.
BUT IF
yOU HAVE ASTH/MA,
THE AIR WE BREATHE BY STICKING TO W THe LUNGS
TO TRIGGERS, PRODUCING
/MORE /MUCUS THAN
USUAL.
M-
SO/METWES IT
CAN FOR/M P4MS3
THAT BLOCK THE
AIRWAyS...
\
o
IN THIS CASE,
JENN/'S COUGHING
/MADE THE PLUG BREAK
LOOSE!
AN/WAX, NOW
THAT WE KNOW ABOUT
JENN/'S PROBLE/M, I NEED
TO GET BACK AND
TREAT IT!
DR. PHILLIPS REE/MERGES
AND RACES TO JENN/'S
SIDE...
SEE /A,
CAP!
GOOD) THE
PARA/MEDICS
ARE HERE!
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LATER, AT THE HOSPITAL,
DR. PHILLIPS CHECKS IN
ON JENNy...
HOW ARE you
FEELING, JENNy?
I WISH I KNEW
WHAT CAUSED /MX
ASTH/MA ATTACK,
WELL,
WHAT ARE /OUR
TRIGGERS?
EXERCISE AND
COLD WEATHER ARE
TWO OF THE/M.
JENNX IF yOU TAKE
yOUR /MEDICATION AS
PRESCRIBED IT WILL
HELP PREVENT FUTURE
ASTH/MA EPISODES.
AND HAVE
XOU BEEN TAKING
ASTH/V\A
/MEDICATION?5
AND By USING yOUR
PEAK FLOW /METER
REGULARLX yOU CAN
/MONITOR
ASTH/MA
AL/MOST ALWAyS.'
BUT BETWEEN SCHOOLWORK
AND PRACTICE, I SO/METI/MES
FORGET.
WELL...
I GUESS/W
FRIENDS WERE RIGHT.
HAVING ASTH/MA AND
PLAyiNG SPORTS JUST
DON'T /MIX.
I NEVER
USED TO THINK
ABOUT BREATHING.
NOW THAT'S Stet
I DO.
I /MEAN, I WAS
A GOOD ATHLETE UNTIL
I FOUND OUT THAT I
HAVE ASTH/MA.
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JENNX YOU
SHOULDN'T QUIT
RACING JUST BECAUSE
HAVE ASTHMA!
THERE
MANY ATHLETES- INCLUDING
OLYMP\C CHAMPIONS-- WHO LEAD
PRODUCTIVE LIVES DESPITE
HAVING ASTHMA!
JUST NEED
TO /MAKE ASTHMA
/MANAGE/WENT PART OF
TRAINING
ROUTINE.
AS FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO DOUBT yOU, JUST TELL
THE/W THAT yOU CAN TAKE
OF youR
ASTHMA!
IF yOU FOLLOW
yOUR ASTHMA /MANAGE/WENT
PLAN, yOU SHOULD BE ABLE
TO CO/WPETE
SPORT!
BUT DO yOU THINK
I'LL BE READy TO
CO/WPETE IN THE
NEXT WEEK
JENNX ARE
SURE yOU WANT TO
KEEP RACING? WHAT IF
HAVE ANOTHER
ASTHMA ATTACK?
ONE DAy THE FOLLOWING
SO, IS JENNy
REALLy GOING
TO RACE ON
SATURDAy?
WEEK, AFTER SCHOOL...
THATS WHAT
SHE TOLD /1AE
T/V\ GOING TO
MY ASTHMA,
JA/WES. I'M NOT GOING TO
LET /T CONTROL /ME!
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WELL, I
THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD
\ \DBA TO LET SO/MEONE
V WITH ASTHMA JOIN
THE TEA/W.
JENNX! UH,
SORRX.. NOTHING
WHAT IF SHE
BLOWS IT FOR US
ON SATURC-AX!
PONT WORRX
I WONT!
BUT NOW I CAN
PEAL WITH /V\y ASTH/MA" \ll
ANO SO SHOULD
WE'RE GOING
THE SCENERX
SEE/MS A LOT NICER
THAN THE LAST TI/ME I
WAS HERE...
ONLy A /MILE TO
GO! TI/ME TO GET
SERIOUS
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JENNy.' YOU
TOOK FIRST PLACE IN
/OUR AGE GROUP!
WAY TO SO!
THANKS/ AND
WE WON THE TEA/W
COMPETITION TOO.'
IT'S A 60OD
THINS YOU DIDN'T TAKE
Aiy ADVICE AND QUIT
AFTER LAST WEEK!
HEX ALL
I DID WAS OFFER
SO/WE ADVICE!
THE ONE WHO
DECIDED TO TAKE
CONTROL OF
ASTHMA!
%?&t
/
CONGRATULATIONS,
JENNy!
- PHILLIPS! W
\ -v) H THANK yOU- THANKS
;^^/ R FOR EVERyTHINS!
IT WOULDNT
HAVE HAPPENED
WITHOUT you
NOW WE CAN
BREATHE
EASIER!
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During normal breathing, the airways
to the lungs are open wide, allowing air
to pass through freely.
But when you have asthma,
the airways are extra sensitive
to certain "triggers."
LEARN ALL YOU
CAN ABOUT ASTHMA. \TS>
/OUR FIRST STEP TOWARD*
CLEARING THE
These triggers
cause airway changes,
and a person may
experience shortness
of breath, wheezing,
and coughing.
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