SEPTA began operating its commuter rail division (as SEPTA Regional Rail) on January 1, 1983. This division operates 13 lines serving more than 150 stations covering most of the five-county southeastern Pennsylvania region.
According to research, children are bitten by ticks more frequently around the head and neck, making them more vulnerable to brain and central nervous system infections. The resulting neurologic symptoms of Lyme disease are often misdiagnosed. Lyme Disease can also be transmitted to a child during pregnancy. Lyme pediatric specialist Charles Ray Jones, MD and other leading Lyme specialists have compiled a list of common symptoms of infection in young patients:
lyme disease facts lyme disease is a bacterial illness that is spread by tick bites lyme disease can affect the skin joints heart and the nervous system lyme disease occurs in phases with the early phase beginning at the site of the tick bite with an expanding ring of redness lyme disease is diagnosed based on the patient s clinical signs of illness and the detection of antibodies to the causative bacteria in the blood lyme disease is treated with antibiotics