Pain of ‘invisible’ TB that presents no cough

Judith Karuitha, whose condition was misdiagnosed as cancer. She had TB of the spine. [Courtesy]

Forty-two-year-old Judith Karuitha sits on a bench at the Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital, her head supported by a folded Maasai shuka. She is happy that she can walk on her own.

“I was in a bad state; I was just in bed. People would carry me around because it was even hard to move my hand,” she says.