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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.

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