She struggles with sickle cell anaemia. Teresa Ouma ... My hands developed what is known as dactylitis (painful swelling of the hands and feet due to blockage of blood flow).

Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised ... Swelling: Painful swelling in the hands and feet, known as dactylitis, can occur in infants and young children.

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety of neurological syndromes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attacks ...