Table 3: Conditions Associated with Sickle Cell Anaemia

Conditions 

No.

Percentage

Malaria                                                     

58

34.3

Osteomyelitis

13

7.7

Septic arthritis                     

7

4.1

Dactylitis

43

25.4

Pneumonia               

18

10.7

Meningitis

5

3

Tuberculosis

3

1.8

Avascular necrosis of the hip bone

2

1.2

Cerobrovascular disease

3

1.8

Retroviral diseases

5

3

Epistasis

1

0.6

Priapism

2

1.2

Hyper-spleenism

6

3.6

Urinary tract infection

12

7.1