dr gumede says the signs and symptoms of epilepsy vary, and can present in various ways, including generalised absence seizures (petit mal), when a person looks blank and stares; generalised tonicclonic seizures (grand mal), which commonly start with body stiffening, before the person falls down and has jerking movements; and complex partial seizures, which affect a part of the brain.

ugqr gumede uthi iimpawu zesathuthwane ziyahluka, kwaye zinokubonakala ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, kuquka ukuxhuzula okubizwa ngegeneralised absence seizures (ipetit mal), xa umntu ebonakala ngathi uhanjelwe ingqondo kwaye ethe phuhlu amehlo; ukuxhuzula okubizwa ngetonicclonic seizures (igrand mal), edla ngokuqala ngokuqina komzimba, ngaphambi kokuba umntu awe phantsi aze abeneentshukumo zokuxhuzula; kunye noku xhuzula okuyicomplex partial seizures, okuchaphazela icala lengqondo.
