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.

udkt gumede uthi izimpawu nezinkomba zesithuthwane ziyahluka, futhi zingaziveza ngezindlela ezahlukene, kubandakanya ukudlikiza kwesikhashana (ipetit mal), uma umuntu kuvele kube mnyama amehlo noma agqolozele esikha leni nje; ukudlikizela okubizwa ngetonicclonic (igrand mal), okujwayele ukuqala ngokuqina komzimba, ngaphambi ko kuthi umuntu awe phansi bese eqala ukudlikizela; kanye namacomplex partial seizures, wona athinta ingxenye yobuchopho.
