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.

gumede utsi timphawu netinkhomba tesitfutfwane tiyehlukahlukana, kantsi futsi tingatetfula ngetindlela letinyenti letehlukahlukene, kufaka ekhatsi kucaleka lokubitwa ngeabsence seizures (ipetit mal), umuntfu abukeka alahlekile ngekwengcondvo abuke ndzawonye; kucaleka lokubitwa ngetonicclonic (igrand mal), lokucala ngekoma nekucina kwemtimba, ngembi kwekutsi umuntfu awe bese uyanklinklita; kanye nekucaleka lokubitwa ngecomplex partial seizures, lokutsikameta incenye yengcondvo.
