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.

dok gumede u vula leswaku swilemukiso ni swikombiso swa switshetshela swa hambana, naswona swi nga tikombisa hi tindlela to hambanahambana, ku katsa ku tlumberiwa ehansi hi ku angarhela (phethithi male), loko munhu a languteka a nga ha titivi kutani a honokile; ku tlumberiwa ehansi hi ku angarhela hikwalaho ka thonikikliloniki (girandi male), leswi hi ntolovelo swi sungulaka hi ku sihalala ka miri, munhu a nga si wela ehansi kutani a hlalahlala; ni ku tlumberiwa ehansi ka xinkadyana ko tika, loku khumbaka xiphemu xo karhi xa byongo.
