Matsalolin gaba ɗaya wani nau'in ciwon farfadiya ne wanda ke shafar kwakwalwa gaba ɗaya. Yana da alaƙa da asarar sani kuma sau da yawa yana haɗawa da juzu'i ko motsin tsoka ba da son rai ba. Lokacin kamawa gabaɗaya, mutum na iya fuskantar alamu kamar taurin kai, motsin motsi, ko asarar mafitsara ko sarrafa hanji. Abubuwan da ba a saba gani ba suna haifar da mummunan aikin lantarki a cikin kwakwalwa, kuma ana iya haifar da su ta hanyoyi daban-daban kamar damuwa, rashin barci, ko wasu magunguna. Akwai nau'i-nau'i iri-iri na rikice-rikice na gabaɗaya, gami da rashi seizures, ƙwayar cuta ta myoclonic, seizures tonic-clonic, da bugun zuciya.