is having a seizure painful
Signs and Symptoms of Seizures. Signs and symptoms are not the same things. A sign is a clinical feature of a disease or condition that the doctor looks for. It is something that can be seen or measured. A symptom is something the patient feels or complains about, like fatigue or pain. Symptoms cannot be directly observed. Both signs and symptoms are assessed in order to make a diagnosis . Often, a child having a generalized seizure will not remember anything about it and cannot describe her symptoms.