Uma igciwane selidluliselwe, kuba nesigaba lapho umuntu onaleli gciwane angabonisi zimpawu. Lokhu kubizwa ngesigaba uthule, futhi lesi sakamuva sithatha phakathi kwezinsuku ezi-2 nezingu-21. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, akunakwenzeka ukubona igciwane egazini ngoba liphansi kakhulu, futhi umuntu akakwazi ukwelashwa.

Bese kuvela izimpawu zokuqala eziyinhloko zesifo segciwane le-Ebola. Izimpawu ezinhlanu ezisobala kakhulu yilezi:

• Ukuqala ngokuzumayo kwemfiva enamandla, ehambisana nokugodola;
• Uhudo;
• Ukuphalaza;
• Ukukhathala okukhulu kakhulu;
• Ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwesifiso sokudla (i-anorexia).

Ezinye izimpawu zingase zibe khona:

• ikhanda;
• ubuhlungu bemisipha;
• ubuhlungu obuhlangene;
• ubuthakathaka;
• ukucasuka komphimbo;
• ubuhlungu besisu;

Futhi uma kwenzeka ukucindezeleka:

• ukukhwehlela;
• ukuqubuka kwesikhumba;
• ubuhlungu besifuba;
• Amehlo abomvu;
• ukwehluleka kwezinso kanye ne-hepatic;
• ukopha kwangaphakathi nangaphandle.