The condition may be divided into three types: short duration watery diarrhoea, short duration bloody diarrhoea, and if it lasts for more than two weeks, persistent diarrhoea.
Kungahlukaniswa kube yizinhlobo ezintathu: uhudo olungamanzi lwesikhathi esifishane, uhudo olunegazi lwesikhathi esifishane, kanti uma kuqhubeka kuze kuphele amasonto angaphezulu kwamabili, kubizwa ngohudo olubeleselayo.