Causes of Death: Paralysis

Question

I'm researching a family for a one-place study I started doing a couple of months ago.  Two of the children died within a month of each other, aged 9 and 10 respectively.  The cause of death is listed as "Paralysis."  Has anyone come across that and is there any conjecture around what that might actually mean?

Answer 1

Polio causes death by paralysis, so it could be polio.

Comments

Or what we now know as Guillame Barre

Answer 2

The ones I came across was mostly elderly or middle aged, It usually means a stroke for them. But children it was probably what Mary and Marion said.

Answer 3

Infant Paralysis, lengthy answer on Google.Cervical cord

Brain injury and others.