She was suffering from paralytic ileus and a lung infection. Rare reports of fatal paralytic ileus associated with abdominal distention have been made. Oral polio vaccines cause about three cases of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis per million doses given. The likelihood of developing paralytic polio increases with age, as does the extent of paralysis. Residual complications of paralytic polio often occur following the initial recovery process. Examples include paralytic, neurotoxic, and diarrhoetic shellfish poisoning. Several options are available in the case of paralytic ileus. Detection of virus in the CSF is diagnostic of paralytic polio, but rarely occurs. The molecular mechanisms by which poliovirus causes paralytic disease are poorly understood. This toxin is a powerful neurotoxin and a strong paralytic. Some species that prey on bivalve molluscs can transmit paralytic shellfish poisoning. Fears that it was the paralytic type of polio appear to have been unfounded. One such poison is saxitoxin, a powerful paralytic neurotoxin. This article lists people who had the paralytic form of polio. Surviving paralytic polio can be a life-changing experience.