A person that was diagnosed with diplopia died 2 months after the diagnose. What could have caused her death?

Question:

This happened in 1917.
She was diagnosed with diplopia and two months later died.
What could the reason be?
Paralysis also affected her body.
Also, if you could elaborate in the whole process of the possible decease or cause (how could have been these 2 months for this specific person) I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!

Answers:
Diplopia is a symptom that could be caused by many things:

* Brain tumor
* Multiple sclerosis
* Myasthenia gravis
* Graves' ophthalmopathy
* Botulism
* Microvascular infarction
* Internal carotid aneurysm
* Brainstem infarct
* Neurosyphilis
* Sarcoidosis
* Orbital cellulitis
* Sphenoid sinusitis
* Ophthalmoplegic migraine (type of Migraine)
* Temporal arteritis
* Medication side effect

Her death may also have been unrelated to the diplopia. (People can have a neurologic disease, and drop dead of a heart attack. They die WITH the disease, not OF the disease.)

It's really hard to speculate without further information.

Other Answers:
Could it be diphtheria? That's a pretty serious illness that was more common back then. Diplopia means double vision, and I don't think you can die of just diplopia. You can look up diphtheria on Google or in an encyclopedia.

The reason could be myasthenia gravis--a condition in which antibodies r formed against muscles. But, this is a progressive condition, & I don't know if death can occur at such a short notice, which generally occurs because of respiratory paralysis.
The second possible cause is 'THROTOXICOSIS'. In this there's excess thyroxine in blood (produced by the thyroid gland), due to which proteins present in the muscles r used up & muscles become progressively weak.
It's very much possible that she would've died of a cause unrelated to diplopia, and that it's finding was merely coincidental.

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