The phrase "attack of paralysis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing sudden or severe instances of paralysis, whether in a medical, metaphorical, or literary sense.
Example: "The sudden attack of paralysis left him unable to move, causing panic among his friends."
Alternatives: "episode of paralysis" or "onset of paralysis."
Scrivener after adding 125 pages to his book had an attack of paralysis, as result his work was not wholly conducted upon the same high level as his previous publications.
However, we have performed oral glucose tests to simulate the effect of high-carbohydrate diet on the attack of paralysis.
Twenty-nine patients (21.5%) had a family history of hyperthyroidism in at least one first-degree family member and 33 patients (24.4%) had already been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism prior to their first attack of paralysis.
In 1837, after two attacks of paralysis, shelter was found for him in the charitable asylum of Bon Sauveur, Caen, where he spent his final years.
They are on intimate terms, and Howe is generally credited with having persuaded Roosevelt to return to political life after his attack of infantile paralysis.
In patients, attacks of periodic paralysis can occur after physical exertion, implying a potential link between energy demand and paralysis episodes.
Jeremy Deane, a fellow student at Goldsmiths still suffers regular attacks of sleep paralysis, particularly if his usual sleep pattern has been disrupted.
Another convincing example is the description by Walter Scott of his attack of acute "infantile paralysis" at age 18 months in 1773, which left him with a permanent limp (18).
Hans and his wife and son had been living in the Chelsea Hotel, their domicile after the September 11th attacks, "staying on in a kind of paralysis even after we'd received permission from the authorities to return to our loft in Tribeca".
For each trial, the latency to the first attack, the number of attacks and paralysis latency (time between the first attack and complete immobilization, i.e. when an ant could not raise itself after being touched with forceps) were recorded.
In addition to sleepiness and attacks of muscle weakness, two other common symptoms are brief periods of paralysis while falling asleep or waking up, and hallucinatory experiences that can occur when a person is very sleepy but still technically awake.
