OCULAR VASOSPASM .1. FUNCTIONAL DISTURBANCE OF CIRCULATION IN THE VISUAL-SYSTEM - A WORKING HYPOTHESIS

Patients with normal-tension-glaucoma and with visual field defects of non-known origin, often suffer from mild vasospasm in the fingers. The observation of the fact that such visual field defects can often be provocated by coldness or emotional stress and that these defects can very often be reduced by a treatment of the vasospasm led to the hypothesis that a functional dysregulation of the circulation in the visual system might occur.