A Quantification of the Effects of Medical Hypnosis in the Treatment of High Intraocular Pressure

In the current report, the conditions, procedures and results of a treatment with medical hypnosis are presented. The single case pilot study is the result of a cooperation between ophthalmology and medical hypnosis. After a surgical adverse occurrence led to different complications and an escalation of intraocular pressure, the ophthalmologic treatment of a patient was supplemented by medical hypnosis. Measurements of intraocular pressure at different times before and after the hypnosis treatment made it possible to quantify the effects of the hypnosis intervention. In a 17-month follow-up period, 43 measurements were taken and control results were obtained. After intraocular pressure escalations up to a damaging degree within the initial situation, the measured values stabilized at a low average intraocular pressure with no further escalations. Besides a stabilized lower intraocular pressure, active coping and relieved feelings on the part of the patient were obtained. (Please find a German translation attached on p. 24.)