Resumo (EN)
Objective – To evaluate the hematological and histological changes in Wistar rats submitted to autohemotherapy. Methods – Twelve Wistar rats were divided into 2 groups: case and control. This last one was submitted to autohemotherapy for 4 weeks. Hematological parameters were analyzed and a fragment of the thigh muscle which received injections of blood was submitted to histological analysis. Results – The hematological parameters analyzed did not suffer changes with autohemotherapy. In the histological analysis was observed that there were inflammatory infiltrate and blood in the muscle of animals which belonged to the case group, while the control group showed full muscle without any signs of change. Conclusions – The risk/benefit in the use of autohemotherapy for increase blood cell count shows non-compensatory, due to lack of knowledge about the consequences that the autohemotherapy can cause in the organism.