ABSTRACT
PIP: 68 men and 16 women with venereal warts, who had previously been treated with podophyllin, cryotherapy, electrocautery, and surgical incision, were treated with autohaemotherapy. The patients were selected at random from patients at the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Department of the Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, India, from July 1987-December 1988. Autohaemotherapy is an old nonspecific treatment for chronic diseases such as inflammatory dermatoses. It involves drawing 5-10 ml venous blood from the antecubital vein and injecting it immediately into the gluteal region. Treatments were repeated weekly 3-10 times in these patients. 36.9% were completely cured, with recurrence in 2. 75% of the women, including 3 pregnant women, responded, but only 28% of the men improved. None of the women with warts on the cervix or inner thighs improved, but all women with warts on the vagina or urinary meatus were cured.^ieng
