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					Originally Posted by  icehog3
					 
				 
				I was in the hospital for a week on a couple mega-anti-biotics. Long story on how it got so bad, but my orthopedic said another day and we would have been chancing amputation. 
			
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 Never thought about that angle from wearing gloves.  I had similar story with cellulitis I caught in Portugal.  If it weren't for a doctor I was travelling with, my leg (or me) could've been gone.
It never occurred to me to prevent that with gloves in the gym... 25+ years in the gym and I learn something new.  
Gloves to me prevent toughening of the hands and development of grip, but I guess that is not as important as preventing sickness…