Hands go numb, tingle from trackpad

Did a resolution ever come of this? I have the same exact thing happening to me. I have to switch which fingers I am using when tracking on the trackpad. And with everything finger I use i get the same feeling.. It's very very weird.

I do not think this is related to carpal tunnel syndrome or any other biomechanically related problem.

It seems to be worse the more fingers you place on the trackpad at the same time.

I want to know if it is theoretically possible that we are feeling the electric field(s) generated by the trackpad.

yeah electric field idea sounds about right to me. because even when I'm away from my computer for a few days and come back to it, I instantly feel it. wonder if it's something only very few people can actually feel?

hi guys,
Sadly i developped this syndrome too.

i used the pad nonstop sometimes... i work as designer and graphic artist.

cant use that trackpad ever again. 😟 Doctors couldnt detect anything or help me jet.. told me to use a mouse.

i have now a constant numbness and tingle feeling in index joint one and two and sometimes it spreads to middle finger. it slowly fades away when i stop working on the laptop and do other stuff.. but i cant help its my job to use a laptop..

sometimes it realy hurts and i cant even draw a sillyface the way i want.

im lefthanded... are other lefties here with the same problem?

im lucky i m a bit both handed.. so i can use a mouse easy with my right hand.

in hope to find a solution..

bye

I have a similar symptom that I"m very curous about.

The tingling I get is not as extreme as the OP describes, but it is a tingling on the corner of my middle finger, the finger I use to move the cursor around the most.

It beomes highly irritating after awhile so I simply switch fingers.

Sort of feels like I'm being shocked in that part of my finger. Although, the finger spot still feels tingly as I type this now.

Now that others are feeling the same thing I guess it's not something that has to do with me alone but something to do with the laptop trackpad.

I've been using my macbook pro for over a year now and the tingling started about a week ago.

I just bought my macbook about two months ago. I've got a burning sensation to my fingertips, too. As if there's an electronomagnetic tingling-vibration whenever I glide my fingers over the trackpad.

I a a left hander like yzorg, and have a macbook since about 8 months. my right hand uses the trackpad. I have been suffering terrible pain for about 6 months, with all of the symptoms people describe above. This plus your info about Apple replacing the Macbook, leads me to believe it is worth it for me to now get a specialist lawyer and doctor to do lab tests here in Thailand (affordable here), and prove that Aple are at fayult for turning me into an invalid who can not use a keyboard or trackpad anymore, but has to use siri to type with, and cant even make a sandwich without droping the first 2 attempts on the floor. Its got worse and is like parkinsons disease or something. It gets worse and worse the longer i use the trackpad, i found this thread doing a search for numb hands + macbook air because i thought it is the thinness of the front edge as i put my thumb under the bottom side of the macbook, and my fingers on top of the trackpad. Now i dont think it has anything to do with the sharp thin edge being a blood or nerve circuit breaker, as i have notice electrical tensions in the device and the fact that the pain and numbness begins as soon as i start to work with the macbook trackpad. Using a mouse reduces it instantly lightening the pain.

Apple are damaging people's limbs with 98% certainty reading the gathered shared data here in this thread. It remains only to prove it in a court of Law, which is something my damaged hands are willing to invest in medical and legal assistance to prove it. If i fund provable data, i shall not onbly publish it here on the forums, i will also take Apple to Court and Sue them for the loss of my Hands. I have enough money to make such a move, and my hands are destoryed. Now i know why and who is responsible, and must onlyn prove it in a court of law.Owning the device at blame, i have enough proof for to investigate and find.

Me too. I haven't had my MacBook long and I thought I was going mad at first. I am left handed and my whole left hand tingles as soon as I start using my MacBook and it travels up my arm. My arm and wrist feel heavy afterwards. I tend to rest my left hand on the side of the track pad. It is tingling now as I write this. The other day my 6 year old daughter came up to me when I was on my laptop and every time I touched her we both could feel a weird electrical sensation. Ive never experienced anything like it before. She said 'What is that mummy?' I said I don't know sweetie, it feels like an electrical current'. It wasn't an electric shock, it was just a weird tingling/vibration electrical current passing between us. Very weird and very worrying.

Leesa028 wrote:

Me too. I haven't had my MacBook long and I thought I was going mad at first. I am left handed and my whole left hand tingles as soon as I start using my MacBook and it travels up my arm. My arm and wrist feel heavy afterwards. I tend to rest my left hand on the side of the track pad. It is tingling now as I write this. The other day my 6 year old daughter came up to me when I was on my laptop and every time I touched her we both could feel a weird electrical sensation. Ive never experienced anything like it before. She said 'What is that mummy?' I said I don't know sweetie, it feels like an electrical current'. It wasn't an electric shock, it was just a weird tingling/vibration electrical current passing between us. Very weird and very worrying.

That is indicative of improper grounding (or "earthing" ). It's generally harmless, though it does field weird. It's not uncommon in iOS devices. Does this happen with all outlets? Or just the one? If it happens with just the one, you may need to have it check by an electrician. If it happens with all, I'd take the MacBook and the charger to your the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store (make an appointment first) and have them take a look at it.

I'm having the same experience. It used to take longer for my fingers to start numbing and tingling when I use my Apple iPhone. I'm able to text less and less now. Once, my smart phone actually bit me. My fingers were hurting but I wanted to finish a game, so I ignored the pain. Suddenly, it felt like something reached out and grabbed my whole hand. It felt something like a numbness coupled with an electrical shock. It really frightened me.

It's not tennis elbow, nor is it anything that happens any other time. It's worse when I play games, so I'm thinking the amount of radiation might be higher in more complex screens.

Telling my doctor won't help unless he has experienced the same thing... all he will do is order a bunch of useless tests. It has to be the phone. It's not a health issue; it's an iPhone issue. The powers that be don't want to recognize the problem because they don't want to validate problems that will cause sales to drop. It's cheaper for them to wait and settle lawsuits when the phones blow up and someone is badly injured, or their house burns down. Any thoughts?

Pat2hig wrote:

It's not tennis elbow, nor is it anything that happens any other time. It's worse when I play games, so I'm thinking the amount of radiation might be higher in more complex screens.

Telling my doctor won't help unless he has experienced the same thing... all he will do is order a bunch of useless tests. It has to be the phone. It's not a health issue; it's an iPhone issue.

Nonsense. Has your doctor had every illness you've ever had? Does the fact that they have not mean they are unable to diagnose and treat? If that were the case, there's be a whole lot of male obstetricians out of work. It would mean oncologists who've never had cancer would be unfit to diagnose it. Tests that don't turn up anything are still useful in that they rule out things, thus narrowing down the possibilities.

If you're experiencing pain, you have a health problem. You can ignore it in favor of conspiracy theories with no scientific validity. Or, you can see your doctor.

At a guess (I'm not a doctor), the reason that your hands hurt more the longer you play a game is because you're using your hands more and for longer in ways that tend to result in cramps and overuse. The very small amounts of non-ionizing EMF radiation produced by consumer electronics cannot cause the sort of problems you're describing. At most, it will make your hands warm or hot as the phone heats up when playing games for long periods of time.

Sorry, but the glass surface can't explain this discomfort. I've covered my whole pad with a plastic sheet, but I still get terribly irritated. I'm an author and teacher, and spend most of my day on my laptop. This allergic response is making me miserable. The tingling (yes, that's the best word to describe it, like hundreds of tiny pinpricks all over the palms and fingers) gets worse at night, and I am truly at an impasse. I love my work, can't give it up. Can't afford a new computer. As soon as I can, though, good-bye Macbook Air! I've scoured the internet for a solution, haven't found it. If anyone has a solution, please, please share it!

I get the exact same thing. Have used a Sony Vaio S before for 4 years without any sign of this. After a few days with the macbook air it is getting unbearable. Now I don't know how to do since I am pretty sure this will not be recognized as an error that allows return of the laptop. Also, I think the laptop is great otherwise.

I think it unlikely that there is any electrical activity to blame here, as the trackpad surface is glass. However, that the palm(s) may be resting on the lower part of the case, near a relatively sharp edge, it can certainly cause a pressure induced nerve pinching or pressure that can indeed manifest into a bothersome feeling like you describe.