Hands go numb, tingle from trackpad

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.

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 cant believe I googled this and found so many complaints about this. I thought I was going crazy.

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.

My fiance and I have made a grave discovery. When I am touching my trackpad and she touches my face she gets the same mild electric resistance that has been discussed on this forum. Then, when she was touching her trackpad, I found the same resistance while touching her cheek. We wonder how many tumors we will have in ten years.

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.

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.

Which fingers are numb? If they're the thumb, index finger, and thumb-half of the middle finger, you are experienceing compression of the median nerve - very likely from carpal tunnel syndrome. You would need to see a hand surgeon or orthopedist for a diagnosis - and a hand surgeon for treatment.

Does tapping on the middle of your wrist (palm side) induce tingling? That's another test for median nerve compression?

If you use a mouse with the MacBook Air does it go away?

Well, the status right now is that I am trying to figure out if the feeling is due to electricity (or similar) from the trackpad or if it is from bad hand posture. Thanks for all the answers and I will write here again when I think I have a more precise hypothesis.