instruction: hello doctor I was wondering if I have a reaction to cardboard and or the chemicals in them about eight months ago I started working in a warehouse working with cardboard boxes after about a week my fingers started to tingle and bother me best way to describe it if you fall asleep on your hand the only thing that would help was to ice them after I stopped working there within a week or two everything was back to normal I recently started working with boxes again and the same exact thing is happening to my fingers so is there something in the cardboard that I have a reaction to I wear work gloves ot pain pills did not help bio freeze help a little is there anything I need to do for this to go away
output: hi well the sort of complaints you are saying looks more of a nerve compression than an allergic reaction allergies are common at workplace where you deal with new stuffs but in allergy you get more of skin eruptions and peeling contact dermatitis since you have more symptoms of tingling and numbness it fits in more with nerve compression probably due to fine motor movements you have to do which compresses the nerve something like carpal tunnel syndrome to confirm this we need to do nav nerve conduction velocity studies meanwhile I would suggest you wear a wrist band while working to prevent the nerve from getting pressed you can read up on the internet about it and let me know if your symptoms match this