Nail bed infection for 4 wks, low potassium, and having on and off chest pain and tightness. why the chest pain and tightness? related symptoms?

See your doctor: If you had a craniotomy for a fungal infection call your brain surgeon. I did not see a medication list but you need to be on a prescription medication for the nail infection or a culture. If your chest pain and tightness is not cardiac and your doctors have assured you it is not, consider costochondritis which is viral. Otherwise it may be anxiety which is more common.

No relation: Nail bed infection and low potassium would not cause chest discomfort. Are the chest symptoms brought on by exertion and relieved by rest? Is there associated shortness of breath, cough, belching and are they worse with a deep breath? I recommend an exam by your physician.

Apparently unrelated: These symptoms are apparently unrelated to each other. Hypokalemia produces symptoms like arrhythmia, muscle cramps/weakness and paralysis depending on its severity. A nail bed infection is localized and can have a bacterial or fungal cause. Finally your chest pain and tightness are signs of angina in an older person but in your case it could be due to anxiety or stress. If they persist see dr.