Understanding What Vitamin Deficiency Causes Nutritional Melalgia?
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In historical cases, such as those among World War II prisoners of war, a diet severely lacking in nutrients led to nutritional melalgia, a painful condition. This neuralgic syndrome, known commonly as "burning feet," is most directly linked to a pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) deficiency, though other B-vitamin insufficiencies often coexist.
