Dermatology with 630+ answers. Sunburn is caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation damage to your skin. Too much UV damages your skin cellâs DNA, and your immune system responds by killing off the bad cells. Because UV radiation doesnât penetrate (unlike X-rays for example), it damages only the surface layer of your skin.
With chronic pancreatitis, the pancreas may eventually stop producing the enzymes that are necessary for your body to digest and absorb nutrients. This is called exocrine failure and fat and protein are not digested or absorbed.
Almost all pancreatic enzymes are secreted in an inactive form to prevent autodigestion. (Remember, pancreas literally means eats all flesh.) Inactive forms of enzymes end in gen, e.g. trypsinogen. If the pancreatic enzymes were in the active form inside the pancreas, they would literally digest the pancreas itself.