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.
Although not a perfect solution, these functions can be replaced through insulin injections and oral pancreatic enzymes with meals. Surgery to remove the pancreas completely is rarely done, so very few people have no pancreas at all. Much more common is having a pancreas that doesnât work properly. In people with type 1 diabetes, the pancreas stops making insulin but continues to make digestive enzymes.