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Sunburn: What Is, Symptoms, Degrees, and First Aid

What is Sunburn?

Sunburn occurs due to solar radiation’s unfavorable and long-term effects on the skin. When the amount of UVB radiation reaches such a high level that the pigment responsible for skin color (melanin) loses its protective properties against excessive radiation, painful, often exudative skin lesions appear. That’s what sunburn is.

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