India, July 12 -- The liver is a vital organ that is essential for not just digestion but also detoxification of the body. It produces bile, which helps the small intestine to break down and absorb fats and fat-soluble vitamins. It also filters the blood of toxins, alcohol, drugs, and byproducts from normal metabolism.

As such, if the functioning of the liver is impaired for any reason, it results in noticeable symptoms. Taking to Instagram on July 11, Dr Kunal Sood, a Maryland-based physician in anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine, listed five such symptoms and explained each of them. They are presented as follows.

According to Dr Sood, fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of chronic liver disease.

"It may reflect ch...