The difference between constipation and intestinal obstruction lies in the different conditions, different symptoms, different treatments and so on. 1. Different conditions: constipation is mainly caused by bad dietary habits, bad defecation habits, mental and psychological factors, and organic morbidity; intestinal obstruction is mainly caused by neural inhibition, toxin stimulation, mesenteric vascular embolism, roundworm obstruction, and intestinal foreign body. 2. Symptoms are different: constipation is mainly manifested as a decrease in the number of bowel movements, difficulty in defecation, dry feces, accompanied by blood in the stool, anal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms; intestinal obstruction is usually manifested as abdominal pain, vomiting, abdominal distension, and stopping defecation and defecation. 3. Different treatments: patients with constipation should maintain a reasonable diet, eat more food containing more fiber, but also under the guidance of the doctor, the use of Keserol, lactulose, mosapride, etc., but also through the clean enema or intestinal lavage, etc. for treatment. Patients with intestinal obstruction can be treated by continuous gastrointestinal decompression, intravenous fluids to correct water-electrolyte disorders and acid-base imbalance, prevent infection and poisoning, and also by surgery, commonly used surgeries include intestinal resection and intestinal anastomosis, short-circuit surgery, intestinal stoma, or intestinal extubation. It is recommended that patients go to the regular hospital in time, under the diagnosis of the doctor, according to the patient’s condition, take targeted treatment, life should be a reasonable diet, appropriate exercise, keep the bowel movement.