Which is more serious, cysts or polyps?

Both polyps and cysts are very common benign lesions in clinical practice, and generally smaller polyps and cysts do not cause serious effects on the body. Which is more serious, polyps or cysts, need to be judged according to different situations. First, if the cyst grows around larger blood vessels and joints, once the size of the cyst increases, it will compress the important blood vessels and joint activities. In this case, the cysts are more serious than polyps and need to be removed surgically as soon as possible. Second, for polyps in the process of slow growth, once the signs of cancer, or cause progressive aggravation of the body bleeding performance. In this case, the polyp has a more serious impact on the human body and requires endoscopic polypectomy or even laparoscopic bowel resection as soon as possible to further eradicate the polyp.