Intestinal obstruction is not hereditary or is not a genetic disease. Intestinal obstruction is not a separate disease, because there are various causes of intestinal obstruction, including mucus intestinal obstruction, mechanical intestinal obstruction, and strangulated intestinal obstruction. In other words, intestinal obstruction is a clinical syndrome caused by the inability of the intestinal contents to pass out of the intestinal lumen smoothly due to various different reasons, and is only a symptom. The clinical definition of genetic disease is a specific disease that manifests itself because of abnormalities in the chromosomes or base pairs of the body. In the case of intestinal obstruction, there is no abnormality in the chromosomes or base pairs of the body, so it is not a genetic disease, that is, obstruction is not a genetic disease.