The difference between an intestinal adenoma and a polyp is mainly the nature of the disease, the treatment options, and so on. 1. Nature of disease (1) Intestinal adenomas are neoplastic diseases, a large proportion of them are inflammatory tumors, if the adenomas exist for a long time, there is a risk of cancer. (2) Intestinal polyp is an inflammatory disease, after the intestines are stimulated locally, the mucosa will produce inflammatory hyperplasia which leads to intestinal polyp. 2.Treatment (1) Intestinal adenomas can only be treated by surgical resection of the localized lesion or resection of the intestinal segment. If intestinal adenomas deteriorate and become malignant tumors, postoperative chemotherapy is needed on top of surgery, and the surgery needs to be changed to radical surgery for intestinal cancer. (2) Generally speaking, intestinal polyps do not require any special treatment. Eliminating the factors that irritate the intestines can relieve the symptoms, or may lead to a cure. If there is no significant improvement, it is recommended to go to the hospital for systematic diagnosis and treatment by professional doctors. The above is the general difference between intestinal adenoma and polyp, and it is recommended that patients who are not feeling well should go to regular hospitals in time for examination to clarify their conditions and give reasonable treatment as early as possible.