In the usual outpatient clinic, we often come across some patients say: “Doctor, I have constipation, give me some medicine to pass stools!” Unbeknownst to us, constipation is not only a disease, but also a symptom manifested by many diseases. People often ignore its existence and bring many serious consequences. Many elderly people, who often run to the outpatient clinic to ask for the medicine to open the bowels because they have not relieved their bowels for 3-4 days, say that they have not relieved their bowels even after they have taken a corkscrew. At the same time, there is no farting, poor appetite, inability to eat, and a little nausea. Because of the lack of bowel movement, I always feel bloated and have a vague stomach ache. No feces was detected during anal fingerprinting. When asked for further examination, they would often say, “I have had it before, went to the pharmacy and bought a laxative, and it was fine when the stool was relieved.” But a radiograph will reveal an incomplete intestinal obstruction. If only laxatives were prescribed at that time, the consequences would be unimaginable. Some patients, when visiting the clinic, would say, “Doctor, I have bowel movement once a day, but I always have the feeling of going to the toilet, but when I really go to the toilet, I can’t get it out, or even if I have it, it’s just a very small amount. I take some medicine to pass stools by myself and it is fine, please prescribe some more for me.” Through finger examination, we will find that an abnormal mass can be palpated in the anal canal or the lower end of the rectum, which is found to be a malignant tumor after further examination by colonoscopy. In addition, in the clinic we often encounter this type of patients. A line of stool for many days, each time the texture of the stool is not dry, sometimes sticky jelly, accompanied by abdominal pain, pain reduction after the stool. After taking laxatives, the stool can be one line per day, but there is still sticky jelly and abdominal discomfort. After colonoscopy, he was diagnosed with colitis. Therefore, please do not ignore the “constipation”, and do not just take laxative drugs. You should go to the specialist clinic of a regular hospital in time to avoid serious consequences. In fact, there are many ways to treat constipation other than taking medication. Such as acupuncture, massage, Chinese medicine retaining enema, biofeedback and so on.