Items that can serve as sources of infection (tampons, intravenous lines) should be removed. Other foreign bodies present that are likely sources of infection (for example, artificial grafts, artificial heart valves, or pacemakers) may need to be removed if appropriate antibiotic therapy is unsuccessful.
How to Clean Your Colon. advertisement. The adult colon, also called the large intestine, is about 5 feet long. Its job is to absorb water and salts from partially digested food that enters from the small intestine and then send waste out of the body.
there are at least 10 times as many bacteria in the human body as cells the average adult takes over 20000 breaths a day each day the kidneys process about 200 quarts 50 gallons of blood to filter out about 2 quarts of waste and water adults excrete about a quarter and a half 1 42 liters of urine each day